{"id":328,"date":"2004-12-11T23:39:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-11T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2004-12-11T23:39:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-11T23:39:00","slug":"328","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pagan Studies in the Academy (AAR Musings, Part 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasclifton.com\/2004\/12\/pagan-studies-in-academy-aar-musings.html\">mentioned earlier<\/a> an attempt by scholars of contemporary Paganism to gain program-unit status in the American Academy of Religion.<\/p>\n<p>Good news from Cat McEarchern, who has been doing the heavy lifting on the proposal:<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We got it. I heard just a few minutes ago that the AAR Program Committee approved the proposal for the Contemporary Pagan Studies Consultation. There was apparently only a brief discussion and many of the members of the committee seemed to think that approval was a given. So people outside our field have been noticing all the work we&#8217;ve been doing and the growth of Paganism as a religion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to start thinking of something that I can submit for next year&#8217;s session. <\/p>\n<p>I will post a link to the Call for Papers when it is ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pagan Studies in the Academy (AAR Musings, Part 3) I mentioned earlier an attempt by scholars of contemporary Paganism to gain program-unit status in the American Academy of Religion. Good news from Cat McEarchern, who has been doing the heavy lifting on the proposal: We got it. 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We have two topics this year: What does Pagan studies offer to academic analysis and critique? How do historical constructions of \u201cpaganism\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"academia\"","block_context":{"text":"academia","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=academia"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2665,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2665","url_meta":{"origin":328,"position":4},"title":"AAR 2011 Pagan Studies Sessions","author":"Chas S. 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