Call for Travel Grant Applications for SAR Biennial Conferencein Santa Barbara, Jun 21-23, 2025 The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) will make up to five (5) awards of US $450 each to underrepresented and financially needy scholars and Ph.D. students who: 1) are members of AAA and SAR; Read more
We are hosting three workshops designed specifically for graduate students and early-career scholars. Each workshop has a capacity of up to 24 participants (on a first-come, first-served basis), and attendees are welcome to join more than one. Please use this link to sign up for any of these events after you have Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) column in Anthropology News invites submissions inspired by fieldwork, popular media, or current events. We welcome short essays (1600 words maximum) with audio or visual supplements. Accepted submissions will be published in 2025. Anthropology News publishes engaging anthropology for a general audience rather than inward-facing scholarly discussions. “Vivid Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of ReligionA section of the American Anthropological Association announces the 2024 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
Ahead of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for the Anthropology of Religion awarded four travel grants to scholars from groups underrepresented in the academy and those who do not have secure employment. The following presenters received funding to deliver papers at the conference in Read more
At this month’s annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, the 2023 SAR Student Paper Prize winner and runner-up were announced as follows: The winner was Irene Promodh (University of Michigan) for “(Un)Holy Gold: Arabi Ponnu and a Transregional Politics of Caste Among Kerala Christians.” The runner-up was Ray Qu Read more
At this month’s annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, the 2023 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion, as well as two honorable mentions, were awarded to the following recipients: Winner: The Sound of Salvation: Voice, Gender, and the Sufi Mediascape in China (Columbia University Press) by Guangtian Ha. Honorable Read more
The list of SAR panels at next month’s AAA meetings in Toronto is now available for viewing and download. We hope to see many of you at the meetings, and please be sure to attend the SAR business meeting and reception on Friday, November 17 at 8 pm at the Metro Read more
The SAR welcomes three new additions to the board and two returning board members who will serve terms from November 2023 to November 2025, following the AAA meetings in Toronto in November 2023. The new members of the board include Jacob Hickman (BYU), who will serve as Treasurer, and Elayne Read more
Final ReportSociety for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) 2023 Biennial ConferenceUniversity of Victoria, May 12-14, 2023 The 2023 Biennial Meetings of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion were held at the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples from May 12 to Read more