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
July 25, 2025
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines 3.0 (2025 Inclusive Pedagogy Series #2)
In the summer of 2024, the latest guidelines for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) were released. Behold, UDL Guidelines 3.0!
WebinAAR
July 30, 2025
Steps Toward a New PhD
Humanities departments have faced growing challenges for the past few decades. This webinAAR considers steps that graduate programs in our field might take to try to respond to their current situation.
WebinAAR
June 23, 2025
Recent Changes in Higher Education and What We Can Do About It
With the closures of departments, the impact of current policy shifts in funding for research and higher education, and the increased reliance on contingent labor; from students to those on renewable 9-month contracts — what can AAR members do to better understand these shifts? AAR’s Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee addresses these issues in this webinAAR.
WebinAAR
June 23, 2025
How to Get Published in Journals
Join AAR and other academic journal editors to explore the process of exploring, submitting, and publishing in academic journals.
WebinAAR
June 23, 2025
Mapping Public Scholarship in Religion — A Session for Practitioners and Researchers
Where is public scholarship on religion happening? Who asks what questions? What are the goals? This session offers an opportunity to explore some of these questions, notice different approaches, and learn about sometimes surprising new discoveries.
WebinAAR
June 23, 2025
The Crisis of the Humanities – What We Can Do About It (Online June Annual Meeting Workshop)
Join Robert Townsend, from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and AAR Committee leaders to learn more about the Humanities Indicators survey, a nationally recognized source of nonpartisan information on the state of the humanities.
WebinAAR
June 23, 2025
Launch of Diverse Careers Mentorship Program
Join the Applied Religious Studies Committee to explore diverse careers; learn how to update your LinkedIn for career transitions; and learn more about applying for the AAR’s diverse careers mentorship program.
WebinAAR
May 22, 2025
Preparing Graduate Students for a Variety of Futures
This webinAAR is a crash course on what departments should be doing to better prepare their graduate students for a variety of futures.
WebinAAR
April 30, 2025
The Departmental External Review: Preparation in Precarious Times
Religious Studies departments routinely use regular external reviews as an opportunity both to educate home colleagues and administrators about the nature of our field, as well as to envision or argue for potential areas of growth or change in the curriculum. The webinAAR discusses how to make the most of those reviews.
WebinAAR
April 29, 2025
Getting Engaged in Public Scholarship: Strategies and Modalities, Risks and Opportunities
How do you “succeed” in public scholarship — doing work of intellectual rigor that “counts” as scholarship in the academy and has a meaningful impact in the public square? Hear a conversation with colleagues who are doing amazing work in this arena.