The Society for the Anthropology of ReligionA section of the American Anthropological Associationannounces the 2026 juried competition for the CLIFFORD GEERTZ PRIZEIN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION The Geertz Prize seeks to encourage excellence in the anthropology of religion by recognizing an outstanding recent book in the field. The prize is Read more
SAR is pleased to announce that we are piloting a new mentorship program this year. Senior scholars will be put in contact with early career scholars and graduate students in order to build connections within the association across geography and career stage. The primary goal of this program is to establish casual mentoring relationships through Read more
On June 23, 2025, the final day of the SAR biennial conference and the first day of a meeting of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, a plenary session inviting scholars from both societies was held to explore intersections of the conferences’ themes of sacred Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) will make up to four (4) awards of US $550 each to scholars of financial need, under-representation, or underemployment who will be attending the 2025 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans and will be participating in SAR-sponsored panels. Scholars from Read more
We are delighted to announce the new editorial team of the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion book series, published by Palgrave Macmillan: Sowparnika Balaswaminathan and David Kloos are joining Hillary Kaell as co-editors. Contemporary Anthropology of Religion is the official book series of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, a section Read more
For individuals whose papers have already been accepted at the 2025 SAR Biennial Meeting yet who can no longer attend in-person in Santa Barbara, we are offering the opportunity to join their panels virtually via Zoom. Note that this option is only for individual papers that are part of already-accepted panels Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) is pleased to announce its graduate student paper prize competition, which is aimed towards encouraging emerging scholars to write compelling ethnographies on religion. This prize is intended to foster theoretically significant, ethnographically rich work by students at an early stage of their Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of ReligionA section of the American Anthropological Association announces the 2025 juried competition for the CLIFFORD GEERTZ PRIZEIN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION The Geertz Prize seeks to encourage excellence in the anthropology of religion by recognizing an outstanding recent book in the field. The prize Read more
Do you have a paper that can address or throw light on global or U.S. current events? Have you just completed the fieldwork or research on an exciting topic in the Anthropology of Religion that you wish to share immediately with a community of scholars? If so, the SAR Biannual Conference may be Read more
Santa Barbara hotel accommodations are expensive, so all attendees of the SAR 2025 Biennial Conference are encouraged to make reservations for staying at the UC Santa Barbara Manzanita Village dormitories. Only $86/night single room; $60/night/person double room. Most rooms have ocean views and the buildings are a brief walk to the Read more