Canadian Church Historical Society

11/12/2025

Call for Papers - Deadline Extension - November 28th

CALL FOR PAPERS!
Anglican Missions and Missionaries Conference, 1701–1965
May 28-30, 2026
https://cchso.ca/call-for-articles/

The Canadian Church Historical Society invites proposals for historical papers and panels on any area relating to Anglican mission work—in or from Canada, the USA, or elsewhere—for a conference at Huron University College, London, Ontario, May 28–30, 2026. Registration is $250.

Authors who wish to be published in the Canadian Church Historical Society should have their papers nearly ready for editing at the time of the conference, as select papers may be invited to submit to a special issue of the Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society.

For those wishing to submit proposal for papers, please fill out our online Paper Submission Form https://cchso.ca/call-for-articles/ or email your 250-word abstract (including title), and 200-word bio by October 31, 2025, to [email protected].

Possible topics:
*Church of England mission societies in Canada, colonial America, and beyond
*Formation & evolution of national mission societies
*Company missions (Hudson’s Bay, New England, Canada Company, etc.)
*Independent mission societies & ad hoc missions
*Women’s Auxiliaries & women’s missionary work
*Effects of overseas missions on sending churches
*Missions, imperialism & colonialism
*Trans-Imperial missionary work (e.g., CMS)
*Cooperation & conflict among mission societies
*Ecumenical partnerships & tensions
*Missionary literature, translations & readerships
*Theories, practices & debates in missions
*Archival resources
*Other related topics

photo: The Church of England Deaconess and Missionary Training House, Dispensary, Anglican Women's Training College, Toronto, 1918. General Synod Archives

10/17/2025

From our friends at the Ecclesiastical History Society: Notice of their Online Winter 2026 Conference. Consider registering to attend or submitting a paper!

We're now accepting proposals for our online conference happening on 10 January 2026! 🌍💻

Theme: Creeds, Councils and Canons

Submit your paper proposals by 31 October

Don’t miss out — share your ideas with a global audience!

https://ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-meeting/

08/29/2025

The Deadline for submitting for the Millman Student Essay prize is just a couple of days away.

A prize of $500.00 is offered for the best essay in English or French in Canadian church history written in the 2021-2023 academic years by a graduate student enrolled at a Canadian university. The funding for this award is made possible by the Thomas R. Millman Endowment Fund. For the purposes of this award, a graduate student is any student work on a post-baccalaureate degree.

All essays submitted will be considered for possible publication in the Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society.

Essays may deal with any aspect of Canadian church history and should not exceed 7500 words in length, be double-spaced, and conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition – notes/bibliography format). Recent issues of the Journal may prove helpful in selecting subjects for the essay. The deadline for submission is August 31, 2024. Submissions should include a brief c.v.

Submissions should be sent electronically to Dr. Thomas Power: [email protected]

The Canadian Church Historical Society’s 2024 Millman Prize Essay Contest offers a $500 award to the best graduate‑level essay on Canadian church history (2021–2023) in English or French.

08/01/2025

CALL FOR PAPERS!
Anglican Missions and Missionaries Conference, 1701–1965
May 28-30, 2026
https://cchso.ca/call-for-articles/

The Canadian Church Historical Society invites proposals for historical papers and panels on any area relating to Anglican mission work—in or from Canada, the USA, or elsewhere—for a conference at Huron University College, London, Ontario, May 28–30, 2026. Registration is $250.

Authors who wish to be published in the Canadian Church Historical Society should have their papers nearly ready for editing at the time of the conference, as select papers may be invited to submit to a special issue of the Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society.

For those wishing to submit proposal for papers, please fill out our online Paper Submission Form https://cchso.ca/call-for-articles/ or email your 250-word abstract (including title), and 200-word bio by October 31, 2025, to [email protected].

Possible topics:
*Church of England mission societies in Canada, colonial America, and beyond
*Formation & evolution of national mission societies
*Company missions (Hudson’s Bay, New England, Canada Company, etc.)
*Independent mission societies & ad hoc missions
*Women’s Auxiliaries & women’s missionary work
*Effects of overseas missions on sending churches
*Missions, imperialism & colonialism
*Trans-Imperial missionary work (e.g., CMS)
*Cooperation & conflict among mission societies
*Ecumenical partnerships & tensions
*Missionary literature, translations & readerships
*Theories, practices & debates in missions
*Archival resources
*Other related topics

photo: The Church of England Deaconess and Missionary Training House, Dispensary, Anglican Women's Training College, Toronto, 1918. General Synod Archives