AASR meets at the quinquennial world congresses of the IAHR for electing a new AASR Executive for the next five-year period and for dealing with matters that need the approval of the AASR General Meeting. The next IAHR congress takes place in Poland in 2025. In the past, the AASR met at:
- Mexico City in August 1995
- Durban in August 2000
- Tokyo in March 2005
- Toronto in August 2010
- Erfurt in August 2015
- Otago, New Zealand, August 2020 — cancelled because of COVID pandemic.
- Krakow, Poland, August 2025
AASR also organises a major regional conference at least twice every five years in Africa. AASR has organised nine conferences in Africa and is currently organizing a 10th that will meet in Botswana in the summer of 2026.
Previous AASR Regional Conferences:
- Nairobi, Kenya, Kenyatta University/Amani Centre (The Religions of East Africa in the Age of Globalization) – July 27-30, 1999
- Legon, Ghana, University of Ghana (The Role of Religion in the Socio-Cultural Transformation of West Africa) – February 4-8, 2004
- Gaborone, Botswana, University of Botswana (Health, Healing, and the Study of the Religions of Africa) – July 8-13, 2007
- Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University (Religion, Environment and Sustainable Development) – January 17-21, 2009
- Njoro, Kenya, Egerton University, (Sports, Leisure, Religion & Spirituality in Africa & the African Diaspora) – July 18-23, 2012
- Cape Town, South Africa, University of Cape Town (Religion, Ecology, and the Environment in Africa and the African Diaspora) – July 30-August 3, 2014
- Legon, Accra, Ghana, University of Ghana (Religion, Sexuality, and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora) – 26-29 July 2016
- Lusaka, Zambia, University of Zambia and Justo Mwale University (Revisiting Religion, Politics, and the State in Africa and the African Diaspora) – 1-4 August 2018
- Nairobi, Kenya, University of Nairobi (Creativity, Innovation, and Imagination in African Religions) – 2-4 August 2023.
