Registration Now Open for the 2025 Annual Meetings
We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for both the Online June Sessions (June 24–26) and November Annual Meeting in Boston, MA (November 22–25).
News & Publications
RSN Articles
RSN Article
May 20, 2025
The Financial Insecurities of Graduate Life
From a series by AAR’s Graduate Student Committee on the struggles and obstacles facing graduate students today
RSN Articles
RSN Article
May 20, 2025
Balancing Life and Academia
From a series by AAR’s Graduate Student Committee on the struggles and obstacles facing graduate students today
Benefits of Membership
When you become an AAR member, you join the largest society dedicated to the academic study of religion. You also gain a wide range of benefits that will enable you to elevate your career and grow your community.
Present at Our Annual Meetings
Present at Our Annual Meetings
Develop Your Skills and Career
Develop Your Skills and Career
Grow Your Network and Community
Grow Your Network and Community
Access Professional Resources, Discounts, and More
Access Professional Resources, Discounts, and More
WebinAAR Recordings
AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. Recordings typically require an AAR membership to view.
WebinAAR
April 30, 2025
The Departmental External Review: Preparation in Precarious Times
Religious Studies departments routinely use regular external reviews as an opportunity both to educate home colleagues and administrators about the nature of our field, as well as to envision or argue for potential areas of growth or change in the curriculum. The webinAAR discusses how to make the most of those reviews.
WebinAAR
April 29, 2025
Getting Engaged in Public Scholarship: Strategies and Modalities, Risks and Opportunities
How do you “succeed” in public scholarship — doing work of intellectual rigor that “counts” as scholarship in the academy and has a meaningful impact in the public square? Hear a conversation with colleagues who are doing amazing work in this arena.
WebinAAR
February 20, 2025
2025 ALHR Lecture 2: Emilie Townes at Temple University
Womanist ethicist Dr. Emilie M. Townes was this year’s lecturer for the 2025 American Lectures in the History of Religion series. She delivered this lecture at Temple University called “Colored Orneriness as Critical Companion to U.S. Democracy.”
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Religious Studies Matters
Religion influences most aspects of our world and the study of religion has never been more important. AAR is committed to advocating for the academic study of religion. We support religion scholars working in many fields, and we provide resources and engagement opportunities to improve the public understanding of religion.
