Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

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.

Steering Member Mail Dates
Reyhan Durmaz rdurmaz@upenn.edu - View
Monica Mitri, University of Southern… mitri.monica@gmail.com - View
Amy Fallas amyfallas@ucsb.edu - View
Paul Ladouceur 123thabor@gmail.com - View
Erik Estrada erikestradaphd@gmail.com - View
Christopher Sheklian chris.sheklian@gmail.com - View
Erin Walsh egwalsh@uchicago.edu - View
Candace Lukasik c.lukasik@msstate.edu - View
Daniela C. Augustine daugustine@leeuniversity… - View
Anastacia Wooden 73wooden@cua.edu - View
Eric DeVilliers eric.m.devilliers@gmail… - View
Sarah Livick-Moses slivickmoses@gmail.com - View
Luis Salés lsales@scrippscollege.edu - View
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection