Conference Proposals

• “Writing a Successful Annual Meeting Paper Proposal”, by Kecia Ali for the AAR
• “Writing the Academic Conference Proposal“, by Jennifer Sano-Franchini for gradhacker
• “How to Organize a Panel for a Conference,” The Professor is In (March 2013)
• “Writing Academic Proposals: Conferences, Articles, and Books,” Purdue Online Writing Lab
• “How to Arrange a Conference Proposal Workshop”, by Kristy Slominski for the AAR

Conference Organizing

• “How to Plan a Low-Budget Conference”, by Kristy Slominski

Networking

• “Sometimes It is Whom You Know,” by Rob Jenkins for Chronicle of Higher Ed (May 2013)

Professional Organizations for Religious Studies:

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
• Religious Research Association
• Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)
• Society for the Anthropology of Religion (a section of the AAA)
• American Society of Church History (ASCH)
• American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA)
• Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)
• Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI)

Other National Professional Organizations that have Sections on Religion:

• American Historical Association (AHA)
• American Sociological Association (ASA)
• American Studies Association (ASA)
• American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• American Philosophical Association (APA)
• National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)
• Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)
• Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

Posters (for those who present at poster sessions at social science conferences)

• “Designing Conference Posters”, by Colin Purrington