Comments on: American Academy of Religion 2009

By: smb

smb — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:59 +0000

#12 Sam meets both criteria regardless, but I fully support honoring Kate.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:30:37 +0000

Which is probably why he married her in the first place, I imagine.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:24 +0000

Yeah, Kate is possibly the one person on the planet who can make Sam seem dumb and boring. ;)

By: Sam MB

Sam MB — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:13:27 +0000

Thanks, Ben. She is a superb thinker.
Next year is Atlanta, so Delta flights should be cheap even if traffic and smog are stifling.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:33:31 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience, Smb; from what I’ve read/heard from your wife, she is a wonderful scholar.

I wish I could have made it to AAR. Maybe next year.

By: smb

smb — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:41:05 +0000

Jim: agreed. This year she was actually doing Islam and boundary maintenance, but next year she’ll be doing the food session (they plan it out for 3 years in advance).
I’ll work to remember to post something on BCC so everyone knows who is where. I watched a youtube of Zizek, and Kristine, there was nothing comprehensible about it. Funny mumbling and expansive arm waving, almost like he was trying to scare God to death.

By: Jim F

Jim F — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:38:36 +0000

No need to feel sorry for me. (I’ve got tenure!) In fact, I think we all found it amusing, and we enjoyed having a relatively informal discussion of the papers.

But it would be a good idea next year to find out who’s going to AAR so we can at least know who to look for in the program index. Even better, one of the blogs could list the sessions at which we are aware of Mormons who will be presenting. I, for example, wanted to go to the food session, but I didn’t know that one of the presenters was Sam’s wife.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:09:12 +0000

Jim, probably everyone was just hoping Zizek was more comprehensible in person!

By: smb

smb — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:47:24 +0000

Jim, I’m sorry I wasn’t organized enough to make it to your talk. It’s no fun discovering that your room is empty. We got there late, had to work a lot, and I never even got to read the program. Maybe next year we should make sure everyone knows in advance who’s presenting when/where.

By: ZD Eve

ZD Eve — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:40:11 +0000

Jim, for me there would have been no question whatsoever!