Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: 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
Ann Duncan ann.duncan@goucher.edu -
Jenna Reinbold jreinbold@colgate.edu -
Laura Alexander lealex@unomaha.edu -
Scott Culpepper, Dordt University scott.culpepper@dordt.edu -
Steering Member Mail Dates
Candace Lukasik cblukasik@wustl.edu -
Christophe D. Ringer, Chicago Theological… christophe.ringer… -
Curtis Hutt chutt@unomaha.edu -
D. Brendan Johnson, Duke University davidbrendanjohnson… -
Jason Sexton, University of California, Los… jason.s.sexton@gmail.com -
Jocelyne Cesari jc2348@georgetown.edu -
Katharine Batlan katharine.batlan@gmail… -
Kyle Nicholas, University of Virginia kmnicholas1@gmail.com -
Nicholas Buck, American University,… nbuck@uchicago.edu -
Miray Philips phili191@umn.edu -
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Northeastern… riccardi@nyu.edu -
Seulbin Lee seulbin.lee@vanderbilt… -
Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection