2023 NAASR Annual Meeting Program

Exploring the “Ecologies” of Scholarship in the Study of Religion

#naasr2023

ONLINE (PRE-CONFERENCE) Program

Saturday, November 11, 2023 (via Zoom link)

Register for the online (pre-conference) program here.

MEET THE EDITORS: Religion in 5 Minutes Series (Equinox Publishing)

12:00-1:30pm EST

Russell McCutcheon (University of Alabama), Series Co-Editor 

Natalie Avalos (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Suzanne Owen (Leeds Trinity University)

Angela Puca (Leeds Trinity University)

Teemu Taira (University of Helsinki)

Emily Crews (University of Chicago)

Rebekka King (MTSU), Presiding

BREAK (30min-1hr)

2023 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

2:00-4:00pm EST

Leslie Dorrough Smith (Avila University)

A Different Type of Climate Crisis: Thinking and Teaching With Critical Interdisciplinarity When the University is on Fire

Annual Virtual “Happy Hour”

6:00pm EST

IN-PERSON PROGRAM

November 17-18, San Antonio, TX

Friday, November 17, 2023

Research Environment

10:00 am – 11:50 am

Hilton, The Stetson

Prespondent: 

Sarah Dees (Iowa State University)

Panelists:

Allison Isidore (University of Iowa)

Rebecca Janzen (University of South Carolina)

Stacie Swain (University of Victoria)

Javan Smith (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Presiding

Dissemination Platform

1:00 pm – 2:50 pm

Hilton, The Stetson

Prespondent: 

Lauren Horn Griffin (Louisiana State University)

Panelists: 

Jacob Barrett (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Thomas J. Carrico (Independent Scholar)

Daniel Miller (Landmark College)

Trevor Linn (University of Alabama)

Edith Szanto (University of Alabama)

Anastasia Popham (Nebraska Wesleyan University), Presiding

Institutional Climate

3:00 pm – 4:50 pm

Hilton, The Stetson

Prespondent: 

Rita Lester (Nebraska Wesleyan University)

Panelists: 

Savannah Finver (Ohio State University) & Craig Martin (St. Thomas Aquinas College)

Chris Jones (Washburn University)

Matthew Baldwin (Mars Hill University)

Chris Miller (University of Ottawa)

Allison Isidore (University of Alabama), Presiding

NAASR 2023 Reception

Mad Dog British Pub Riverwalk (123 Losoya St., San Antonio, TX 78205)

7:00-9:00pm

Saturday, November 18, 2023 

Sociocultural Location

1:00 pm – 2:50 pm

Hilton, The Stetson

Prespondent:

Sean McCloud (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)

Panelists: 

Vaia Touna (University of Alabama)

Lech Trzcionkowski (Jagiellonian University)

Mary Hamner (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 

Xochiquetzal Luna Morales (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Camryn Melroy (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Presiding

BUSINESS MEETING

3:00 pm – 3:50 pm

Hilton, The Stetson