Faculty members in the Department of Religious Studies will be presenting and participating in panel discussions on a wide range of interdisciplinary topics at the 2023 American Academy of Religion annual meeting.

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The topics and panels covered are as follows:

Professor Brian Clites is convening and presiding over the Contextualizing Sexual Abuse Seminar session, “Reconsidering Nuns as Both Victims and Perpetrators of Clergy Sex Abuse,” on Sunday, Nov. 24

Professor Jue Liang is the co-organizer of and a panelist at the roundtable “Author Meets Author: Multiple Truths in Buddhist Studies,” co-sponsored by the Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit and the Global-Critical Philosophy of Religion Unit, on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Professor Justine Howe is presenting, “Developing Student Voice and Expertise in the Islamic Studies Classroom,” on a panel entitled “Feminist Pedagogy in Islamic Studies,” on Sunday, Nov. 24. This panel focuses on developing feminist approaches to teaching Islam and gender.

Professor Timothy Beal is featured in the SBL Meta criticism of Biblical Scholarship round table discussion presenting “Review of Beal, The Book of Hiding: Gender, Ethnicity, and Annihilation in Esther”.