Year-Round Programming
AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. These webinAARs may be single-session events, part of a series, or components of AAR certificate programs. WebinAARs are hosted by AAR committees, program units, or in collaboration with other academic and professional development organizations. Live WebinAARs are open to the public. Recordings typically require an AAR membership to view and are available to watch below.
WebinAAR Recordings
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June 2, 2026
Teaching Religion in the Era of AI: A Pedagogy Workshop with the 2026 Teaching Award Winner (Recording)
Join us for a practical conversation about adapting pedagogy to meet this critical moment in higher education where artificial intelligence is present in nearly every aspect of teaching.
WebinAAR
May 18, 2026
Wikipedia as Pedagogy (Recording)
In this webinAAR, you will hear from three faculty who have incorporated Wikipedia editing into their pedagogy. During this roundtable session, faculty discuss why they decided to adopt the Wikipedia assignment, how it has affected their teaching, how students can help shape public understanding of religion, and how AI has reframed education and how Wikipedia fits into this new information landscape.
WebinAAR
May 6, 2026
Religion, War, and Revolution | Religion and America at 250 #4 (Recording)
This is the fourth of our “Religion and America at 250” webinAAR series that will engage central questions about religion at the founding of the United States.
WebinAAR
April 7, 2026
Approaches and Resources for Teaching Religion | Religion and America at 250 #3 (Recording)
This conversation features several venues and methods for teaching religion in light of the United States’ 250th anniversary.
WebinAAR
April 29, 2026
Strategies for Reinventing a Unit: A Case Study from the University of Northern Iowa (Recording)
In this webinAAR, hear about the efforts of scholars at the University of Northern Iowa to strengthen the future of the humanities on their campus. From their self-initiated plans to merge their philosophy, religion, and history units; to their successful Mellon Foundation grant application to establish a Humanities Hub on their campus, learn how they creatively strategized with colleagues, both within and outside their departments.
WebinAAR
April 28, 2026
Better Surveys, Better Data: A Practical Guide for Researchers (Recording)
Surveys remain one of the most powerful tools for understanding what people know, do, and believe—but designing a survey that produces valid and reliable data is far from simple. This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the survey design process, blending literature with practical, real-world examples. Participants will learn best practices grounded in methodological rigor.
WebinAAR
April 21, 2026
The Urgency of Public Literacy on Religion in the Digital Age (Recording)
This webinAAR is a panel discussion with the winner of the 2026 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion, Andrew Henry, about the urgency of public religious literacy in the digital age.
WebinAAR
March 25, 2026
Recruiting and Retaining Majors & Minors: An Update from LSU (Recording)
Two years ago, Lauren Horn Griffin joined an ARC webinar to discuss what were then recent initiatives implemented in her department to recruit new majors. We now have Lauren back to update us on their successes, continued challenges, and strategies to recruit but also to retain majors as well as student interest.
WebinAAR
March 5, 2026
Presidential WebinAAR Series #1 – The REL Toolbox Workshop (Recording)
The REL Toolbox (reltoolbox.ua.edu) is a free online advocacy resource for religion departments and programs. This workshop was a guided and interactive approach to examining a program’s strength, weaknesses, and possibilities. Participants learned how to use the REL Toolbox to build up program resilience and tactically address challenges in HigherEd.
WebinAAR
March 23, 2026
Archiving Reading Religion: A Member Q&A (Recording)
During this webinar, AAR staff discuss the decision to cease the operation of Reading Religion on June 1, 2026 and the transition of Reading Religion reviews and articles to an archival format.