About the Event
The AAR’s Academic Relations Committee has been engaging the topic of the future of Religious Studies; in this month’s webinar we would like to focus on the future of doctoral programs and how they may look different in the upcoming years. Join guest interlocutors Jacob Barrett (PhD candidate, University of North Carolina) and Vaia Touna (Associate Professor and Graduate Director, University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies) as they reflect on doctoral programs, discuss changes, and imagine different approaches to programs to meet the needs of today’s doctoral students. Both are authors in the recent book, Religious Studies Beyond the Discipline (edited by Russell McCutcheon, Equinox 2024).
This webinAAR is part of a series of Academic Relations Committee (ARC) remote sessions that are offered each month; all these meetings tackle topics of direct relevance to the success of a department and each session is recorded and posted on the committee’s page at the AAR site.
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Speakers
Jacob Barrett
PhD candidate, University of North Carolina
Vaia Touna
Associate Professor and Graduate Director, University of Alabama Department of Religious Studies
Kristin Scheible
Professor of Religion and Humanities and chair of the Religion Department at Reed College
Vice-Chair of the AAR’s Academic Relations Committee
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