In-person November Annual Meeting 2026 Program Book
The 2026 November Annual Meeting in Denver, CO: Friday, November 20 - Tuesday, November 24. All times are listed in Mountain Time Zone. For more information about the November Annual Meeting, co-hosted with the Society of Biblical Literature, click here.
Please note that this is the preliminary schedule and is subject to change. We anticipate a mostly final schedule in mid-August. If you have any questions, please contact annualmeeting@aarweb.org. For Other Events, your event is not confirmed until you received notification from AAR staff.
Join fellow resisters in song in a boisterous, poignant evening of singing together. As we have seen at the anti-ICE protests in Minnesota and Chicago, and in many other actions of resistance around the world, song can be a powerful part of protest, helping to hold a community together, to maintain morale, to communicate with others, and much more.
Join Music that Makes Community and the Hymn Society of the USA and Canada for this evening of singing resistance in a variety of keys.
Date & Time: Friday, November 20th, 6PM
Location: The Celtic on Market, 1400 Market St.,
Denver, C0 80202
In the aftermath of the 2026 midterm elections, religion remains a vital force in shaping American politics, public life, and the future of democracy. Join Brad Onishi, Matthew D. Taylor, Alba Onofrio, and a distinguished group of scholars, journalists, clergy, and public intellectuals for a timely roundtable discussion examining what the election revealed about faith, power, identity, and civic engagement in the United States.
Featuring authors of some of the most anticipated new books on religion, politics, democracy, and social change, this conversation will bring together leading voices who have spent years researching and documenting the movements transforming American public life. Panelists will reflect on the role of Christian nationalism, religious activism, demographic change, and competing visions of citizenship and belonging that shaped the 2026 election cycle.
Part book forum, part public conversation, and part analysis of a pivotal political moment, this event offers audiences the opportunity to engage directly with authors and experts whose new work helps explain the forces reshaping religion and democracy in America today—and what may lie ahead.
Jeannine Brown, "Theology in Active Voice: The Hermeneutics of New Testament Theologizing" Respondents: Michael Gorman and Joshua Jipp All are welcome.
Scholars and practitioners will reflect on Mennonite conceptions of "the political" and modes of political engagement. Papers cover topics such as oaths, apocalyptic, and power.
Join us at the Clyfford Still Museum for a tour followed by an interactive conversation about art-based research and theology.
Designed specifically to display Clyfford Still’s art, the award-winning Clyfford Still Museum is home to nearly everything he created, approximately 3,125 pieces representing 93% of his lifetime of work. Clyfford Still (1904–1980) was among the first generation of Abstract Expressionist artists and he redefined American painting. The Museum supports new artistic endeavors, inviting visitors to draw strength from Still’s art and life. At the Still, visitors will find a world-class collection gifted to the City and County of Denver, award-winning architecture, cross-disciplinary programs for all ages, and opportunities to explore their own creativity.
The Clyfford Still Museum is located 0.7 miles away from the Colorado Convention Center. The cost of the tour includes a ride share voucher and a donation to the Museum.
This tour is presented by AAR's Art, Literature, and Religion program unit.
Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc., is a nonprofit educational organization whose goal is to foster feminist studies in religion in all of its variety and diversity. We publish the flagship Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and have digital presence through our EFSR Blog and Co-Laboratory initiatives. All are welcome at the reception!
