SBL/AAR Joint Labor Policy Task Force

The SBL and the AAR continue to collaborate, with very productive results, to develop an Annual Meeting labor policy. The JLPTF met on 16 January 2013 and approved the following minutes from its 18 November 2012 meeting. Progress continues and more will be reported as work proceeds.

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Meetings

The Annual Meetings 2013 Call for Papers is now open.  Submissions are due by March 1, 2013.  For more information please visit  the Annual Meetings page. 

The International Meeting Call for Papers deadline has been changed to 11:59 PM EST Monday, February 11. We hope this gives you ample time to prepare that amazing proposal for the meeting.
As you know, the International Meeting provides a unique forum for biblical studies and related disciplines. Program units span Archaeology and Material Culture, the Arts, Law, Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran, Early Judaism and Early Christianity, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Hermeneutics, Theory and Identity, the Historical Jesus and Extra Canonical Literature, the History of Interpretation, Language and Linguistic Studies, Paul and Pauline Literature, Translation, Textual Criticism and Manuscripts, and Theology and Theological Approaches.

View the list of active program units and their calls for papers here. Please note proposal requirements here. More information about the International Meeting is located on our website here.

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with the University of St. Andrews to provide dormitory accommodations within the University for only 59 pounds per night. Information about these accommodations, as well as transportation options, are available on the website above.

Travel Grants

The SBL Travel Grants offer opportunities to current SBL members to attend the Annual Meeting, participate in the program, enhance their professional development, and build their network with fellow scholars. These grants help facilitate the work of Program Units, the International Cooperation Initiative, Status of Women in the Profession Committee, Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee, and other SBL Committees representing scholars in the field. These grants are intended to support underrepresented and underresourced scholars. As such, preference will be given to women, ethnic/racial minorities, and members from ICI-qualifying countries. For more information please visit  the Annual Meetings page. 

In Memoriam
Recent memorials, tributes, and obituaries for our colleagues:

Paul J. Achtemeier 1927- 2013 (SBL President, 1989)

Avigdor (Victor) Hurowitz 1948-2013

Peter R. Burton 1952- 2012

ICI Online Books

The following books were added to the ICI Online Book depository in January:

Eberhart, Christian A., ed. Ritual and Metaphor: Sacrifice in the Bible. Resources for Biblical Study 68. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.

Hanneken, Todd R., The Subversion of the Apocalypses in the Book of Jubilees. Early Judaism and Its Literature, Number 34. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.

Fischer, Irmtraud and Mercedes Navarro Puerto, with Andrea Taschl-Erber, eds. Torah. The Bible and Women: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1.1. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.

Lipton, Diana. Universalism and Particularism at Sodom and Gomorrah: Essays in Memory of Ron Pirson. Ancient Israel and Its Literature, Number 11. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.

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Calendar

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February 2013
2/8- 2/10	SBL Midwest Regional Meeting Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois More information
2/15	Call for Papers- Spatialising Practices 2013 The Redescribing Graeco-Roman Antiquity project regularly offers papers at the Society of Biblical Literature under the auspices of the Greco-Roman Religions section. The purpose of the project is to work towards a 'Redescriptive Companion to Graeco-Roman Antiquity' in which a taxonomy of analytical categories are developed from theory of religion as well as inter- and transdisciplinary study of culture and society. Delegates wishing to present their work to the Colloquium are requested to submit an abstract of their presentation (200 words) to the colloquium administrator, Dr Nickolas Roubekas ( spatialising2013@unisa.ac.za) by February 15, 2013. More information
March 2013
3/1	Call for Papers Deadline International Symposium on Allegory to be held April 23-27 2014 at Villa Vigoni, Lake Cuomo, Italy e-mail for more information
3/7- 3/8	Sex: Religious and Theological Perspectives Princeton, New Jersey The Koinonia Forum Graduate Student Conference, sponsored by Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton. New Jersey with a keynote address by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Associate Professor of Religion and core faculty in the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Wesleyan University. More information
3/8- 3/10	SBL Southwestern Regional Meeting Marriott DFW, North Dallas, Texas More information
3/13- 3/15	SBL Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting Sheraton Baltimore City, Baltimore Maryland More information
3/15- 3/17	Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) Regional meeting will be held at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina More information
3/15- 3/18	Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society Portland, Oregon, Portland Hilton & Executive Tower More information
3/17- 3/18	SBL Central States Regional Meeting St. Louis Marriott, ST. Louis, Missouri More information
3/21-3/23	Colloquy on Eucharist and Ecclesiology Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas. In contemporary Christian theology in an ecumenical age, the retrieval of ancient practices in a new era is an important move. Eucharistic theology and ecclesiology converge in significant ways in our time, and this convergence requires the interdisciplinary work of scholars of the Bible, early Christianity, and liturgics. This colloquy will feature three presentations on the intersection of eucharist and ecclesiology by scholars from the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Greek Orthodox traditions. They are: Dr. Gary D. Badcock (Huron University), Fr. Dennis Farkasfalvy, O. Cist. (Cistercian Abbey, University of Dallas), and Dr. Paul Meyendorff (St. Vladamir's Orthodox Seminary in Washington, D. C.). In addition there will be three working groups on topics related to this conference theme. Paper proposals are invited, and the submission deadline is January 15, 2013. For additional information see the website at or contact the organizers by email.
3/23- 3/25	SBL Pacific Coast Regional Meeting Regional meeting will be held at Hope International University in Fullerton, California More information
April 2013
4/4- 4/5	SBL Eastern Great Lakes Regional Meeting Clarion Hotel Lake Erie, Erie Pennsylvania More information
4/5- 4/6	SBL Rocky Mountains- Great Plains Regional Meeting Denver Seminary, Denver, Colorado More information
4/5- 4/6	SBL Upper Midwest Regional Meeting Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota More information
May 2013
5/3	SBL New England Regional Meeting Regional meeting location will be announced soon. More information
5/3- 5/5	SBL Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting Seattle University, Seattle, Washington More information
5/30- 6/2	St. Ambrose Conference on Bible and Justice St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa will bring together scholars, clergy, and students from around the world to explore how the ancient texts of the Bible might address a variety of modern justice concerns, with a focus on gender, empire, poverty, and the environment. Along with our keynote speakers, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Richard Horsley, Elsa Tamez, and David Horrell, this conference will work to consider the relevance of the Bible to modern justice issues, while promoting bridges between biblical studies and various endeavors for a just world. A call for abstracts is now open for both professional and undergraduate sessions. For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://www.sau.edu/Bible_and_Justice_Conference.html
June 2013
July 2013
7/4- 7/6	Peter in Earliest Christianity A conference sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins, University of Edinburgh (immediately before the SBL International Meeting in St. Andrews). Speakers include: Timothy Barnes, Markus Bockmuehl, Sean Freyne, Larry Hurtado, Peter Lampe, Tobias Nicklas, and Margaret Williams. Topics include: the historical Peter, Peter in Galilean and Roman archaeology, and Peter in the first three Christian centuries. Offers of short papers (20 minutes) may be submitted to Dr. Helen Bond before March 15, 2013. Registration opens October 1, 2012. Registration fee, which covers conference fee, coffee breaks, and Friday lunch, is £40 before April 15, 2013, and £50 after April 15, 2013 (and £35 for students any time). There will also be a conference dinner Friday evening, for which the fee is £25 payable at registration. More information
7/7- 7/11	SBL International Meeting Held in St. Andrews, Scotland More information
7/15- 7/17	Christian Contribution to the Arab Renaissance during the Second Millennium The ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirty Seventh International Conference on Christian Contribution to the Arab Renaissance during the Second Millennium, to be held at the Oriental Institute, the University of Oxford, 15-17 July 2013.The conference will start on Monday 15th July at 9am, finishing on Wednesday 17th July at 6pm. Each speaker's paper is limited to 35 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact the Aram Society, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England. Tel. 01865-514041 Fax. 01865-516824. Email for more information.
7/29–7/31	The Decapolis: History and Archaeology ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirty Fiftth International Conference on the theme of The Decapolis: History and Archaeology, to be held at Oxford University. The conference aims to study the movement of nomads and their settlements in the Syrian Orient; and it will pay a special attention to the migration of Arab nomads from the Arabian Peninsula to the Fertile Crescent in the pre-Islamic period. The conference will start on Monday July 29th at 9am, finishing on Thursday, July 31st at 6pm. Each speaker's paper is limited to 30 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact our Oxford address:ARAM, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE, England. Tel. 01865-514041 Fax. 01865-516824. Email ARAM
7/30-8/2	EABS Annual Meeting Annual Meeting of the European Association of Biblical Studies Hosted by The University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany More information
August 2013
8/4–8/9	International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) The 21st Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) will take place at the University of Munich, Germany. As usual it will be joint with the Congresses of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS, 1.-3. of August), of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS), the International Organziation for Masoretic Studies (IOMS), the International Organization for Targum Studies (IOTS) and the International Syriac Language Project (ISLP). More Information