This year’s theme is: “Civil Rights, Religion and Responsibility”. This conference is the West’s most important national conference on religious studies, and it happens once a year. It is a great honor, then, for us to host it, and this is the first time that has happened. There will be hundreds of participants in approximately 30 sessions over three days, and the WR-AAR conference is the first in-person conference since the start of the pandemic.
Conference visitors are required to register in advance.
Keynote Speaker: UC Davis Professor of Law Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe
Five UCD graduate students will presenting their research:
Lauren R. Eastland, University of California, Davis, "Homeschooling for Pluralism or Nationalism? Differing Ideals for Muslims and Conservative Christians"
Stephanie Milton, University of California, Davis, “The Role of Faith for Black Patients and Caregivers Contemplating Advanced Care Planning”
Aron Tillema, University of California, Davis, “Non-Human Entities in the Book of Jonah: Divine Care and Prophetic Callousness?” In a session entitled “Ecology and Religion” (Saturday 11:15-12:45pm)
Anuj Vaidya, University of California, Davis, “The Larval Goddess: Sita as Method in Forest Tales”
Jennifer Sherrill, University of California, Davis, "Sounding Faith: Constraining Refugee Voices in the Catholic Church of Lesvos”