AAR: Bienvenue Montréal!
American Academy of Religion 2009, Day 1
The Palais des congrès de Montréal is an excellent futuristic site for the contemporary study of religion, mostly because it is so large. It took almost 20 minutes to find the room for the Tantric Studies Group. Nonetheless, the site is more than capable of being filled to overflowing with people of a hundred colors and religions, and many more beliefs. While it is somewhat formal, the feeling so far is quite cordial, and people have been fascinating and most often than not, genuinely interesting.
I am very happy to be in the beautiful city of Montréal for the 100th AAR meeting. Today I attended three panels, the first on “meditation” and “science”, the second on Geoffrey Samuel’s book on The Origin of Yoga and Tantra, and the third on translation issues in tantric textual studies. As soon as I attend to my empty stomach, I will post some notes on these fascinating presentations.
~Marcus in Montréal
Entrance to the ultra-modern building hosting the AAR
What the AAR is all about: Question marks…
