Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit, Middle Eastern Christianity Unit, and SBL's Biblical Exegesis from Eastern Orthodox Perspectives

Call for Proposals

Minorities and Freedom in the Middle East: Biblical, Theological, and Socio-Political Perspectives

The Middle Eastern Christianity Unit invites paper proposals for a co-sponsored session focusing on minorities and freedom in the Middle East from biblical, theological, socio-political or other disciplinary perspectives. We welcome papers focusing on Middle Eastern Christians in their homelands or in the diaspora in any historical period and/or papers comparing Middle Eastern and other Eastern Christian experiences.

Sponsor
Middle Eastern Christianity Unit	View
Eastern Orthodox Studies Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Deanna Womack	deanna.f.womack@emory.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Philip Dorroll, Wofford College	dorrollpc@wofford.edu	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Mourad Takawi, University of the Incarnate…	mtakawi@gmail.com	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Northeastern…	riccardi@nyu.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Paul Ladouceur, University of Toronto	123thabor@gmail.com	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Anastacia Wooden	73wooden@cua.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Amy Fallas, University of California, Santa…	amyfallas@ucsb.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Candace Lukasik	c.lukasik@msstate.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Christopher Sheklian	chris.sheklian@gmail.com	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Daniela C. Augustine	daugustine@leeuniversity…	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Eric DeVilliers	edevilli@nd.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Erin Walsh, University of Chicago	egwalsh@uchicago.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Erik Estrada, Texas Christian University	erikestradaphd@gmail.com	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Sarah Livick-Moses, Gannon University	slivickmoses@gmail.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Luis Salés, Scripps College	lsales@scrippscollege.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View
Monica Mitri, University of Southern…	mitri.monica@gmail.com	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Reyhan Durmaz, University of Pennsylvania	rdurmaz@upenn.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection