Annual WJSA Conference
The WJSA is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 to organize a Jewish Studies conference every Spring at alternating sites in the western United States and Canada. The conference serves as a forum for Jewish Studies scholars in this region to present their research, discuss pedagogical issues, network with colleagues in their disciplines, and share information about the funding and organization of Jewish Studies programs.
Title: Western Jewish Studies Association 26th Annual Conference
Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Date(s) of Event: May 5-6, 2024
Deadline for Submission: January 6, 2024
Description:
Call for paper and panel proposals in all areas of Jewish Studies regardless of discipline, geographical focus, or period. The WJSA always devotes some panels to Jews in the American West, pedagogical aspects in Jewish Studies, and contemporary Jewish issues. Panels devoted to major anniversaries of events in Jewish history or birthdays and Yahrzeits of important Jewish individuals in 2024 are welcome such as:
30th Anniversary of the AMIA Bombing
75th Anniversary of Israel Being Admitted to the United Nations 100th Yahrzeit of the Death of Franz Kafka
100th Anniversary of Passage of Restrictive Immigration Act (Johnson-Reed Act)
150th Yahrzeit of Abraham Geiger
175th Anniversary of Birth of Emma Lazarus
Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars of Jewish Studies are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtable discussion. Paper proposals should be no longer than one double-spaced typed page and should be submitted with a short CV that contains contact information. Organizers of panels and roundtable discussions should submit a cover sheet with the title of the session, the titles and abstracts for each paper and bios and contact information of the participants. Individuals wishing to chair a session should indicate their area of expertise and submit a short CV.
A few partial travel stipends are available for graduate students and overseas scholars presenting at the conference.