Canadian Society for Jewish Studies
The Canadian Society for Jewish Studies (CSJS) will provide a venue for the presentation of Jewish studies research primarily among faculty members, graduate students, and independent scholars both living in and outside Canada. *One does not need to reside in Canada in order to be a member of the Society.
The CSJS holds an annual conference to be held simultaneously with the annual conference of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies(ACJS). Each year a programme committee appointed by the Society's executive will send out a call for papers, evaluate the submissions and notify applicants of its decisions. All presenters must be a member in good standing of the Society.
The CSJS has an establsihed Executive that will govern and guide the direction of the society. The executive committe is comprised of: a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and five members at large to beelected for a one year term at the annual meeting. The executive will appoint the programme committee, determine the amount of dues, and decide on other CSJS matters.
Members of the executive committee have the following duties:
(a) The president will conduct the day to day operations of the Society and will be responsible
for initiating discussion, by email or other means, of issues which arise and require the
attention of the executive.
(b) The vice-president will succeed the president in case of resignation from office and will
serve in lieu of the president in case of illness orother absence.
(c) The treasurer will keep the society's financial and membership records.
(d) The secretary will record and have charge of the minutes of each meeting.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Laura Wiseman (President, CSJS)
Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies
YORK UNIVERSITY
Kaneff Tower
4700 Keele St.
Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Canada
Professor Laura Wiseman (President, CSJS)
Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies
YORK UNIVERSITY
Kaneff Tower
4700 Keele St.
Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Canada
Canadian Society for Jewish Studies / Société canadienne d'études juives
Executive Committee 2022
Laura Wiseman, President (York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Justin Jaron Lewis, Vice-President & Conference Chair
Ira Robinson, Immediate Past President (Concordia Univeristy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Daniel Maoz, Immediate Past Vice-President
Aviva Atlani, Treasurer
Deidre Butler, Secretary
Jonathan Bourgel
Carrie Bettel, Membership Chair
Simcha Fishbane
Howard Gontovnick, Website Chair (State University of New York, Plattsburgh, N.Y. USA)
Yael Halevi-Wise
Susan Landau-Chark