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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.
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March 5, 2026
Presidential WebinAAR Series #1 – The REL Toolbox Workshop
The REL Toolbox (
reltoolbox.ua.edu
) is a free online advocacy resource for religion departments and programs. This workshop was a guided and interactive approach to examining a program’s strength, weaknesses, and possibilities. Participants learned how to use the REL Toolbox to build up program resilience and tactically address challenges in HigherEd.
WebinAAR
March 23, 2026
Archiving Reading Religion: A Member Q&A
During this webinar, AAR staff discuss the decision to cease the operation of
Reading Religion
on June 1, 2026 and the transition of
Reading Religion
reviews and articles to an archival format.
WebinAAR
March 3, 2026
Representing Religion in Museums | Religion and America at 250 #2
In this webinAAR, a panel of scholars discuss how museums offer rare places of inter-cultural and inter-religious re-connection and re-enchantment, where people of different religious backgrounds may encounter the practices and beliefs of others, their sacred artifacts, and traditions.
WebinAAR
February 20, 2026
Religion & Gender Studies – A Strategy Session
Gender and religious studies are under attack in U.S. universities and colleges. This webinAAR features panelists discussing the current situation with all of the complex intersections of gender, religion, race, ethnicity, language, and institutional policies.
WebinAAR
January 30, 2026
Navigating the 2026 AAR Call for Proposals
In this webinAAR, the AAR Director of Programs and Publications walks through an informational session on navigating the 2026 CFP for the AAR Online June Sessions and In-person November Annual Meetings.
WebinAAR
February 4, 2026
An American Christian Nation? Religion and America at 250 #1
The webinar presents information about the meaning and limits of religious freedom in the colonial period and for the framers, offering data and insights from researchers in the field.
WebinAAR
December 10, 2025
Meet the 2026 AAR President, Laurel Schneider
Dr. Laurel Schneider is the newly installed President of the American Academy of Religion for 2026. Hear an informal interview between Dr. Schneider and AAR Executive Director, Claudia Schippert, to learn more about Laurel’s vision and goals for the AAR in 2026
WebinAAR
November 10, 2025
Religious Studies Department and Program Closures: A Strategy Session with AAR President Leela Prasad
This listening and strategizing session led by AAR President Leela Prasad is part of a continuing series responding to the accelerating closure of religious studies departments and programs in the U.S. academy.
WebinAAR
November 14, 2025
Religion and Conflict: Case Studies from Ukraine
As part of the Fall Fridays Scholarship WebinAAR Series, this webinar features a panel of globally renowned experts in Orthodox Studies. This roundtable discussion explores the intersections of religion, war, and geopolitics in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
WebinAAR
November 7, 2025
Buddhist Feminist Historiography: A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Balkwill
In this webinar, five scholars of Buddhist Studies with varying area expertise who all share an interest in historiographical methodologies and feminist approaches engage Dr. Balkwill’s book. Dr. Balkwill responds.
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