Planning your Meeting:
Use the Online Program Book until you get the Program Book on-site.
All of the sessions will be held in the Sheraton New Orleans, the New Orleans Marriott or the JW Marriott. The Career Center will be in the Sheraton.
Check the update page for additions and changes.
Registration for the meeting is at the Marriott. If you were not mailed a name badge it can be picked up at Registration. Those with name badges can go directly to pick up totebags which contain everything else you need including the program book.
The Book Exhibit Hall
The Exhibit Hall will be in the New Orleans Marriott. Pre-plan your Exhibit Hall strategy! Click here for hours and booth numbers.
Sponsors
Support those who support the Society
Platinum Sponsor:
Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship
Gold Sponsor:
Baker Academic and Brazos Press
Silver Sponsor:
Eisenbrauns
Bronze Sponsor:
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Copper Sponsor:
Edwin Mellen Press
Maps
A Google map will show nearby resturants and sites of interest.
The hotel maps of session rooms will be in the on-site Program Book.
Getting Around New Orleans
There is a streetcar on Canal Street as well as other options.
More at NORTA >>
Restaurants
You can see a list of vegetarian restaurants in New Orleans at Happy Cow.
The only Kosher resturants are in Metairie: Casablanca and Kosher Cajun New York Deli and Grocery.
But luckily Cafe du Monde is now kosher!
Green Initiatives at the SBL
An article on some of the green initiatives put in place at the 2009 Annual Meeting
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Session Highlights:
The feast of the 2009 program includes not only the main course of program unit sessions but also the appetizers and aperitifs of affiliate programs, professional development, and New Orleans themed programs. The following are only samples:
The Presidential Address
Learning, Teaching, and Researching Biblical Studies: Today and Tomorrow
Saturday, Nov 21, 7:00 pm
Room: Grand Ballroom C - SH
David J. A. Clines, University of Sheffield
Vincent L. Wimbush, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding
SBL Members' Reception
Saturday Nov 21
8:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Room: Grand Ballroom AB - SH
Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
SBL Student Members' Reception
Saturday Nov 21
10:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Room: Lagnaippe - SH
Hosted by the Student Advisory Group
Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
Finding God in the City of Angels:
Scriptural Communities and Dynamics in Los Angeles (National Film Premiere!)
Sunday 11/22/2009
1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Room: Grand Ballroom D - SH
Finding God in the City of Angels is a documentary film directed by award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Jessum and written, produced, and sponsored by the Institute for Signifying Scriptures. A special panel session and audience discussion will follow the film premiere.
22-304 Bible and Cultural Studies
New Orleans and Flood Narratives: A Screening and Discussion of the Film Trouble the Water (Zeitgeist Films) Sunday 11/22/2009 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Grand Ballroom C - SH
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Trouble the Water weaves an insiders view of Katrina with a mix of veritι and in-your-face filmmaking.
Panel discussion with the filmmakers to follow.
Bible and American Popular Culture
Saturday 11/21/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Studio 6 - MR
If ever there were a city that would be defined by and known internationally for its music, it would be New Orleans. This session highlights the rich musical heritage of New Orleans in relation to the Bible and popular music.
Affiliates
We are pleased to have the following organizations as Affiliates of the program! Look for their sessions in the online and onsite Program Books.
Adventist Society for Religious Studies
African Association for the Study of Religion
Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars
Christian Theological Research Fellowship
Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium
GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics
Institute for Biblical Research
International Greek New Testament Project
International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
International Syriac Language Project
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Karl Barth Society of North America
Korean Biblical Colloquium
Masoretic Studies (Affiliated with IOMS)
National Association of Professors of Hebrew
Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship at the American Bible Society
North American Association for the Study of Religion
Society for Pentecostal Studies
Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies (SARTS)
Society of Christian Ethics
Sψren Kierkegaard Society
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
The African Studies Association and the Society for Biblical Literature are pleased to partner to take advantage of our coinciding Annual Meetings, November 19-22 and November 20-24, respectively, in New Orleans. We have agreed that a registration badge for either meeting will allow reciprocal entry to the general sessions and the Exhibit Hall of the other. SBL registrants are also welcome to participate in the ASA special sessions and to visit the ASA Video Marketplace. Please see the Annual Meeting Programs for further details.
Both the ASA and the SBL value their members' participation and we look forward to successful Annual Meetings in 2009.
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