Year-Round Programming
AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. These webinAARs may be single-session events, part of a series, or components of AAR certificate programs. WebinAARs are hosted by AAR committees, program units, or in collaboration with other academic and professional development organizations. Live WebinAARs are open to the public. Recordings typically require an AAR membership to view and are available to watch below.
WebinAAR Recordings
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September 25, 2026
Ethnographic Best Practices (Recording)
This webinAAR on Ethnographic Best Practices convenes four experienced ethnographers to discuss how ethnographic methods can be used productively to study religion. This panel will offer a primer and set of “best practices” that attendees can use to plan and execute their own research projects.
WebinAAR
August 13, 2026
Polling Religious Groups in the U.S. (Recording)
Enjoy this webinAAR recording addressing some of the methodological challenges of polling religious groups in the U.S.
WebinAAR
June 22, 2026
Graduate Training in Religious Studies and Community-based Interfaith Dialogue Work (Recording)
This panel presents four different perspectives from engaged scholars of religion whose collective experiences in the USA and beyond demonstrate how graduates in religious studies can contribute to improved interreligious/interfaith relations in various professional contexts.
WebinAAR
June 22, 2026
Towards New “Guidelines on Faculty Employment Practices In Religious Studies” (Recording)
Expanding on Standards Pertaining to Contingent Faculty in the Study of Religion Board Statement (2015) and addressing current circumstances of academic labor at a time when tenure-track appointments are no longer the norm, this webinaar features a discussion around new guidelines, drafted by Minjung Noh and the ALCF committee, that will be proposed to the AAR Board for adoption in November 2026.
WebinAAR
June 22, 2026
Contingency, Gender, and the Changing Landscape of Higher Education (Recording)
What does contingency currently look like in practical terms across institutions and fields?
This webinar features discussion around gendered precarity, institutional nonresponse to faculty excellence, and the gap between the actual composition of the faculty workforce and the structures that govern it.
WebinAAR
June 2, 2026
Teaching Religion in the Era of AI: A Pedagogy Workshop with the 2026 Teaching Award Winner (Recording)
Join us for a practical conversation about adapting pedagogy to meet this critical moment in higher education where artificial intelligence is present in nearly every aspect of teaching.
WebinAAR
May 18, 2026
Wikipedia as Pedagogy (Recording)
In this webinAAR, you will hear from three faculty who have incorporated Wikipedia editing into their pedagogy. During this roundtable session, faculty discuss why they decided to adopt the Wikipedia assignment, how it has affected their teaching, how students can help shape public understanding of religion, and how AI has reframed education and how Wikipedia fits into this new information landscape.
WebinAAR
May 6, 2026
Religion, War, and Revolution | Religion and America at 250 #4 (Recording)
This is the fourth of our “Religion and America at 250” webinAAR series that will engage central questions about religion at the founding of the United States.
WebinAAR
April 7, 2026
Approaches and Resources for Teaching Religion | Religion and America at 250 #3 (Recording)
This conversation features several venues and methods for teaching religion in light of the United States’ 250th anniversary.
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April 29, 2026
Strategies for Reinventing a Unit: A Case Study from the University of Northern Iowa (Recording)
In this webinAAR, hear about the efforts of scholars at the University of Northern Iowa to strengthen the future of the humanities on their campus. From their self-initiated plans to merge their philosophy, religion, and history units; to their successful Mellon Foundation grant application to establish a Humanities Hub on their campus, learn how they creatively strategized with colleagues, both within and outside their departments.