We are working to make the CSSR/SCÉR more accessible. We invite your inquiries for this F.A.Q. section.
The fees are due annually based on the sign up date.
We encourage members to renew membership before each calendar year (December), but early in the year (i.e. January or February) is acceptable.
You can create a CSSR Membership profile by becoming a member. Once a membership profile is created, you can sign into your account by hitting “Log in” on our homepage and edit as needed. Learn how to join or renew your CSSR Membership.
You can do so by updating your CSSR Membership profile and paying your membership fees. You will receive a confirmation email from the CSSR Treasurer (treasurer@cssrscer.ca) that will include both a receipt of payment from BMO, as well as an attached official letter of confirmation of CSSR Membership, including start and end terms of your membership. The confirmation email will be sent to the email associated with your e-transfer.
Read more about how to here: Join or Renew your CSSR Membership.
At the moment, yes.
We generate an email list using our CSSR Membership database and those who subscribe to our CSSR Newsletter.
You will receive a confirmation email from the CSSR Treasurer (treasurer@cssrscer.ca) that will include both a receipt of payment from BMO, as well as an attached official letter of confirmation of CSSR Membership, including start and end terms of your membership. The confirmation email will be sent to the email associated with your e-transfer.
Please note: You must have confirmation of an up-to-date paid CSSR Membership from the CSSR Treasure in order to submit a proposal and volunteer at the CSSR Annual Meeting program. You will need your copy of the official letter confirmation of CSSR Membership to upload to submission form.
Read more here: Join or Renew Membership.
Please contact our Treasurer. Contact information can be found in our list of Current Executive Members.
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Read more here: Annual Meeting
Yes. Your CSSR Membership needs to be confirmed in order to submit a proposal, as well as present and participate at Congress with CSSR. Everyone who wishes to present and participate at Congress with CSSR (individual papers, panel and roundtable presentations, discussants and chairs) must be a paid member by January 31, 2025.
The CSSR Executive meets to discuss a variety of business issues, which are then brought forth to the CSSR Annual General Meeting (usually scheduled on the afternoon after the Executive meeting). The business issues concern executive member elections, the graduate student essay competition, book prizes, and the budget. Minutes from the Annual General Meeting are available to members on the CSSR website.
No. We do have one or two copies printed out (usually in the areas of socializing at the conference), but we encourage you to print out your own program before heading over.
You can browse our Annual Meeting page. We also include updates in the lettre d'information CSSR.
Certainly! We have included french language presentations in the past, and will continue to do so.
Yes. Please contact our CSSR Treasurer for more details.
This annual award recognizes an outstanding monograph in Religious Studies written by a member in good standing of the CSSR and published during the previous three years (currently those with a copyright date of the current year, previous year or two years ago). In every third year of the award, commencing in 2015, the book prize will be awarded to a first book in Religious Studies written by a member in good standing and published during the previous three years. Collections of essays, whether by a single author or by multiple authors, are not eligible for the award. More information here: Prix du Livre de la SCÉR.
Yes! More details here: http://www.cssrscer.ca/?q=node/19
First you must log in to the website using your login information. Then click on the “Our Members” menu on the left side of the website. Once there, click on the “Member Database Search link.”
Yes.
We have a Facebook group, specifically geared toward student members of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/15Bne3Anr9/.
You can follow us on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/cssrscer
We also have a Twitter/X @cssr_executive.
And a YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UdDKhWDgEzdnWujG8luag
Please email our Newsletter Coordinator so that your work can be added to our CSSR Newsletter. We also try our best to share this information on our social media, so feel free to tag us on Twitter/X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
We are in the process of writing formal job descriptions for each Executive member. These will be posted on the website in the future. In the meanwhile, you may connect with our Current Executive.
Find out more here: http://www.cssrscer.ca/?q=node/7
Contact one of our current Executive members for inquiries.
After you have submitted your proposal using the submission portal, you will be directed to a confirmation screen with a green notification box. You should also receive a confirmation email (from cssr.executive@cssrscer.ca). Please check your junk and spam folders for this email.
1. If you are interested in volunteering to chair a session at the CSSR Annual Meeting AND you hope to present, you can select this option when you are submitting your proposal using our submission portal form.
2. If you are interested in volunteering to chair a session at the CSSR Annual Meeting AND you WILL NOT be presenting a paper, you can select the submission option “Volunteer to Chair a Session ONLY (No Presentation Submission)” using the submission portal.
Thank you for volunteering!