CFP 3rd Annual Innovations: Emerging Scholarship Conference

Call for Papers

The Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) will host, on November 5-6, 2025, the third annual Innovation: Emerging Scholarship Conference, an international event for postdoctoral scholars and graduate students. This virtual event welcomes emerging scholars to share their innovative research in a collegial environment.

Participants are expected to read all submitted papers before the event to focus the conversation on the presented ideas. Every session is scheduled for 1.5 hrs. The sessions will begin with 5-minute introductions by 2-3 researchers, one emerging scholar respondent, and one senior scholar respondent, followed by open discussion among participants. 

The seminar welcomes doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers to present papers and participate in general discussions. Participants from various fields, including those related to the Hebrew Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumran Scrolls, New Testament, and Christian and Rabbinic literature, are invited to submit paper proposals. All are welcome to attend.

Paper proposals (250-500 words) must be submitted by August 1, 2025. Letters of acceptance will be sent by August 15, 2025. Completed papers (maximum 6,000 words, including notes) are due October 1, 2025. Select papers will be published in a conference proceeding, allowing the research to reach a wider audience.

Please contact the organizing committee and Dr. Joshua Scott, the seminar secretary (events@cba-site.org), for registration details and instructions on submitting proposals and papers.