Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

Religion and Human Rights Unit and Religion and Politics Unit

Call for Proposals

We invite papers that explore the idea and the politics of “religious freedom.” Topics may include, but are not limited to:  

  • legal constructions of religious freedom and how such constructions draw upon, shape, and/or favor particular formulations of religion;
  • current efforts to harness religious freedom for the protection/propagation of progressive causes such as reproductive rights, immigration protections, etc.;
  • comparative legal, political, and/or cultural discourses of religious freedom.
Chair Mail Dates
Scott Culpepper scott.culpepper@dordt.edu - View
Jenna Reinbold jreinbold@colgate.edu - View
Candace Lukasik c.lukasik@msstate.edu - View
Laura Alexander, University of Nebraska,… lealex@unomaha.edu - View
Steering Member Mail Dates
Jocelyne Cesari jc2348@georgetown.edu - View
Jason Sexton, UCLA jason.s.sexton@gmail.com - View
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Northeastern… riccardi@nyu.edu - View
Miray Philips, University of Toronto miray.philips@utoronto.ca - View
D. Brendan Johnson davidbrendanjohnson… - View
Nicholas Buck nbuck@american.edu - View
Christophe D. Ringer christophe.ringer… - View
Curtis Hutt chutt@unomaha.edu - View
Kyle Nicholas kmnicholas1@gmail.com - View
Seulbin Lee seulbin.lee@vanderbilt… - View
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection