UPDATED 7/17/2018
APARRI 2018
“The State of the Field: Asian Pacific American Religious Studies”
July 18 – 21
| JULY 18th Wednesday | |
| 3:00pm | Hotel check-in |
| 4:00 | Conference registration opens |
| 5:30 | Dinner |
| 6:45 | Welcome |
| 7:00-8:30pm | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Sylvia Chan-Malik, Rutgers University Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam (2018) Introduced by Najeeba Syeed, Claremont School of Theology |
| JULY 19th Thursday | |
| 8:30-10:30am | INTRODUCTIONS |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00pm | AFFINITY GROUPS I |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | SESSION “How to Get Published/Tips for Publication” Andrea Jain, Indiana University-Purdue University & Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion moderated by David K. Yoo |
| 2:00-4:00 | CONCURRENT PRE-CIRCULATED PAPERS SESSION 1 • Community & Congregation • Religion & Racial Visions • Comparative Studies |
| 4:00-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30-6:00 | BOOK PANEL Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America (2018) Himanee Gupta-Carlson, SUNY Empire State College in conversation with Khyati Joshi |
| 6:00pm | Dinner (on one’s own) |
| JULY 20th Friday | |
| 8:30-10:30am | CONCURRENT PRE-CIRCULATED PAPERS SESSION 2 • Second Generation • Theology & Practice |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:00pm | AFFINITY GROUPS II |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 |
WORKSHOP “Mindful Eating, Compassionate Living” |
| 2:00-3:15 | MENTORING SESSION for graduate students and early career faculty -or- Free Time |
| 3:30-5:00 | BOOK PANEL Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change (2018) Janelle Wong, University of Maryland in conversation with Russell Jeung —- This event is open to the public. If you are not registered for the conference and would like to attend, please RSVP here. |
| 5:00-5:30 | WRAP-UP |
| 6:00pm | Dinner – Walter’s Restaurant |
| JULY 21st | Saturday | |
| 8:30-11:00am | FUTURE PLANNING |
Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative 