ASR News & Announcements

The theme for this year’s annual meeting is “Religion and Resilience.” The meeting will be held August 9–11, 2025 at the Centric Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Our President, Tricia Bruce, and Program Chair, Eman Abdelhadi, have promised to make this year’s meeting unique in terms of both its intellectual content and social gatherings. We can look forward to unique sessions, workshops, our Presidential and Furfey lectures, and receptions. As usual, we will begin our meeting with an Opening Night Reception on Saturday, August 9. Our awards ceremony will recognize the winners of the McNamara Student Paper Award, Distinguished Sociology of Religion Article Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Be sure to check the website (www.sociologyofreligion.org) for submitting full-day symposium, completed sessions, workshops, paper abstracts, and meeting registration. An email announcement will circulate when the submission portal is available. Hotel reservations will also be available on the Annual Meeting page on the ASR website. Please consider supporting our association by staying at the ASR hotel and making your reservations as early as possible so you can secure a room at the low ASR rate.

Keep an eye out for the ASR elections. We will elect a President, Secretary, and three new Council members. The Secretary and three new Council members elected will begin their terms at the end of this year’s annual meeting and continue through the first Council meeting of 2028. Just like last year, all members of ASR are eligible and encouraged to vote in the election through the Member Portal of the website (an email will be sent when the portal is available).

ASR GRANTS AND AWARDS

Please consider applying or nominating people for any of the following grants and awards:

The Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to the Sociology of Religion is an award that recognizes a career or a long period of contribution—it is designed to consider an awardee’s corpus of work as a whole. See the Grants & Awards section of the website for instructions and details.

The Robert J. McNamara Student Paper Award in the amount of $500 is given annually to recognize an outstanding graduate student member’s paper in the sociology of religion. If the winner of this award agrees to attend the meeting to present the paper, s/he can receive an additional $500 toward the cost of a room at the conference hotel. See the Grants & Awards section of the website for instructions and details.

Thank you for your participation in our organization and your interest in Sociology of Religion. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns regarding our association.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and successful 2025!