In-person November Annual Meeting 2025 Program Book

All time are listed in Eastern Time Zone.

Please note that this schedule is subject to change and is currently being updated. Please excuse our appearance as we finalize the schedule. If you have any questions, please contact annualmeeting@aarweb.org.
Saturday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Hynes Convention Center, 310 (Third… Session ID: A22-143
Roundtable Session

Former ICC Chair Amy Allocco will speak briefly about the importance of international connections to her research. Members of the International Connections Committee will then moderate small group discussions about how to establish productive international research connections. The AAR will provide lunchtime drinks and small snacks. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch.

Saturday, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | Hynes Convention Center, 206 (Second… Session ID: A22-150
Roundtable Session

Join us for this listening and strategizing session as part of continuing series responding to the accelerating closure of religious studies departments and programs in the US academy. The panelists will include the current leadership and several past presidents of the AAR. The focus will be to share insights, anticipate challenges, proactively strategize, and act in solidarity. 

 

Saturday, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM | Hynes Convention Center, 312 (Third… Session ID: A22-142
Roundtable Session

The Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee invites you to our annual Networking Luncheon at the AAR Annual Meeting. It’s a chance to strategize together about the future of academic labor. Colleagues across all positions—part-time, contract, and permanent—are encouraged to bring ideas, share challenges, and explore concrete steps toward greater equity, fair pay, and labor justice in our profession. Please note: this year’s luncheon will be bring your own lunch, and no registration is required. Simply come by, share a meal, and join the conversation.

Saturday, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Marriott Copley Place, Grand Ballroom… Session ID: M22-112
Roundtable Session
Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons

Welcome to the Christian Scholarship Foundation reception and luncheon! We are delighted for invited guests to join us for this special luncheon to reconnect with each other.

Saturday, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Offsite Session ID: M22-105
Other Event
Receptions/Breakfasts/Luncheons
Hosted by: Theologia

Theologia seeks to promote and celebrate women working in the field of Christian theology by cultivating spaces for fellowship, mentoring, and academic engagement. If you are a woman and consider yourself a Christian and theologian, please join us as we gather for lunch and a short program featuring reflections from Sarah Coakley, Norris-Hulse Professor emerita, University of Cambridge. Cost to attend is $25; financial help is available. Advance registration is required: Please register here.
We can only guarantee spots for the first 65 who register. Co-sponsored by Baker Academic, Baylor University Press, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Zondervan Academic, Western Theological Seminary, Wheaton College, Wycliffe College. Contact Kristen Deede Johnson kd.johnson@utoronto.ca or Christa McKirland christa.mckirland@carey.ac.nz with questions.

Location: Trinity Church Boston, 206 Clarendon Street