The Zelikovitz Centre is pleased to organize and sponsor an annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference called the “Student Colloquium”. Each year, a theme is chosen to bring students working in the area of Jewish Studies into conversation with students working in a wide range of disciplines across the university.
2026 Annual Student Colloquium
The Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies and the Religion Department, College of the Humanities at Carleton University invite students across disciplines and institutions at the BA Honours, MA, and doctoral levels to share their research with peers in a scholarly setting.
This year’s colloquium will take place on April 10, 2026. (Paper submissions and inquiries can be sent to zelikovitzcolloquium@cunet.carleton.ca by February 20, 2026.)
Co-chairs Jalil Aalab and Peter Heyck are organizing the colloquium with a call for papers from a variety of disciplines and institutions. The colloquium will the feature student research centered around the theme of Religion: Tradition & Transformation. As in past years, this year’s colloquium is expected to be well attended by faculty and students, who will be able to engage in thoughtful and collegial discussion in response to the impressive research to be presented.
Previous Colloquia:
April 10, 2025 – Religion: Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places
April 12, 2024 – Religion in Context: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
April 20, 2022 – The Religious Imagination: Construction of Traditions, Narratives, Power and Practice in Religion
April 12, 2019 – Religion Out Of Bounds
April 13, 2018 – Bridging Gaps: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Religion
May 1, 2017 – Itinerant Identities: The Intersections of Religion, Gender, and Diaspora
April 27, 2016 – Religion, Politics, and Culture
