Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
@csrs-uvic.bsky.social
Canada's leading centre for scholarly research on religion and society. A vibrant, international community of faculty, graduate students, artists, and community researchers.
AI is causing us to reconsider perennial questions about life and consciousness that have long been dear to religious traditions. Join us Thurs as CSRS faculty fellow Martin Adam takes up the thread in conversation with elements of Buddhist thought. #AIBuddhism #AIconsciousness @uvic-rcs.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AI is causing us to reconsider perennial questions about life and consciousness that have long been dear to religious traditions. Join us Thurs as CSRS faculty fellow Martin Adam takes up the thread in conversation with elements of Buddhist thought. #AIBuddhism #AIconsciousness @uvic-rcs.bsky.social
Yogalands making a splash at AAR in Boston!
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yogalands making a splash at AAR in Boston!
We're thrilled to welcome John Albert Hall Lecturer Sarah Kathleen Johnson to Victoria (take that, Ontario winter!) to help us think more deeply about the place in our communities of those who show up 'some of the time'. More info: uvic.ca/csrs/events. @uvic-rcs.bsky.social @abbeychurch.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We're thrilled to welcome John Albert Hall Lecturer Sarah Kathleen Johnson to Victoria (take that, Ontario winter!) to help us think more deeply about the place in our communities of those who show up 'some of the time'. More info: uvic.ca/csrs/events. @uvic-rcs.bsky.social @abbeychurch.bsky.social
Laurah E. Klepinger offers a nice overview and review of Paul Bramadat's Yogalands: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Laurah E. Klepinger offers a nice overview and review of Paul Bramadat's Yogalands: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
Law scholar Mélisande Séguin joins us Thursday to discuss her work with the Indigenous Campesino movement in Guatemala, and the line between scholarship and activism. Join us Thursday!
November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Law scholar Mélisande Séguin joins us Thursday to discuss her work with the Indigenous Campesino movement in Guatemala, and the line between scholarship and activism. Join us Thursday!
Think you know how we know what we know? Think again.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Think you know how we know what we know? Think again.
Scholars in the Square welcomes Matt Sheedy! Join us Thursday.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Scholars in the Square welcomes Matt Sheedy! Join us Thursday.
Shemine Gulamhusein of the Critical Muslim Studies hub is hosting and moderating a book launch for _When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian media covered up the destruction of Gaza_, with editor Martin Lukacs on Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, 7:00pm at Camas Books and Infoshop in Victoria. BC.
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Shemine Gulamhusein of the Critical Muslim Studies hub is hosting and moderating a book launch for _When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian media covered up the destruction of Gaza_, with editor Martin Lukacs on Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, 7:00pm at Camas Books and Infoshop in Victoria. BC.
This week CSRS Scholars in the Square welcomes Shemine Gulamhusein. Join us Thursday! @uvichumanities.bsky.social; @uvicanthro.bsky.social; @uvic.ca
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This week CSRS Scholars in the Square welcomes Shemine Gulamhusein. Join us Thursday! @uvichumanities.bsky.social; @uvicanthro.bsky.social; @uvic.ca
We are now accepting applications for 2026-27 CSRS fellowships. For more information, visit our website: uvic.ca/csrs/fellowships. Come join our vibrant community!
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We are now accepting applications for 2026-27 CSRS fellowships. For more information, visit our website: uvic.ca/csrs/fellowships. Come join our vibrant community!
Very excited for this week's lecture and discussion with John Thatamanil and Tim Lilburn. Join us Thursday in person or via Zoom. @uvichumanities.bsky.social @uvic.ca
October 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Very excited for this week's lecture and discussion with John Thatamanil and Tim Lilburn. Join us Thursday in person or via Zoom. @uvichumanities.bsky.social @uvic.ca
Excited to welcome UofT's Ken Derry to the beautiful west coast this week. Ken will lecture in our Scholars in the Square series (Th), and help lead a workshop for the new CSRS-based Teaching Religion in Canada initiative (Fri). Join us!
September 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Excited to welcome UofT's Ken Derry to the beautiful west coast this week. Ken will lecture in our Scholars in the Square series (Th), and help lead a workshop for the new CSRS-based Teaching Religion in Canada initiative (Fri). Join us!
And we're back! An exciting start to the year with a brand new cohort of fantastic CSRS fellows. Our first public lecture is next Thursday, September 18th with CSRS director Rachel Brown. Visit our website to register: uvic.ca/csrs/events.
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And we're back! An exciting start to the year with a brand new cohort of fantastic CSRS fellows. Our first public lecture is next Thursday, September 18th with CSRS director Rachel Brown. Visit our website to register: uvic.ca/csrs/events.