Religious AssemblagesSociety for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) Biennial Conference Attendees of the SAR 2023 Biennial Meeting at the University of Victoria are invited to join any of the following mentoring sessions. Mentorship Session: Writing for the Public (Open to all)Organized by Sophie Bjork James (Vanderbilt U)Friday, May 12, 1:30-2:45 Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion welcomes attendees to its 2023 biennial meeting, held May 12-14 at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. You can find the final program and schedule of events for the meeting here. More general information and logistical details about the meeting Read more
Small group workshops for graduate students: This year we will host a number of small group workshops during the SAR 2023 biennial meeting. Each workshop will have room for up to four graduate students and be led by one faculty facilitator. Each graduate student will pre-circulate a short (no more Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of ReligionA section of the American Anthropological Associationannounces the 2023 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
The SAR awarded travel grants of $500 to support the attendance and participation of three scholars in the 2022 AAA annual meeting in Seattle. Awards went to:
2023 SAR Biennial Conference Theme: “Religious Assemblages” A signature contribution of the anthropology of religion has been to reveal both the overt and covert ways in which religious practice both informs and can be conjoined to myriad other domains of social life. From James Frazer’s interrogation of the pagan roots of Christianity to Read more
The list of SAR panels at next month’s AAA meetings in Seattle is now available for viewing and download. A huge thank you to SAR secretary Arsalan Khan for compiling this information for our members. We hope to see many of you at the meetings, and please be sure to Read more
The Society for the Anthropology of Religion (SAR) will make five (5) awards of $400 each to scholars of color and underemployed scholars who will be attending the 2022 Annual Meeting in Seattle and will participating in SAR-sponsored panels. Scholars from groups underrepresented in the academy and those who do 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