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Southeast Region
Call for Papers
Southeast Regional Meeting
(AAR/SBL/ASOR/SE)
March 7–9, 2008
Marriott Century Center
Atlanta, GA
The following sections and program units invite members who wish to present a paper or coordinate a session to submit proposals (1–2 pages) or completed manuscripts to the appropriate section chairs by the call deadline, October 1, 2007. Each member is limited to one proposal.
Please use the proposal submission form available on the SECSOR website (www.secsor.appstate.edu). Proposals for joint sessions should be sent to all chairs.
Please note that unless otherwise indicated, papers must be of such a length as can be presented and discussed within 45 minutes.
Planned use of audiovisual equipment must be noted on the submission form. Because of the very high cost of renting audiovisual equipment, presenters who wish to use such equipment must provide it themselves. SECSOR will provide a limited number of designated AV rooms with a screen, cart, and cords; however, presenters must bring their own projection, audio, and other AV equipment. So it is still necessary for program planners to know which presenters are planning to use AV equipment so they can be scheduled in appropriate rooms. It is imperative that we have all information concerning AV equipment on proposal forms. This allows us to plan “AV rooms” where sessions with similar needs can be scheduled. AV costs are based on a per room, per day basis. By blocking rooms, SECSOR can save substantially on conference costs. Thank you for your cooperation.
The copying of handouts is also the responsibility of the presenter.
All program participants must be preregistered for the meeting.
Suggestions for new program units or special speakers should be sent to SECSOR’s executive director or to the vice president/program chair of the respective society (see list of regional officers below).
Consultation on Teaching Feminism/Womanism
The consultation invites proposals for 90-minute interactive workshops emphasizing practical aspects of womanist/feminist pedagogy, with special interest in the following issues: 1) teaching for/as social change; 2) men in the feminist classroom (e.g., men as teachers, students, authors of texts; men and masculinity as an area of study/teaching; transgender and genderqueer issues in the feminist classroom); 3) feminism and feminist pedagogy in foundations courses; and 4) engaged learning and the development of relationships within the broader community, social movements, and organizations. Workshop proposals may come from individuals or groups, and should be designed to occupy the space of a full session (90 minutes). Submit proposals to co-chairs: Margarita Suarez, Meredith College, suarezm@meredith.edu; and Letitia Campbell, Emory University, letitia.campbell@emory.edu.
(AAR) Academic Study of Religion and Pedagogy
Themes: 1) Open call on Health, Healing, Religion, and Teaching: Papers can include teaching about matters of health and healing in the religion classroom, the impact of teaching religion on one's health and/or the health of one's students, the impact of health on one's teaching/learning and/or the students' teaching/learning of religion, teaching religion in a “sick” classroom or a “sick” building, etc. Health may include but is not limited to physical health, mental health, psychological health, and other forms of health/healing and wholeness. 2) Open call on graduate students and teaching religion: Papers may include “best practices” by professors who teach graduate students, papers by graduate students evaluating their pedagogical method in teaching religion, papers on being taught religion as a graduate student, etc. Papers may focus on any of the variety of places in which graduate students in religion-centered degree programs might teach or be taught, including but not limited to undergraduate programs, graduate secular programs, graduate confessional/professional programs, places of worship defined widely, and so on. 3) Open call on Teaching Islam post-9/11. 4) Books That Help Us Teach: Hebrew Bible Survey Courses (joint with Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament). 5) A joint invited session with Academic Study of Religion and Pedagogy on “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” Submit proposals to chair: Margaret Aymer, Interdenominational Theological Center, maymer@itc.edu.
(AAR) African-American Religion
Themes: 1) Open Call. 2) New Directions in the Study of African-American Religion: Papers are sought that offer new angles of vision for the present and future study of African-American religion. This includes engagement with interdisciplinary anthologies and individual texts such as Gayraud S. Wilmore’s African American Religious Studies, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Cornel West’s African American Religious Thought, and the work of Anthony B. Pinn. 3) African Americans, Popular Religion, and Postmodernity: Papers are sought that engage postmodern concerns and popular religion among African Americans. This includes Pentecostal expressions of Christianity, Christian fundamentalism, religious media, and popular representations of African-American religion in literature and popular culture. 4) Joint session with Religion in America: Invited panel featuring Esrkine Clarke’s award-winning book Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic. Submit proposals to chair: Ronald B. Neal, Claflin University, rneal@claflin.edu.
(AAR/SBL) American Biblical Hermeneutics
Themes: 1) Joint open session with NT: “Reading Biblical Texts and Health.” Submit copies of proposal to chairs: Shelly Matthews (NT), Shelly.Matthews@furman.edu; N. Samuel Murrell (Am. Bib. Herm.), Murrells@uncw.edu. 2) Papers on all topics related to Hermeneutics and the Bible will be considered for open session. Send proposal to fbenjamin@oakwood.edu and murrells@uncw.edu. 3) Invited panel: Bible, Science, and Public Policy.
(SBL/ASOR) Archaeology and the Ancient World (4 sessions)
1) Two open sessions. 2) Workshop on the Karak Resources Project. 3) Presidential Address: John Wineland (Kentucky Christian University). Send title and abstract (150 words) or complete paper (required of first-time presenters) to chair: Gregory L. Linton, Johnson Bible College, 7900 Johnson DR, Knoxville, TN 37998, USA; glinton@jbc.edu.
(AAR) Arts, Literature, and Religion
Themes: 1) A joint session with the History of Religions section concerning teaching Asian religions through literature and film. 2) Topics focused on the therapeutic uses of artistic media in keeping with the overall theme of the conference “Health, Healing, and Religion.” 3) Popular conceptions of Jesus in art and literature after the movie The Passion of the Christ, either cultural reactions to this film, comparisons, or revisions. 4) Open call. Submit proposals to co-chairs: Megan Summers, Berkeley Preparatory School, meganrae@uga.edu, and Adam Ware, University of Georgia, amware@uga.edu.
(SBL) Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament
1) Two or three open sessions. We especially encourage submissions for a session on “Healing, Health, and the Hebrew Bible.” For these sessions, please send proposals (or completed papers if you have never presented) to Bryan Bibb, Religion Department, Furman Hall Suite 206, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613, USA; bryan.bibb@furman.edu; and David Garber, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University, 3001 Mercer University DR, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; garber_dg@mercer.edu. 2) An invited panel on “Books That Help Us Teach: Hebrew Bible Survey Courses” (Joint with Academic Study of Religion and Pedagogy ). 3) An invited panel commemorating the life and work of James Barr. 4) An invited panel on interpreting the Hebrew Bible in film. Submit proposals to chair: David Garber, McAfee School of Theology, garber_dg@mercer.edu.
(AAR) History of Christianity
A call for papers in the History of Christianity on the general theme of “Health, Healing, and Religion” in the Early Church, Medieval Period, Reformation, or Modern Christianity, especially considering the practice of healing in modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, as well as theologies of health and healing in Catholic and Protestant writers. Submit proposals to chair: Michael Simmons, Auburn University, bishopmichael@troycable.net.
(AAR) History of Judaism (2 sessions)
1) Second Temple Judaism. 2) Open topics. Submit proposals (or completed papers if you have never presented) to Gilya Schmidt, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, 501 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0450, USA; gschmidt@utk.edu.
(AAR) History of Religions
Themes: 1) A joint session with the Arts, Literature, and Religion section concerning teaching Asian religions through literature and film. 2) Healing in the religions of Asia and Africa. 3) Invited panel on Loyal Rue's book Religion Is Not about God. 4) Religions in diaspora. 5) Open call. Submit proposals to chair: Steven Ramey, University of Alabama, steven.ramey@ua.edu.
(AAR) Islam
This new section was approved by SECSOR in 2007. Themes: Proposals on all topics will be considered, but the following themes are especially invited: 1) A joint session with Women and Religion on “Gender and Islam.” 2) A joint session with Academic Study of Religion and Pedagogy on “Teaching Islam post-9/11.” 3) Islam in the West. 4) Islam and Modernity. 5) Islamic Mysticism. 6) Topics in Islamic History. Submit a copy of your proposal to co-chairs Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, jhammer@uncc.edu, and Rachel Scott, Virginia Tech, rmscott@vt.edu.
(SBL) New Testament
Themes: 1) Open Call. 2) Call for papers related to the theme of the New Testament, health, and healing. 3) Call for papers on extracanonical texts related to issues of Christian origins. 4) Invited Panel on topic to be announced. 5) A joint session with the American Biblical Hermeneutics Section on “Reading Biblical Texts and Health.” For theme #5, submit copies of proposal to chairs of both sections: Shelly Matthews (NT), Shelly.Matthews@furman.edu, and N. Samuel Murrell (Am. Bib. Herm.), Murrells@uncw.edu. All other submissions should be sent to chair: Shelly Matthews, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett HWY, Greenville, SC 29613, USA; Shelly.Matthews@furman.edu
(AAR) Philosophy of Religion and Theology
Themes: 1) Open call. 2) “Sin”/“Sickness” as theological or philosophical category. 3) Atonement or Redemption as Healing. 4) Science, Health, and Theology/Philosophy of Religion. 5) An invited panel discussion of Beth Felker Jones’s Marks of His Wounds: Gender Politics and Bodily Resurrection. Submit proposals to chair: Mark S. Medley, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, 631 S. Limestone ST, Lexington, KY 40508, USA; marksamuelmedley@gmail.com.
(AAR) Religion, Ethics, and Society
Themes: 1) Open call. 2) Health, Healing, Religion, and Ethics. 3) Environmental Ethics. 4) A joint invited session with Academic Study of Religion and Pedagogy on “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” Submit a copy of your proposal to co-chairs Laura Stivers, Pfeiffer University, laura.stivers@pfeiffer.edu, and Grace Kao, Virginia Tech, gkao@vt.edu.
(AAR) Religion in America
Themes: 1) Open call. 2) Religion and Popular Culture. 3) Religion and Family and/or Religion and Politics. 4) Waco: 15 Years Later. 5) Joint session with African-American Religion: Invited panel featuring Erskine Clarke’s award-winning book Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic. Submit proposals to chair: Lynn S. Neal, Wake Forest University, nealls@wfu.edu.
(AAR) Women and Religion
Proposals on all themes will be considered, but the following themes are especially encouraged: 1) Woman and/as authority, or self-authorization; 2) Women writing theology; 3) Women and health (e.g., community health initiatives, mental health, disability, women healers, sexuality); 4) Women’s communities; 5) A joint session with the Islam Section on gender and Islam. Submit proposals to co-chairs: Michelle Voss Roberts, Rhodes College, robertsm@rhodes.edu, and Emily Holmes, Emory University, eaholme@emory.edu.
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate students at institutions in the Southeast Region are invited to submit papers for the Undergraduate Session, sponsored by SECSOR. Open to all topics, the session will be composed of the papers considered the best submissions by an interdisciplinary committee. Students should submit completed papers that reflect original student research of an appropriate length for presentation (approximately 12 d.s. pages). No paper over 15 d.s. pages will be considered. One submission per student. Please include on the cover page contact information for the student and a faculty sponsor who has reviewed the submission. Electronic submission preferred. Send submissions by December 15, 2007, to chair Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College, mcnary_zak@rhodes.edu. Note: Undergraduates may still submit proposals to other sections as well.