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Next Meeting: March 6-8, 2009, DFW Marriott
The annual meeting will be held at the DFW Marriott next March. Due to the success of our 2008 meeting, the hotel has moved our exhibit hall and major sessions all to the main ballroom section of the hotel. We anticipate a record number of participants.
The Call for Papers is now closed. The Official Program will be posted online in mid December. Online Registration will open in January 2009. Programs will be mailed in late December to all current members of organizations.
2008 Meeting Summary
A total of 333 people participated in the 2008 meeting, which was held at the DFW-Airport Marriott hotel. One-third of these participants were student members. Major organization registration was 110 AAR members, 157 SBL members, 21 ASOR members, and 11 ASSR members. A record 17 exhibitors were represented.
Highlights of the meeting include an AAR plenary address by Emilie Townes, an SBL plenary address by Dale Allison, and a new plated luncheon for all SWCRS attendees.
At the awards ceremony, William H. Bellinger, Jr. (Baylor University) received the John G. Gammie Distinguished Scholar Award. Two faculty received Junior Scholar Grants: Rebecca Raphael (Texas State University), for her project "The Anomalous Body in Late Antique Judaism: Hebrew and Aramaic Texts;" and Eric A. Mitchell (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), for his project "The Tel Gezer Regional Survey."
