Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate participated in several events at the American Academy of Religion annual meeting held Nov. 1-3 in Chicago. Plate organized and presided over one panel, "Re-enchantment and Re-connection: On the Relation of Religion and Contemporary Art," and was a panelist for another session on "Religion and Media."
Also, as chair of the jury that presents AAR's annual "Religion and the Arts Award," Plate presented the 2008 award to the prominent Los Angeles based artists, Betye and Alison Saar.
As part of new and ongoing developments for the AAR annual meeting, Plate was nominated to serve on two steering commitees: the group "Religion, Film, and Visual Culture," and a newly formed group "The Body and Religion." The AAR is the largest gathering of religious studies scholars in the world, and this year more than 5,500 people attended from many countries.
Also, as chair of the jury that presents AAR's annual "Religion and the Arts Award," Plate presented the 2008 award to the prominent Los Angeles based artists, Betye and Alison Saar.
As part of new and ongoing developments for the AAR annual meeting, Plate was nominated to serve on two steering commitees: the group "Religion, Film, and Visual Culture," and a newly formed group "The Body and Religion." The AAR is the largest gathering of religious studies scholars in the world, and this year more than 5,500 people attended from many countries.
