Getting to the Meeting...

Why preregister for the meeting? Only after you register for the AAR Annual Meeting can you book your housing at the specially negotiated rates at one of our official hotels. Admission to sessions and the exhibit hall is by name badge only!

PREREGISTRATION

Registration and Housing is now open!

IMPORTANT DATES

Online, fax, and mail registrations are accepted! You must be registered to secure housing. Annual Meeting Employment Center registration is now open. You can register for the Employment Center along with your Annual Meeting registration and housing. March 7 May 1 Late August First tier (Super Saver) pre-meeting registration rates go into effect. Second tier (Early Bird) pre-meeting registration rates go into effect. Annual Meeting Program Planner mailed to all 2010 and 2011 AAR members. Please allow 34 weeks for delivery. Third tier (Advance) pre-meeting registration rates go into effect. Registration packets mailed to those who registered between March 7 and September 30. Special housing rates end. Continue to contact the AAR & SBL Housing Department for housing throughout the meeting. Employment Center registration and rsum deadline. Pre-meeting registration refund request deadline. Contact the AAR Housing Department for refunds (see registration form for details). Pre-meeting registration ends at 5:00 pm EST. All registrations after this date must take place online or onsite in San Francisco. November 1922 Annual Meetings of AAR & SBL in San Francisco, CA.

A copy of the Annual Meeting Program Planner will be mailed in late August to all current members of the AAR. Please allow 34 weeks for delivery. The Program Planner will contain program highlights as well as listings of all AAR and Additional Meetings sessions, and ads from the publishers in our exhibit hall.

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM PLANNER

A complete listing of all AAR and Additional Meetings session information, including participant names, paper titles, and abstracts will be available in the online Program Book on the AAR website at www. aarweb.org by July 1. The keyword search feature will allow you to find the sessions youre most interested in attending!

ONLINE PROGRAM BOOK

September 1 Mid October

The printed version of the Annual Meeting Program Book will be distributed to all attendees onsite in San Francisco. This will include program highlights, complete listings of AAR sessions and Additional Meetings with room locations, session and participant indices, and hotel maps. The Program Book is your single, must-have guide for the Annual Meeting!

ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM BOOK

October 21

October 24 November 1

It is necessary for those entering the United States to clear customs and immigration. Visitors from Canada and Mexico must present a passport in order to enter the Unites States. Please be prepared. NonU.S. citizens should inquire about possible visa requirements from their own country. Official letters of invitation to the Annual Meeting to support visa applications are available. E-mail annualmeeting@aarweb.org with your name, address, and the full contact information of the consulate of your country.

INTERNATIONAL ATTENDEES

November 17

American, Delta, and United Airlines are the official carriers of the AAR & SBL Annual Meetings and Avis is the preferred rental car supplier. For the benefit of our conference attendees, a discount is available and is valid November 15 25, 2011 for travel. To take advantage of these special discount fares, you can call or make reservations directly through their respective websites listed below. Discounts do not apply to certain restricted fares and exclude sale fare inventories. CALL TOLL-FREE. . . Carrier American Airlines Delta/KLM United Airlines Avis Car Rental Phone Number 1-800-221-2255 1-800-328-1111 1-800-532-4777 1-888-754-8878 Website File Number www.aa.com 58N1AR www.delta.com NM73K www.ual.com 587AR www.avis.com H800920

TRAVEL DISCOUNTS

Remember: You must be registered to secure housing!

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As part of its efforts to produce a greener meeting, the AAR and SBL are offering the option to offset the carbon emissions from your travel to the Annual Meeting. By checking the box on the registration form, the AAR will collect $15 from your registration to purchase carbon offsets from NativeEnergy. The AARs Sustainability Task Force selected NativeEnergy because of its commitment to reducing greenhouse gases while supporting its sustainability projects. NativeEnergy is one of the top carbon offset companies in the United States and the world. We encourage you to make this inexpensive commitment to helping make our meetings more environmentally friendly. 2011 Annual Meeting s November 19-22 s San Francisco, CA

ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION

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AIRPORT TRANSFERS
RAPID TRANSIT TRAINS San Francisco International Airport (SFO) The BART station at SFO is located in the International Terminal, Boarding Area G side, on the Departures/Ticketing level. If you are coming in through any other terminal, you can take the free AirTrain directly to the BART station. Follow the signs to AirTrain, and then board the train headed to the Garage G/BART Station stop. When you arrive, take the escalator down to the departures level and walk straight ahead to the BART station. Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are approximately a one to three-minute AirTrain ride to the BART station. For more information, visit www.bart.gov. Oakland International Airport (OAK) To reach the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART Station, youll need to ride the AirBART shuttle, which picks up in front of Terminal 1 and 2 (Southwest Airlines) and will then drop you off at the BART station. It runs every 10 minutes, and the trip takes 15 minutes. The fare is $3.00 one-way, and is payable in cash (exact change only). Once you reach the BART station, there are vending machines in the airport location, some of which accept credit cards. The fare to the stations listed below is $3.80 one-way. For more information, visit www.bart.gov. To Downtown San Francisco on BART Board the Pittsburg/Bay Point (yellow line) train to one of the downtown San Francisco stations that are an easy walk or short cab ride to most San Francisco hotels. F Powell Street Use the Hallidie Plaza exit for the Intercontinental, Parc 55, Hilton, and Nikko. Use the 4th Street exit for the Marriott and Moscone West. F Montgomery Street Use the Market/3rd Street exit for Moscone Center and the Westin. Mineta San Jos International Airport (SJC) To reach the Santa Clara Caltrain Station, youll want to take the VTA Airport Flyer. The fare for the Flyer is $2.00 one-way, and youll need exact change to insert in the fare box. Once you get to the Santa Clara Caltrain station, there will be ticket vending machines that take either cash or credit cards. The fare is $2.50 one-way, which takes you to the last station on the line headed north, San Francisco Station, which is located on Fourth and King Street. Once you get off the train, the Moscone Center and hotels are about a mile away. For more information, visit www.caltrain.com. SHARED-RIDE VANS Shared-ride vans provide service between SFO and passenger-specified locations. Depending on the number of passengers, shared-ride vans may make multiple stops. Van service is available on a walk-up basis. However, passengers are advised to make reservations for service after 11:00 pm. Shared-ride vans pick up passengers on the Departures/Ticketing Level from the roadway center island at all terminals. Information about various shared-ride vans can be found at http:// flysfo.com/web/page/tofrom/transp-serv/to-sf/dtd.html. TAXIS San Francisco International Airport Taxis depart from the designated taxi zones located at the roadway center islands, on the Arrivals/ Baggage Claim Level of all terminals. Fares between the airport and downtown are approximately $37. Metered rates apply to all destinations. Oakland International Airport Taxis can be reached from the third curb of Terminal 1 and the second curb from Terminal 2. They average a $65 fare to downtown San Francisco. San Jos International Airport Taxis are accessible from both Terminals A and B. They average $145 fare to downtown San Francisco.

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American Academy of Religion Registration

San Francisco, CA November 1922
AAR Member # ____________________________________ First Name ________________________________________
(as you would like it to appear on your name badge)

Last Name/Surname _____________________________________________

Institution (for name badge) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ City ________________________________ State ________ E-mail ____________________________________________ Postal Code ______________ Country _____________________________ Phone _________________________________________________________

AAR membership must be current to receive the Member Rate. Please note that the date on which your registration form is received determines the rate you are charged. Dates are noted in parentheses below.

REGISTRATION FEES (circle appropriate fee):

Member
Super-Saver (Open April 30) Early Bird
(May 1 Aug 31)

Student/Retired Member $80 $100 $120 $140

Spouse/Partner* $100 $130 $160 $190

$150 $175 $200 $225

Advance (Sept 1Nov 17) Onsite (Nov 18Nov 22)

*Spouse/Partner Rate is applicable only if the Member and Spouse/Partner register at the same time.

S/Ps Name ____________________________________________________ S/Ps Institution_______________________________________________________________

o Check here if you are physically challenged and require special assistance to participate fully. Attach a written description of your needs.

Tax- deductible contributions are used for programs of the AAR.

TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS:
o $250 o $100 o $50 o $25 o Other

Registration and Housing Bureau American Academy of Religion 825 Houston Mill Road NE, STE #300 Atlanta, GA 30329

MAIL FORM TO:

As part of our efforts to produce a greener meeting, we are offering the option to offset the carbon emissions from your travel to San Francisco. The additional $15 will purchase carbon offsets from NativeEnergy.

ENVIROMENTAL OPTION:

Carbon Offset: o $15

FAX FORM TO: 404-727-7959

Credit card payments only! Note: If you fax the registration form, do not mail the original. Keep a copy of this form for your records. Please allow 10 business days for processing before contacting us to confirm receipt.

Charge a total of $ _______________________________________ o Visa o MasterCard o American Express

Card Expiration Date (mm/yy) ____ / ____ Card # ____________________________________________________ Security Code ________ Signature (required)___________________________________________
I agree to pay the above amount according to card issuers agreement.

FORM OF PAYMENT (choose one):

Phone: 404-727-7972 E-mail: Reg@aarweb.org

QUESTIONS:

My check is enclosed in the amount of $ _____________________

Check # ____________
Make payable to Annual Meetings. U.S. funds drawn on U.S. bank in U.S. dollars. o I do NOT require housing. o Please include my name, institution, and hotel on the onsite attendee list. I want to connect with other members. Note: If you do not check this box, your name will not be listed.

All refunds must be requested in writing by November 1, 2011. Please send requests to the address above, Attn: Refunds. If you have received your name badge and tote bag ticket, return these with your request. A $35 administrative fee will be assessed per registration. Refunds will be processed after the meeting and will be issued by February 1, 2012. Proof of payment may be required. Registrations cannot be switched to another persons name.

REFUND POLICY:

Housing Information
To receive the specially negotiated room rates, you must first register for the meeting. You may then make your reservation through the AAR & SBL Housing Department. You may reserve by Internet, fax, or mail using the enclosed housing form on page 6. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully and provide all requested information. Special rates may not be available after October 27, 2011. DO NOT contact the hotels prior to October 27, 2011.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

All hotel accommodation questions, changes, and cancellations should be directed to the AAR & SBL Housing Department throughout the meeting year. Note that cancellations must be received in writing (mail, fax, or e-mail) at least 72 hours prior to arrival date.

HOUSING CANCELLATIONS OR CHANGES

Note: All rates are subject to local taxes, which currently have an average of 15.6 percent tax per room per night. For example, a $145.00 rate is $167.62 with tax included.
HOTEL SINGLE DOUBLE TRIPLE QUAD

HOTEL RATES

Hilton Union Square Intercontinental Hotel Hotel Nikko Parc 55 Wyndham Marriott Marquis Westin Market Street

$145 $155 $135 $135 $145 $145

$155 $155 $145 $145 $155 $145

$165 $175 $155 $155 $165 $170

$175 $195 $165 $165 $175 $195

Some hotels have suites available at a discounted rate. Contact the AAR & SBL Housing Department for more information: 1-855-836-0001 (U.S. & Canada); 1-404-727-7972 (outside U.S. & Canada); housing@aarweb.org. Suites are not to be used for interviewing purposes. Employers who plan to use the Annual Meeting Employment Center may request a Private Interview Room when they register for the Employment Center. For additional information about the Employment Center, please see www. aarweb.org/programs/career_services.

SUITE REQUESTS

You will receive an email confirmation when you make your hotel reservation with the AAR & SBL Housing Department. Please allow at least 35 days for receipt if your request is faxed or mailed. If you receive a written confirmation that is incorrect, please contact the AAR & SBL Housing Department immediately to correct your reservation. The AAR & SBL Housing Department will send you a new confirmation reflecting the corrections. If cancellation is necessary, please do so in writing at least 72 hours in advance of scheduled arrival to receive a refund of your deposit. Be sure to keep a record of your cancellation number.

HOUSING CONFIRMATION

All meeting rooms are accessible by elevator (doors are wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs) or wheelchair lift. A limited number of guest rooms are set aside for the physically challenged. If you need special accommodations, please indicate your specific needs on the designated area of the housing form and fax or mail it to the AAR & SBL Housing Department. Attendees with disabilities who need information regarding special assistance during the meeting should contact Soraya Shahrak, by phone at 1-404-727-7972, by fax at 1-404-727-7959, via e-mail at housing@aarweb.org, or by mail to American Academy of Religion, c/o AAR Housing Department, 825 Houston Mill Road NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30329.

ATTENDEES WITH ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS

HOTEL LOCATOR MAP

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American Academy of Religion Housing

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SEND CONFIRMATION TO:
First Name____________________________________________________
404-727-7959 (registration form + housing form) Faxing available 24 hours a day. Please print or type all information. Complete EACH section in detail for correct and rapid processing. Confirmations will be sent to the individual indicated. Use one form for each room requested. Do not fax form more than once. If faxing, do not mail the original. AAR is not responsible for lost faxes.

All housing requests and changes must be received by October 21, 2011 IMPORTANT: This form must be submitted with or subsequent to your Annual Meetings registration form.

TO MAKE RESERVATIONS (use one method only):

FAX:

Last Name ____________________________________________________ E-mail _______________________________________________________ Address ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ City ________________________________ State ___________________ Postal Code ___________ Country ______________________________ Phone ________________________________________________________

HOTEL PREFERENCE:
MAIL: Registration and Housing Bureau American Academy of Religion 825 Houston Mill Road NE, STE #300 Atlanta, GA 30329 QUESTIONS:
Phone: 404-727-7972 E-mail: Housing@aarweb.org (Rank hotels in order of preference)

1. ____________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________ o If selected hotels are fully booked, please make a reservation for me at
another conference hotel.

o If selected hotels are fully booked, do not make a reservation for me. Arrival Date: _______________ Departure Date: ________________

METHOD OF GUARANTEE:
The first night of your reservation must be guaranteed. To guarantee your room by credit card, complete the information below:

Room Type Requested (based on availability; cannot be guaranteed): o Single 1 person/1 bed o Triple 3 people/2 beds o Quad 4 people/2 beds Names of all occupants, including self: 1. ____________________________________________________________ o Double 2 people/1 beds o Double 2 people/2 beds

Credit card:

o Visa

o MasterCard

o American Express

Credit Card Number:_____________________________________________

*Exp. Date (mm/yy): _________________ Security Code ______________

2. ____________________________________________________________
Cardholders Name: _____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________

Cardholders Signature: __________________________________________ *If your credit card expires prior to the Annual Meeting, please contact AAR when you have your new card number and expiration date.

Special Requests: o I am interested in a suite. Please contact me. o I need physically challenged accommodations. o Other ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

CANCELLATION POLICY:
All hotel accommodation questions, changes, and cancellations should be directed to AAR throughout the meeting year. Note that cancellations must be received in writing (mail, fax, or e-mail) by November 14, 2011, to avoid hotel cancellation fees.
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At the Meeting...
CHILDCARE Childcare will be offered for an hourly fee during this years Annual Meeting. Please visit the AAR Website at www.aarweb.org for information and pricing details. COMPUTER ACCESS A free Internet caf will be available in the exhibit hall. Access to computers, the Internet, and e-mail is available for a fee at the business centers of each Annual Meeting hotel. In-room Internet connections are also available for a fee in each hotel (see in-room literature for more details). FIND A FRIEND Please note the box on the registration form that gives permission for your name, institution, and hotel (if any) to be posted on a list of attendees (Find a Friend Board) available onsite. If you do not check the box, your information will not be listed. EXHIBIT HALL Visit over 200 publishers in the AAR & SBL Exhibit Hall located in the Moscone Center West. AAR & SBLs Exhibit Hall features books on a wide spectrum of subjects from religious studies to hermeneutics to philosophy, often at deep discounts on cover price. A free Cyber Caf is available inside the Exhibit Hall. Dont miss out!
MORE ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION AT WWW. AARWEB.ORG!
F Registration and Housing F Full program schedule and descriptions F Annual Meeting Employment Center F Roommate Finder F Things to do in San Francisco F Accessibility assistance F And much more!

AAR & SBL Program Schedule AAR & SBL sessions will be held in the Moscone Center West and the Marriott and Intercontinental hotels.
Friday, November 18 Saturday, November 19 Sunday, November 20 Monday, November 21 Tuesday, November 22 7:00 pm9:00 pm 9:00 am6:30 pm 9:00 am6:30 pm 9:00 am6:30 pm 9:00 am11:30 am Welcome Reception Program Unit Sessions Program Unit Sessions Program Unit Sessions Program Unit Sessions

AAR & SBL ANNUAL MEETINGS HOURS

Full program schedule and descriptions available August 15 at www.aarweb.org! Onsite Registration and Exhibit Hours Registration and the Exhibit Hall are located in Moscone Cener West.
Friday, November 18 Saturday, November 19 Sunday, November 20 Monday, November 21 Tuesday, November 22 Registration 12:00 pm6:00 pm 8:00 am5:00 pm 8:00 am5:00 pm 8:00 am5:00 pm 8:00 am10:00 am Exhibit Hall 8:30 am5:30 pm 8:30 am5:30 pm 8:30 am5:30 pm 8:30 am12:00 pm

Name badge is required to enter all sessions and the Exhibit Hall. Register and arrange housing anytime online at www.aarweb.org!

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Annual Meeting Employment Center

The Annual Meeting Employment Center will provide employers and job candidates with interview facilities, a message service, current job listings, and candidate credentials for review. All registered candidates receive:

CANDIDATE SERVICES
F Annual Meeting edition of Employment Listings. F Opportunity to file a CV for employer review. F Access to the Employment Center message system to send and receive confidential communication with registered employers. F Use of a drop box to leave employers requested documents.

All candidates have the option of submitting a CV to the Employment Center. The submission system opens August 1. Candidates who would like their CVs filed in the binders onsite must be registered for the Employment Center by October 24 to have their CV submitted to the system by October 25. Organized by job classification, the online CVs are available to employers electronically beginning August 15, 2011, through January 31, 2012, and onsite at the Annual Meeting Employment Center. Onsite registrants and those who do not upload their CV by the deadline may bring two copies to the Employment Center to be filed alphabetically. Please see http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Career_Services/ Employment_Center for more information. Candidate Fees Preregistration: $25 Onsite registration: $50

All registered employers receive:

EMPLOYER SERVICES
F Use of the Interview Hall and the ability to invite any Annual Meeting registrant to an interview. F Placement of job advertisement in the Annual Meeting edition of Employment Listings, available onsite to all candidates. F Icon next to online advertisement indicating that the position is registered for the Employment Center. F Access to candidate credentials at the Employment Center and online August 15, 2011, through January 31, 2012. F Access to the Employment Center message system to send and receive confidential communication with registered candidates. F Ability to reserve a Private Interview Room for an additional fee.

In order to ensure the widest possible pool of candidates, all jobs registered with the Employment Center must be advertised for at least 30 days in the September, October, or November issue of the online Employment Listings. The fee for the advertisement is not included in the Employment Center registration fee. To place an ad, go to http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/Career_Services/ Employment_Listings.

ADVERTISING A JOB

Employers who register onsite will not be able to reserve Private Interview Rooms or Interview Hall space prior to arriving onsite. Employer Fees First job: $275 ($325 onsite) Each additional job: $60 ($85 onsite)

Employment Center registration for candidates is currently open through the Annual Meeting registration system. Employers register for the 2011 Employment Center at http://www.aarweb.org/Programs/ Career_Services/Employment_Center/default.asp. Registration for employers opens on July 1 and closes on October 24. Registration for candidates closes on October 24. 2011 Annual Meeting s November 19-22 s San Francisco, CA

REGISTRATION

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Plenary Speakers
AAR President Kwok Pui Lan has created a plenary series on the topic of Empire and Religion. Each of her plenary speakers will address this larger topic from a particular disciplinary viewpoint with a focus on how research in globalization, postcolonial criticism, and gender and queer theories can inform our understanding about religion.

Trinh T. Minh-ha, University of California, Berkeley The Intersection of Gender, Postcoloniality, Culture, and Religion
Saturday, 11:45 am12:45 pm Trinh T. Minh-ha is a world-renowned independent filmmaker and feminist, postcolonial theorist. She teaches courses that focus on womens work as related to cultural politics, postcoloniality, and contemporary critical theory and the arts. Trinh was born in Hanoi, and was brought up in South Vietnam during the American War. She studied piano and music composition at the National Conservatory of Music and Theater in Saigon. Trinh migrated to the United States in 1970, where she studied music composition, ethnomusicology, and French literature at the University of Illinois, ChampaignUrbana. There she received her MFA and PhD degrees. She has been teaching in the Gender and Womens Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1994 and in the Department of Rhetoric since 1997. Trinh has been making films for over twenty years and may be best known for her first film Reassemblage, made in 1982.

Kwok Pui Lan, Episcopal Divinity School Presidential Address

Saturday, 8:00 pm9:00 pm

Trinh T. Minh-ha

Kwok Pui Lan

Kwok Pui Lan is the William F. Cole Professor of Christian theology and spirituality at Episcopal Divinity School. She holds a BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a MTh from Southeast Asia Graduate School of Theology, and a ThD from Harvard University. Kwok is an internationally known scholar and a pioneer in Asian feminist theology, as well as postcolonial theology. She has published extensively in feminist theology, biblical hermeneutics, and postcolonial criticism. Kwok is the coeditor of two volumes Off the Menu: Asian and Asian North American Womens Religion and Theology (Westminster, 2007, with Rita Brock) and Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians (Fortress, 2007, with Don H. Compier and Joerg Rieger). Her other publications include Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology (Westminster, 2005), Discovering the Bible in the Non-Biblical World (Orbis, 2003), and Introducing Asian Feminist Theology (Pilgrim, 2000). Her current research includes globalization and Christian theology and a long-term project on Signifying Jesus, in which she examines the relation between Christology, colonialism, and the modern world.

Envisioning the Study of Religion in the Twenty-first Century

Sunday, 11:45 am12:45 pm Laura Donaldson is a Professor of English and American Indian Studies at Cornell University. She received her doctorate from Emory University in 1983. She has served on the National Executive Board of the Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, and as a Faculty Fellow for Cornells Akwe:kon House, the first university residence of its kind in the country purposely built to celebrate American Indian heritage. Donaldsons 1992 book Decolonizing Feminisms: Race, Gender, and Empire-Building (University of North Carolina Press) presents new paradigms of interpretation that help to bring the often oppositional stances of First versus Third World and traditional versus postmodern feminism into a more constructive relationship. Donaldson is currently working on a new book titled American Samson: Haunting the NativeChristian Encounter. Richard King studied philosophy and theology at Hull University before completing his PhD in religious studies at Lancaster University in 1993. He joined the University of Glasgow in 2010, after five years as professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University. King is a historian of ideas by orientation with a concern to explore genealogical questions of power and representation in the study of Asian traditions. To be specific, his work seeks to examine ways in which South Asian wisdom traditions have become globally re-presented since the late colonial era by the world religions template and the role played in this by the emergence of the comparative study of religion as an academic enterprise in the West. Donald Lopez Jr. is currently the professor of Buddhist and Tibetan studies at the University of Michigan, in the department of Asian Languages and Cultures. He was educated at the University of Virginia, receiving a BA in religious studies in 1974, a MA in Buddhist Studies in 1977, and his doctorate in Buddhist studies in 1982. Lopez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has written and edited many books on various aspects of the religions of Asia. He specializes in late Indian Mahayana Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism and commands classical and colloquial Tibetan.
Donald Lopez Jr.

Laura Donaldson

Richard King

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Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley How Gender and Queer Theories Can Inform our Understanding of Religion
Sunday, 8:00 pm9:00 pm Judith Butler is the Maxine Elliott professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at the University of California, Berkeley. Butler was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a family of Hungarian and Russian ancestry. As a child and teenager, she attended both Hebrew school and special classes on Jewish ethics where she received her first training in philosophy. Butler received her PhD in philosophy from Yale University in 1984, for a dissertation subsequently published as Subjects of Desire: Hegelian Reflections in Twentieth Century France (Columbia University Press, 1999). Her research ranges from literary theory, modern philosophical fiction, and feminist and sexuality studies to nineteenth and twentieth century European literature and philosophy, Kafka and loss, mourning and war. Her most recent work focuses on Jewish philosophy, exploring pre- and post-Zionist criticisms of state violence. In 2009 Butler received the Andrew W. Mellon Foundations Distinguished Achievement Award for her contributions to humanistic inquiry.

Judith Butler

Lifetime of Learning Lecture

Monday, 11:45 am12:45 pm Judith Plaskow is professor of religious studies at Manhattan College. Her scholarly interests focus on contemporary religious thought with a specialization in feminist theology. Plaskow received a BA from Clark University and a MA and PhD from Yale University. Plaskow has lectured widely on feminist theology in the United States and Europe. She cofounded The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and coedited it for its first ten years. She is also the author of three books, Sex, Sin, and Grace: Womens Experience and the Theologies of Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001), Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective (HarperCollins, 1991), and The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics 19722003 (Beacon, 2005). In addition, Plaskow has coedited three other volumes, Women and Religion (1973), Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion (HarperCollins, 1979), and Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality (HarperCollins, 1989). She is currently at work on a project on embodiment, elimination, and the role of toilets in struggles for social justice.
Judith Plaskow

Katie Geneva Cannon is the Annie Scales Rogers professor of Christian ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary. In 1983, Cannon became the first African-American woman to receive a PhD from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She was also the first African-American woman to be ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Cannon focuses her work in the areas of Christian ethics, Womanist theology, and women in religion and society. She has lectured nationally on theological and ethical topics and is the author or editor of numerous articles and seven books, including Katies Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community (Continuum, 1995) and Black Womanist Ethics (Wipf and Stick, 1988).

Katie Geneva Cannon

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Tour Information
Sunday, November 20, 8:00 am12:00 pm

BAY AREA CEMETERIES TOUR

The history of San Franciscos cemeteries is one of relocation. After 1900, the expanding city evicted most of the cemeteries, citing health issues. The cemeteries remaining in San Francisco are Mission Dolores Cemetery and the San Francisco National Cemetery in the Presidio, which is also home to a famous pet cemetery. Many of San Franciscos graves were relocated to Colma, south of San Francisco. This tour will visit a few of the major cemeteries and may include San Francisco National Cemetery (San Francisco); Presidio Pet Cemetery (San Francisco); Mission Dolores Cemetery (San Francisco); Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland); Cypress Lawn Memorial (Colma); Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (Colma); and Hills of Eternity Memorial Park (Colma).

Saturday, November 19, 8:00 am12:00 pm

CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE AND STAINED GLASS TOUR

No other American city can claim to have such a diverse religious life as San Francisco. Fortune-seekers from all over the world turned this once-sleepy village into a thriving metropolis and the gateway to 49er gold country. These new arrivals brought with them a wide array of cultural and spiritual traditions, and they built places to enshrine their beliefs. A bus tour of religious sites will reveal such architectural styles as Richardson Romanesque, Gothic, Hispanic-Mexican, Baroque, Neoclassical, and American Gothic Revival. With more than seventy sacred places scattered throughout San Francisco, its not hard to find a specific church, temple, or synagogue of any faith with architecture to rival that of Europe and Asia. Sites visited on this tour may include Calvary Presbyterian Church, Grace Cathedral, Old St. Marys Cathedral, St. Marys Cathedral, Glide Memorial Methodist Church, Holy Virgin Cathedral, and Swedenborgian Church of the New Jerusalem.

Monday, November 21, 9:00 am1:00 pm

EDIBLE CITYSCAPES RELIGION, JUSTICE, AND THE BAY AREA SUSTAINABLE FOOD CULTURE
This bus tour features leaders and community organizations working to bring fresh food to urban food deserts, to address global hunger and ecological degradation, and to educate children about gardening, cooking, and health. During site visits in Oakland and Berkeley, we will learn how committed community activists nourish a progressive, sustainable food culture in the East Bay Area, as well as contribute to international NGOs dealing with food security. The tour will include talks from and visits with local religious and secular leaders within these movements, who will share the specific religious and/ or spiritual values and ethics that drive their sustainable food and policy activism. Check back soon for further details and a complete list of speakers and site visits! As the bus returns to the conference, participants will have the option to stop for a sustainable lunch (fitting both student budgets and professorial incomes), with instructions on transit options for an easy return trip.

Sunday, November 20, 1:00 pm3:30 pm

GIRLS IN TROUBLE AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM TOUR

Leave the confines of the conference scene and take a short stroll over to the Contemporary Jewish Museum for an invigorating Sunday afternoon break of music, discussion, and contemporary Jewish culture. A concert by indie-folk-rock band Girls in Trouble blazes the way with their poetic interpretations of the inner worlds of biblical women. Lead singer, songwriter, poet, and fiddler Alicia Jo Rabins gives plangent voice to the stories of Judith, Tamar, Sotah, Chana, Bat Yiftach, and Miriam. Afterwards, SBL members Carol Bakhos (UCLA) and Alan Cooper (JTS) engage the artist in a discussion on midrash, biblical women, poetry, and music. Audience questions and comments are encouraged. After the discussion, registrants may tour the museum for free.
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Saturday, November 19, 9:00 am11:30 pm

HISTORIC CASTRO NEIGHBORHOOD

Explore a diverse neighborhood that you only thought you knew. You will walk through the area taking in the sights and sounds of the lively and ever-changing Castro/Eureka Valley neighborhood. What were once dairy farms and dirt roads is now one of the citys most vibrant and cohesive communities, saturated with popular and stylish shops, restaurants, and bars. Some of the highlights of the Castro/Eureka Valley tour will include Harvey Milk Plaza, Pink Triangle Memorial Park, and the famous Castro Theatre. Those who wish may also tour the GLBT History Museum for an additional $5 admission fee. You will ride public transportation as a group to the Castro neighborhood.

Saturday, November 19, 8:00 am11:00 am

MUIR WOODS

After a short ride from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge, you will be awed by one of the most magnificent Redwood forests in the world Muir Woods. Early winter is one of the best times to visit Muir Woods the weather is cool and rainy; and Redwood Creek is full and melodious. You will travel by bus and have an opportunity to walk through the forest and explore this magnificent National Monument. Bring rain gear!

Monday, November 21, 1:00 pm5:00 pm

SACRED AND RELIGIOUS SITES OF SAN FRANCISCO

distinct places of worship spanning the various cultures that have settled in the area. The exact sites will be announced at a later date. Please check back for updates.

The Sacred and Religious Sites Tour explores a handful of sites exemplifying the rich diversity of San Franciscos religious communities. You will travel to diverse neighborhoods to visit some of the most architecturally, historically, and artistically

SAN FRANCISCO CITY TOUR

Friday, November 18, 1:00 pm5:00 pm

The perfect introduction to the city of San Franciscoa fun-filled bus journey through the vibrant neighborhoods, such as North Beach, Chinatown, Fishermans Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Union Square, the Embarcadero, and historic areas of the City by the Bay. Some of the famous sights you will see on the tour may include Coit Tower, Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill, the Chinatown Gate, Transamerica Tower, Alamo Square home to the famed Painted Ladies the Ferry Building, and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, where the tour will stop for a photo op. You will travel to Twin Peaks for panoramic views of the City and a chance to take group photos (weather dependent). Finally, if time permits, you will have a chance to explore Ghirardelli Square or Pier 39/Fishermans Wharf on your own.

Monday, November 21, 8:00 am11:00 am

VEDANTA SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

The Vedanta Society of Northern California was founded in 1900 by Swami Vivekananda. It is spiritually affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order, which today is considered to be one of the foremost important religious institutions in India. The New Temple, located at the corner of Fillmore and Vallejo Streets in San Francisco, is the Societys headquarters. Dedicated in 1959, the New Temple houses a variety of activities. The Altar of the New Temple has been designed to represent, as fully as possible, the Vedantic concept of God. On the upper part is the Sanskrit word OM, which is looked upon as the word symbol of Divinity in all its aspects. Beneath OM are enshrined Lord Buddha, Jesus Christ, and Sri Ramakrishna. Also enshrined on the altar are Sri Sarada Devi, Ramakrishnas first disciple, and Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishnas foremost apostle
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Workshops
Whats Next for Texts: Scripting Religion in a Networked World
Friday, November 18, 9:30 am-4:30 pm In 2011, the AAR will not only be meeting concurrently with the SBL, it will be doing so near Silicon Valley, the global epicenter of the digital revolution. Taking its cue from this conjuncture, the workshop will ask Whats next for texts? Although it might seem that the diffuse networks of the internet should have exploded the sacred book once and for all, scripture continues to shape the contemporary world in ways that are at once unexpected and overdetermined by the textual past. Religion has gone online, to be sure. But the text still significantly shapes religion in ways that go far beyond questions of content. Books as material objects continue to structure religious lives and religious worlds. Scriptural metaphors have come to encode debates about seemingly secular objects like the U.S. Constitution and the human genome. The scriptural sanctity of the Quran has been successfully mobilized for political ends. Gathering together scholars from the AAR and the SBL, this years Religion and Media Workshop interrogates textuality in both ancient and modern worlds, calling particular attention to research that attempts to bridge the two. It further asks how scholars of religion can make use of the emergent methodologies associated with the Digital Humanities. We invite you to join a discussion of these themes with leading reporters, performers and academics, including Elizabeth Castelli of Barnard College and Editor of Postscripts, Jeremy Stolow of Concordia University, and James Watts of Syracuse University. Our unique three-part workshop includes panels, performance and small group discussion. Our morning program features a series of interdisciplinary panels on ancient and contemporary textualities, which interrogate text as a medium that exceeds and encompasses its informational content. In the afternoon, we turn to the digital, asking how Google Books and the Digital Humanities reconfigure the question of scripture for the twenty-first century. As always, there will be ample time for small thematic conversations around issues of urgent relevance to the study of religion and media. The cost for the workshop is $60, which includes the entire day of sessions and lunch. Registration is limited to the first 75 participants.

RELIGION AND THE MEDIA WORKSHOP

Friday, November 18, 9:00 am-4:30 pm

OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO UNDERREPRESENTED SCHOLARSHIP: A STRATEGY AND ACTION WORKSHOP

Sponsored by the Status of Women in the Profession Committee, the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee, and the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Persons in the Profession Task Force Despite more than four decades of feminist, anti-racist, queer and other insurgent scholarship, the work and the scholars who produce it still face many barriers in the academy. This strategy and action workshop will focus on developing a plan of action for overcoming these barriers. The morning session will feature a panel that will discuss barriers to and strategies for promoting and disseminating paradigm-shifting intellectual projects in the academy. In the afternoon, participants will work on developing concrete proposals for collective action that can be implemented within the AAR and our home institutions. The cost for the workshop is $50, which includes the entire day of sessions and a continental breakfast (lunch will be on your own). We do not want anyone to be prevented from attending the workshop due to cost. If you need a subsidy, please contact judith.plaskow@ manhattan.edu. Registration is limited to the first 80 participants.

Teaching About Religion and Sustainability: The Animal Question

Friday, November 18, 1:45 pm-5:30 pm Sponsored by the Sustainability Task Force and the Animals and Religion Consultation What roles do and can animals play in the religion classroom? How can thinking about animals and religion help our students better understand both religion and their own relationships with animals? In this teaching workshop, experienced scholar-teachers will help attendees work through these and related questions. One panel will introduce key issues concerning animals, religion, and sustainability through the specific themes of urban wildlife, companion animals, and animals as food. Another panel will focus specifically on teaching about animals in three different kinds of religion courses: introduction to religion, comparative religion, and seminary courses (e.g., Biblical Studies, Christian Ethics, etc.). Participants will also discuss how to teach about animals and religion through service- or community-based learning. Guided small-table discussions following the panels will give attendees the chance to further discuss issues raised by the presentations and to share pedagogical techniques with each other. We will also have a comprehensive bibliography for all participants. The cost for the workshop is $40, which includes the entire afternoon of sessions and a coffee break. Registration is limited to the first 75 participants.

SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP

Gender, Sexuality, and Bodies in the Text

Friday, November 18, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

RETHINKING ISLAMIC STUDIES WORKSHOP

Sponsored by the Islamic Mysticism Group and the Quran Group In this workshop eight scholars will lead discussions on reading gender, sexuality, and bodies in the classical sources. We will address matters such as historically grounded readings of gender and sexuality in the Hadith; bodily representations of the Prophets wives in the Sira; gender and bodies in Sufi metaphysics and hagiography; the role Fatimas esoteric body plays in theological and hagiographical sources; masculinity in Quranic accounts of the prophets and prophecy; and iconoclastic practices as they are embodied in the text of image, ritual action, and architecture. Each scholar will head a table focusing on a different topic and set of sources and discuss the methods, and even the salience, of reading gender, sexuality, and bodies in the sources. The cost for the workshop is $30, which includes the entire afternoon of sessions and a coffee break. Registration is limited to the first 75 participants.

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