Welcome Bienvenue
ברוכים הבאים
Welcome to the website of the Canadian Society for Jewish Studies ~ Société canadienne d’études juives. The organization was founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2004 with the goal of promoting and facilitating the development and dissemination in Canada of research in all areas of Jewish Studies.
The purpose of the society is to provide a scholarly community and venue for the presentation of academic research in Jewish Studies, primarily for faculty members, graduate students, and independent scholars living in Canada. Residence in Canada is not required for membership or participation. Individuals who are interested in Jewish Studies are welcome to join, encouraged to become more involved with the organization, and participate in its growth.
Professor
Deidre Butler
Carleton University
president
Professor
Yael Halevi-Wise
McGill University
vice-president
Professor
Laura Wiseman
York University
immediate past-president
CSJS
2026 Annual Conference
Conférence annuelle
Call for Papers
Appel à communication
February 26 2026 16 fevrier
Appel à communication
Université Carleton University
May 26-28 / 26 au 28 mai, 2025
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
Membership renewal for 2026 is underway
Memberships and conference fees can be paid by:
Mailing a cheque or money order to:
CSJS, c/o A. Atlani,
77 Spring Gate Boulevard,
Thornhill ON L4J 3C9, Canada, or
E-transfer: Please specify “CSJS Membership” in the subject line.
cansocjstudies@gmail.com
Membership (beginning January 1) is:
University faculty members: $36 CAD
Graduate students, adjunct faculty, and unaffiliated scholars: $18 CAD
Conference registration fees 2025: $200 CAD
Includes meals (Kosher)
Students are exempt from this fee through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
Please make sure that your name and e-mail address are specified so that the Treasurer can prepare an acknowledgment of receipt of Conference Registration fees.
We look forward to greeting you at the 2026 CSJS Conference.
CSJS Academic Statement
CSJS welcomes research and analysis in all areas of Jewish Studies. Jewish Studies encompass scholarship with a wide reach, stemming from their complex, interdisciplinary nature. In their embrace is the breadth of the Jewish experience through the centuries and across the globe, of Jews and Jewish communities in various milieux, as well as in majority, minority, and integrated circumstances. Broadly, the areas of study range from antiquity to the present, from classical and contemporary scholarship to postmodern matters. They include research and analysis of source texts, texts and supercommentaries; the diversity of Jewish lives and practices; education; histories, archaeology, and demographics; languages, literatures and linguistics; Israel Studies; antisemitism and Holocaust Studies; cultures, cultural practices, countercultures, fine arts, and a wealth of material culture.
CSJS Diversity Statement
Canadian Society for Jewish Studies—CSJS—is committed to being a safe and welcoming organization that embraces individuals of a wide range of identities, experiences, and backgrounds, inclusive of religions, languages, national origins, genders, and sexual orientations.
We recognize the challenges facing Jews today in their ongoing attempts to live in safety and dignity in their ancestral homeland, Israel, and across the diaspora.
CSJS is open to scholars at varying stages of development. CSJS seeks to foster robust, scholarly conversation that engages junior and senior academics, graduate students, and independent scholars. CSJS values dialogue on all issues within our organization and in society at large.
The cohesiveness of our organization does not depend on unanimity; it depends on a willingness to listen and to speak with compassion and respect for one another.
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Canadian Society for Jewish Studies – Société canadienne d’études juives