The Law, Religion, and Culture Group requests submissions for its panels to be held at the American Academy of Religion's next annual meeting in San Diego during November 17-20, 2007.

We invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the cultural, historical, critical, and comparative study of the intersections of law and religion, including legal categories in religious traditions, the treatment of religion within legal traditions, and human rights and freedom of religion and belief. We especially encourage proposals on the following themes: the cross-cultural translation of the categories of "law" and "religion," the ways in which such translations have influenced the study of religion — especially religions other than Christianity — and the impact of law on conceptions of religion around the world.

Complete submissions include a proposal of no more than one thousand words, and an abstract of no more than 150 words. Further instructions are available on the AAR website noted below.

Proposals may be submitted through the American Academy of Religion's website at http://www.aarweb.org or sent to robertyelle@hotmail.com. The deadline for submissions is March 1.

Robert A. Yelle, J.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of History, University of Memphis
Guggenheim Fellow, 2006-2007
Chair, Law, Religion, and Culture Group
American Academy of Religion

respond to: robertyelle@hotmail.com