Online June Annual Meeting 2025 Program Book

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Monday, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (June… Session ID: AO23-100
Roundtable Session

Public scholarship is more important than ever as universities seek to demonstrate the value of their ongoing research. Being a public scholar can not only benefit your institution but also be personally meaningful. It can help scholars make their work more visible, participate in crucial conversations, and perhaps even contribute to policy change. However, what appeared to be innocent op-ed, can at times provoke public criticism, or another backlash. A panel of experts will discuss the joys and risks of engaging in public scholarship while also addressing how to keep yourself safe.

Monday, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (June Online… Session ID: AO23-200
Roundtable Session

Join the Applied Religious Studies Committee to explore diverse careers; learn how to turn your CV into a resume; and learn more about applying for the AAR's diverse careers mentorship program starting later this summer.

Monday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (June Online… Session ID: AO23-300
Roundtable Session

Join the American Academy of Religion leadership team to review AAR benefits, programs, and publications. 

Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Online… Session ID: AO24-103
Roundtable Session

Three experts will present on the perils and possibilities of trauma-healing occurring through an ecclesial context: Kevin Considine, Stephanie Edwards, and Carina Yépez.  The presenters examine distinct understandings of how theological discourse, ethics, the arts, and spirituality undergird the precarious relationship between trauma-recognition, trauma-healing, and creating small ecclesial communities of justice, healing, and belovedness.  Considine will speak from his text and life praxis articulated in Analogy of the Wound (Lexington 2025), Edwards will speak from her text and life praxis articulated in Enfleshed Counter-Memory (Orbis 2024), and Yépez will speak from her text and life praxis articulated through the series Mujeres currently being installed at the Art Institute of Chicago. Callid Keefe-Perry will offer a response and facilitate conversation among the presenters and the audience. The point is to better understand various manifestations of trauma and the challenges and opportunities for ecclesial communities to become spaces for healing.