Mentoring Sessions are open to all SAR 2021 participants, but are directed towards graduate students and early career PhDs. The facilitators below will give brief comments, but the sessions will largely be a chance for attendees to ask questions and discuss.
Saturday, May 15 ~ 2:00-3:15pm (UTC 19:00-20:15)
Organizers/chairs: Hillary Kaell (McGill) & Don Seeman (Emory)
Participants: Agnieszka Pasieka (University of Vienna), Rose Wellman (University of Michigan, Dearborn), Jennifer Selby (Memorial University)
What does it take to publish a book? Geared toward graduate students and emerging scholars, this session offers a chance to ask anything and everything about the publishing process. We will discuss monographs and volumes, and offer tips on preparing book manuscripts. It is moderated by Hillary Kaell and Don Seeman, editors of the SAR's Contemporary Anthropology of Religion book series at Palgrave Macmillan press, and features three recent authors in the series.
Saturday, May 15 ~ 6:00-7:15pm (UTC 23:00-00:15)
Organizers/chairs: N. Fadeke Castor (Northeastern) & Jeanette Jouili (Syracuse)
This mentoring session offers a chance for BIPOC women and non-binary scholars to discuss how to create vibrant scholarly communities and support networks.
Sunday, May 16 ~ 10:30-11:45am (UTC 15:30-16:45)
Organizers/chairs: China Scherz (Virginia), George Mpanga (Independent Researcher), Sarah Namirembe (Gulu University)
Collaboration has the capacity to change the questions people ask and the answers they come to. In this session, panelists will discuss ways of cultivating equitable and ethical collaborations in anthropological research.