Registration for the 2025 EIR Regional Meeting is officially open!
Join us April 4-6 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. Centred on the theme The Future(s) of Religious Studies, the conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Slavica Jakelić (Valparaiso University) as well as presentations from scholars and student from across the region.
The EIR is thrilled to announce the theme of our 2025 Regional Meeting! Join us from April 4-6 at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY for a conference around the theme The Futures of Religious Studies. For more information about this topic, see the full text of our Call for Papers below, or view it as a PDF.
The EIR has an open call for nominations for 2 Regional Leadership positions.
The EIR is pleased to announce the results of our virtual election. Marzia Alteno from the Université de Montréal will be joining the executive as our next Student Director! Members and students in the region can look forward to connecting with Marzia and the rest of the EIR Executive over the next year!
At our 2024 Regional Meeting, we announced the winners of our Student Paper Award competitions
If you’re planning to attend the upcoming EIR Annual Meeting at U of T (May 2-4), make sure to check out the Graduate Student Workshop. Happening Thursday May 2 from 4:30-5:30 in the Jackman Humanities Building (JHB 318), join us as we explore Religious Studies Beyond the Discipline: A Roundtable Discussion.
We are happy to share that the preliminary program for our upcoming conference at the University of Toronto is now available!
Registration for the 2024 EIR Regional Meeting is officially open!
Join us May 2-4 at the University of Toronto. Centred on the theme Sea Change: Religion, Cosmology, Environment, the conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Hillary Kaell (McGill University) as well as a series of presentations from scholars and students from across the region.
Stay tuned to this page for information about the conference as we get closer to event!
We would like to thank everyone who submitted a proposal for our upcoming conference! We are thrilled with the number of great proposals that we received, and are excited about the conversations that will take place.
Our team is currently reviewing proposals, and we hope to communicate the results to all applicants by mid-March.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us at