Call for Papers

The editors of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes welcome manuscript submissions, in English or French, dealing with one or more aspects of the Jewish experience in Canada. We seek original contributions of general and specialized scholarly interest, in both subject and approach, and from a range of disciplinary perspectives. These include (but are not limited to): history, literature, sociology, anthropology, political science, religious studies, gender studies, the medical humanities, art history, film and media studies, education, and public policy.  

The journal also accepts contributions for several non-peer-reviewed subsections: 

  • The Archives Matter: short essays on holdings in Jewish and non-Jewish Canadian archives organized around a central theme. Please contact section editor Janice Rosen (jrosen@cjarchives.ca) for more information. 
  • Roundtables: scholarly and often interdisciplinary discussions featuring several voices and organized around a central theme. We welcome expressions of interest for future roundtable topics along with possible participants. 
  • Translations: translations of historical or contemporary sources (broadly defined) dealing with the Canadian Jewish experience in languages other than English or French.  
  • Field Notes: non-standard academic writing on contemporary literary, cultural, intellectual, and communal events of interest relevant to the Canadian Jewish experience. More information about this section can be found here.  
  • Reflections: personal essays by academics or practitioners about their careers in the field.  
  • Book Reviews: the journal maintains a list of books for which we seek reviewers, available here. If you wish to contribute a book review or propose a longer review essay, please contact section editor Vardit Lightstone (varditlightstone@gmail.com).

In an effort to stimulate original, comparative, and intersectional research involving Canadian Jewish content and both non-Jewish CanCon and non-Canadian Jewish content, the journal welcomes submissions from researcher-author pairs committed to producing collaborative scholarship. The journal offers co-author collaboration grants of $500 in support of this work. Please note in your submission if you and your co-author seek consideration for this grant. More information can be found here.  

The journal accepts expressions of interest and completed manuscripts for all sections on a rolling basis. For submissions that require peer review (full-length scholarly essays only), the journal’s editorial staff reserves the right to determine suitability prior to starting the peer review process.  

  • For inquiries regarding original articles to be submitted for peer review, please include a tentative title, a short abstract (200 words), and a brief biography. The journal also accepts completed manuscripts in the range of 6,000 to 9,000 words, including endnotes.  
  • For submissions to one of our subsections, please include a short abstract (200 words) clearly stating the subject of the proposed reflection, translation, field note, etc., and how you expect to execute it.   

Please refer to the journal’s policies and submission preparation checklist available on our website. Completed manuscripts that do not comply with our guidelines may be returned to authors. Deadlines for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed submissions will be negotiated upon acceptance for publication. 

For submissions and general inquiries, please contact the journal’s editor-in-chief, David Koffman (koffman@yorku.ca), or its managing editor, Joshua Tapper (jtapper@yorku.ca).  

Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes is an open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal devoted to original scholarship that illuminates any and all aspects of the Canadian Jewish experience. It is published twice annually, in English and French, under the auspices of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies / Association d’études juives canadiennes. The journal is freely accessible on our website. Full volumes are available for purchase on Amazon.