The Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies/La société canadienne des études bibliques occurs in late May or early June. This Meeting is the main occasion for members to share ideas and work, formally through presentations and workshops, informally through conversations. It takes place in conjunction with the Congress of Canadian learned societies sponsored by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS). Participation of members is facilitated by a travel grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The CSBS/SCÉB 2010 Annual Meeting will be held May 29-31 at Concordia University, Montréal, PQ
(About Congress)
Calls for Papers:
The electronic submission form is currently unavailable. Please submit your proposal as an e-mail attachment (in Word or Rich Text formats only) to the Programme Coordinator at tburke@yorku.ca.
First-time student presenters are required to submit a letter of endorsement from a professor with their submission of a paper proposal to any general or special session.
Papers in English or French are invited for presentation in the form of short communications followed by discussion (time for presentation and discussion is usually 30 minutes). Proposed titles, along with an abstract of approximately 100 words, should be submitted by December 31, 2009 at the latest. We ask contributors to submit their proposals via the CSBS web site at http://www.ccsr.ca/csbs/AnnualMeeting.html. Should there be any problems with electronic submission, proposals will be accepted by e-mail attachment (in Word or Rich Text formats only) to the Programme Coordinator at the e-mail address below. Be sure to include your institutional affiliation, if applicable. The programme is developed in January and approved in early February by the Executive, and proposals that are not submitted on time cannot be accommodated within the schedule. Please indicate when submitting your proposal if you are unable to participate on a specific day of the week for religious reasons. Every effort will be made to accommodate such requests, but please be advised that scheduling requirements may not make this possible. Proposals for papers, communications or other events for the programme are to be sent to the Programme Coordinator: Tony Burke (tburke@yorku.ca).
Theme: The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography. The last quarter-century has seen a remarkable resurgence in scholarship on the book of Chronicles. The Ancient Historiography Seminar of the CSBS (http://biblical-studies.ca/historiography/) invites papers evaluating the state of Chronicles research, including papers exploring the text, context, or subtext of the Chronicler’s work and Yehudite Historiography in the late Persian/Early Hellenistic Period. While the focus of the session will be on Chronicles, papers on other examples of early Second Temple historiography, especially as they contribute to our understanding of the Chronicler, are welcome. To be considered for our program, please submit a 250 word abstract to Tyler Williams (tyler.williams@kingsu.ca) by December 1, 2009.
Theme: "Constructing the Body." These thematic sessions examine concepts that are essential to the texts, culture and traditions of ancient Jewish discourse/s from the destruction of the first temple through the redefinition of Judaism in the aftermath of the second destruction. We welcome papers on early Jewish, early Christian, early and late Second Temple periods, as well as about Greek speaking Judaism and Qumran texts. The emphasis of these sessions is on conceptual transformations and continuities in the face of the first and second destructions. Topics this year might include the gendered body, the colonized or enslaved body, illness/disease/deformity, the dead body, etc. Please send the title and abstract (maximum 250 words) as an attachment to Christine Mitchell at christine.mitchell@usask.ca by December 15, 2009.
Future Congress Meetings
Previous Meetings:
- 2009: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON (Program with Abstracts)
- 2008: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Programme with Abstracts [pdf file])
- 2007: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Programme with Abstracts [pdf file])
- 2006: York University, Toronto, ON (Programme with Abstracts [pdf file])
- 2005: University of Western Ontario, London, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 2004: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Programme with Abstracts)
- 2003: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Programme with Abstracts)
- 2002: University of Toronto, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 2001: Université Laval, Québec City, PQ (Programme with Abstracts)
- 2000: University of Alberta, Edmondton, AB (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1999: Université de Sherbrooke/Bishop’s University, PQ (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1998: Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1997: Memorial University, St. John’s, NF (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1996: Brock University, St. Catherines, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1995: Université du Québec à Montréal, PQ (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1994: University of Calgary, AB (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1993: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1992: University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1991: Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1990: University of Victoria, BC (Programme with Abstracts)
- 1989: Université Laval, Québec City, PQ (Programme with Abstracts)