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Midwest Regional Meeting 
Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois, USA
March 26-27, 2010

Conference Theme: Religion, Sex, and the Body

Lunch Time Plenary Address by Wendy Doniger
(University of Chicago Divinity School)

Included with Registration:
• Friday evening appetizers and 1st drink: Blue Cat Brew Pub (dowtown Rock Island).
• Saturday morning Continental Breakfast.
• Lunch Time Business Meeting.
• Wine and Cheese Reception 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm.

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Free bus shuttle service from the hotel to the conference site.

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Paper Competitions (submission deadline, March 1, 2010):

  • 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).

Student Housing: Because we have received an overwhelming response to our offer of free on-campus housing to students, we will are unable to take any more requests. Please contact the Holiday Inn downtown Rock Island, IL, where we have secured a special conference rate of $79 a night.

For those who have already been guaranteed on-campus housing with Augustana students as their hosts: you will be hearing from Patrick Fish (a student assistant at Augustana College) by mid March. He will provide you with the name of their Augustana College host and cell phone number so you can work out the details with your student hostPlease contact the Holiday Inn downtown Rock Island, IL, where we have secured a special conference rate of $79 a night. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you March 26 and 27 at Augustana College.