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Planning Dates
The following deadlines should assist you in planning your Program Unit activities.
| November 29, 2007 | Program Unit Report forms, 2008 Call for Papers copy, Chairperson and Steering Committee appointments due in the Executive Offices. |
| February 1, 2008 | All members receive Religious Studies News, Call for Papers Edition, with information indicating program plans for each unit. |
| Program Unit Chairs receive e-mail reminder about the preparation of Program Planner copy. All instructions will be posted online. | |
| March 1, 2008 | Paper proposals from members due to Chairs. The process of refereeing and selection should have begun by this time. Charis must contact chairs of other units regarding proposals sent to both units. |
| March 15, 2008 | Acceptance and rejection notices can be sent. Chairs are encouraged to work with other chairs on shared proposals. |
| March 31, 2008 | All requests from Program Unit Chairs for any exceptions to policies– including requests to invite non-members and joint or co-sponsored sessions–must be received in writing (preferably via e-mail annualmeeting@aarweb.org) by the Executive Director, Jack Fitzmier. Please note, if you are requesting special permission for non-members to participate in the Annual Meeting, their primary field of specialty must be outside the field of religious studies. Non-members who teach religious studies or theology need to become members in order to participate in the Annual Meeting. This includes international scholars, with the exception of those from developing nations. |
| April 1, 2008 | Program Unit Chairs have notified all members submitting proposals whether the proposal has been accepted or not. If you use the online paper/panel proposal system, this will be largely automated. |
| Program Unit Session Entry information (final Program Book copy, participants, and abstracts) due in the Executive Offices. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Instructions will accompany the February reminder. | |
| June 15, 2008 | All participants must be current members for 2008 and pre-registered for the meeting in order to participate. Participants who are not current members or not pre-registered for the Annual Meeting by this date will be removed from the program. Please inform your participants when you notify them of their acceptance onto the program. |
| Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. | |
| November 15, 2008 | Program Unit Reports and 2009 Call for Papers due in Executive Offices. |