AAR International Collaborative Research Grants support generative research collaborations between and among scholars located in different geographical regions who wish to pursue focused, joint projects in any area of the study of religion.

Congratulations to the 2025 winners:

Lexi Eikelboom, Australian Catholic University
Benjamin DeSpain, Australian Catholic University
Natalie Carnes, Baylor University
Elise Edwards, Baylor University

Art-Engaged Theology Writing Workshop


Slavica Jakelić, Valparaiso University
Zoran Grozdanov, University of Zagreb
Nebojsa Zelic, University of Rijeka

The Forms of Religious-Secular Pluralism in the Balkans


Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Emory University
Yashoda Thakore, University of Silicon Andhra

Recording Archives of South Indian Kalavantulu Performers


Kayvan Tahmasebian, University of London
Rebecca Ruth Gould, University of London
Mona Norouzi

The Dialectics of Reading Sufi Manuscripts: A Critical Edition of Ḥasan Dihlavī’s ʿIshqnāma


Xin Zhang, Beijing Normal University, Duke Divinity School
Zhaohui Bao, China Graduate School of Theology
Quan Li, The University of Edinburgh
Huili Stout, University of Dayton
Yi Sun, GETS Theological Seminary

Comparative Spirituality between Christian and Chinese traditions

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