Midwest American Academy of Religion

American Academy of Religion
(National Organization)

Program Schedule

Midwest Regional Meeting
Augustana College - Evald Hall
Rock Island, Illinois, USA
April 1-2, 2011

Conference Theme: "Teaching Religion"

Lunch Time Plenary Speaker: Edward E. Curtis IV
"Teaching Religion in a Post-Colonial Age"

Edward E. Curtis IV is Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/religious_studies/index.php/curtis

Post-Conference Wabash Center Workshop on Teaching (no additional charge)
Sunday April 3
More details available by November 1, 2011

Call For Papers (proposals due January 2, 2011)

Conference Schedule (available in mid-February 2011)
Conference Registration (available in mid-February 2011)
Hotel Information (available in September 2010)
Maps and Directions to Augustana College

Paper Competitions (submission deadline, March 1, 2011):

Undergraduate Paper Competition (submit to the Undergraduate Section Chair, Forrest Clingerman (f-clingerman@onu.edu),  
Graduate Paper Competition (submit to the Vice President/Program Chair, Jacqueline Bussie, at (jbussie@capital.edu).  
Marion McFarland Taylor Award for Best Research Paper in the Area of Religion, Ecology, and Sustainability (submit to the Regional President, Thomas Pearson (pearsont@wabash.edu).

Free Housing for Graduate Students: Limited space may be available to room with Augustana undergraduate students in their dorm rooms. Please contact Kristy Nabhan-Warren (KristyNabhan-Warren@augustana.edu) beginning February 1, 2011.