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 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
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 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