Events
A lot is happening around the religious education community. These are the latest events from our REA news stream, just click on a headline for more information. If there is an event you think the rest of the community would like to know about, just email it to us for consideration. Thanks!
- Annual Meeting Plenaries Announced! (posted on 15 May 2023)
We are pleased to share many additional details about the primary plenaries for our upcoming —July 10-14—annual meeting. You can find all of the details on the conference website, and here are direct links to each of the plenary descriptions: July 11 plenary on “Irresponsible answers” featuring Henry Zonio, Christine Diindiisi McCleave, Ramona Grad, and moderated ...
- Join in person in Tulsa, OK! (posted on 30 April 2023)
The REA Board is working to support in-person gatherings that are more regional in nature, and REA VP Anne Walker has organized one such gathering at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, OK. The gathering will coincide with REA’s annual meeting, and along with opportunities to participate in that online portion, there are local field trips and ...
- Thinking about proposing an annual meeting theme? (posted on 16 March 2023)
Any member (or team of members) of the Religious Education Association can propose a theme for the guild’s annual meeting program. If your proposal is selected, you then work collaboratively with the REA Steering Committee and Board to develop and implement the program. To give you a feel for how the new process works, here are ...
- Boston in person regional gathering planned for March 16, 2023 (posted on 2 March 2023)
The first of what will be several in-person regional gatherings will be held in Boston on the 16th of March 2023.
- CFP deadline pushed to February 28 (posted on 30 January 2023)
The Call for Proposals for REA2023 — an entirely online meeting — has been pushed to February 28th. Notification of acceptance has also been pushed, to March 31, but final papers are still due as of May 31. The call, guidelines for submission and other materials are at the meeting website.
- Make an REA New Year’s Resolution (posted on 4 January 2023)
Happy New Year! Whether you typically make new year’s resolutions or not, I hope you will resolve this year to propose a paper, collaborative session, or poster that explores some aspect of the conference theme “Whose Children Are They? Responsibilities for religious formation of a new generation”. Proposals are accepted online (REA 2023 Proposal Submissions) and ...
- Battling Indifference: How We Teach the Holocaust (posted on 27 October 2022)
Gratz College is sharing an online teach-in opportunity all day November 6th, to which REA members are thoroughly welcomed! To kickoff the Holocaust Teach-In’s day of learning, Elisha Wiesel and the Honorable Irwin Cotler will discuss the importance of Holocaust education for protecting human rights and preventing mass atrocity. Join President Zev Eleff, moderator Randi ...
- Celebrate with Dr. Kim-Cragg as she is installed as Principal of Emmanuel College (posted on 24 October 2022)
We are so excited to shared the news — and the warm invitation — of the celebration of Dr. HyeRan Kim-Cragg (long time member and leader in the REA) as she is installed as the 14th Principal of Emmanuel College in Victoria University, the University of Toronto and the Toronto School of Theology. The installation ...
- Join us for an online Fall Gathering! (posted on 18 October 2022)
Join us November 2nd from 7 to 9:30 pm ET for our fall gathering! It’s free and online — please help us to share the news widely. And if you’re a student, come early — from 5:30 pm to 6:45 pmET to network. Our focus this year is “Re-Imagining Religious Education After Pandemic” and we will ...
- Dr. Kim Anderson to be featured at our annual meeting (posted on 14 June 2022)
Kim Anderson is an associate professor at the University of Guelph, and is affiliated with the Department of Family Relations and Human Development in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. Anderson is an Indigenous (Metis) scholar with a research focus on Indigenous mothering, Indigenous feminism, Indigenous masculinities, and Indigenous knowledge in urban settings. We ...
