With the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region of the American Academy of Religion
See the Call for Submissions (closed) here.
All conference events will take place in Sturm Hall (2000 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80208) at the University of Denver. The reception will take place in the neighboring Community Commons. A campus map is available here. The conference will run 8:00am-4:30pm both Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26. Conference registration and name badge pickup will be available from 7:30am-4:00pm on both days. On Friday, we will have a reception for all conference participants directly following the keynote, and on Saturday we will follow our lunch plenary session with a documentary film screening and panel discussion.
All presenters and attendees must register to attend the conference through this link. Registration fees are $50 for full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure-line full time, and emeritus), $10 for students and contingent faculty, and $20 for guests. All presenters are asked to have a valid AAR or SBL membership. Lunches Friday and Saturday, plus the Friday reception, are included in the registration.
The conference hotel is Courtyard by Marriot Denver Cherry Creek, approximately 2 miles from the venue (Sturm Hall). You must reserve your hotel room by March 8 to receive the discounted rate of $99/night. Use this link to receive the discounted rate. All license plates must be registered for the Marriot parking lot to receive complimentary parking. When you register, please enter the promo code “AMERICAN” to receive complimentary parking. You can also register for hotel parking using this link and the promo code above.
Denver International Airport is the nearest airport to DU (approximately 30-40 minutes away). All conference events will take place in Sturm Hall located at 2000 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80208. There will be signage in the building along with greeters to direct you. Parking is available in the parking garage on High Street for $10 per day. Please indicate whether you need parking on your conference registration.
As of now we have confirmed that the conference can go ahead in person per DU COVID protocols. Non-DU students, staff, and faculty and those not cleared for campus access must follow DU Visitor COVID protocols outlined here. All participants must fill out this visitor survey for access to conference events. Not completing this survey could delay or prevent conference access.