Scholars Conference
2022 Biennial Scholars Conference
The American Jewish Historical Society's Academic Council is currently accepting proposals for the 2022 Biennial Scholar's Conference being held at Tulane University, May 15-17, 2022.
Updates:
- Submission Deadline Extended to December 1
- Hybrid Zoom/ In-Person Panels Now Accepted!
- John Boutte will headline Sunday evening’s musical performance, featuring Wendell Brunious of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society invites submissions until December 1, 2021.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building Bridges in the Americas.” Bridges facilitate movement from one point to another, often spanning a seeming impasse to take us from one place to another. By enabling new relations and migrations, bridges direct flow. Historical actors have sometimes imagined themselves or their lives as bridges between disparate experiences; as feminist writer Cherríe L. Moraga puts it, “I am a woman with a foot in both worlds; and I refuse the split. I feel the necessity for dialogue. Sometimes I feel it urgently.” With the imagery of bridges in mind, possible conference topics might include: indigeneity; Jews of color; multiracial, interfaith, queer and trans experiences; migration; cultural flows; translocality; diversity and inclusion within the Jewish community; less represented voices, populations, and subjects; new models of periodization; ties between American Jewry and Israel; and Jewish studies’ relationship to other fields of study.
Although we particularly welcome submissions connected to the theme, the Scholars Conference Committee will gladly consider proposals exploring any aspect of American Jewish history and culture. This conference seeks to emphasize and explore connections, dialogues, and debates in American Jewish studies from transdisciplinary perspectives. We seek papers across a wide range of eras and geographies, including North America, South America, and the Caribbean.
The Committee encourages the submission of complete panels and nontraditional types of panels, including seminars, roundtables, and lightning sessions. It will also consider individual paper submissions. In all cases, the Committee urges contributors to approach the conference as an opportunity to share ideas through interactive conversation and accessible presentations. International scholars, graduate students, and scholars with limited financial resources are all encouraged to apply. Once acceptance decisions are made, a limited number of travel grants will be made available.
*AJHS is aware of Covid concerns and will provide an updated cancelation policy upon registration.
Format:
Panels should be composed of three presenters and a chair. Each presentation should be approximately 15-17 minutes, so as to leave time for audience Q&A, and we strongly discourage simply reading a pre-prepared text. Those who would like a respondent on their panel should consider a roundtable or include the respondent in one of the three presenter slots.
Roundtables may include 4-6 people, including the moderator if they will be responding. The length of individual presentations on panels will vary based on the number of participants, but prepared discussion, including introduction of panelists, should last no more than 60 minutes total in order to leave time for audience Q&A.
Panels and roundtables may contain a mixture of in-person and remote participants, provided that half or more of the panelists/discussants plan to attend the conference in person.
To Submit:
Candidates can view complete instructions, application criteria, and submit via the AJHS Submittable form by December 1st, 2021 to be eligible. *Note that the deadline has been extended.
Questions? Please Contact:
Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our conference co-chairs Michael Cohen (cohen@tulane.edu) and Laura Leibman (leibman@reed.edu).
Travel Information -Accommodations
The Pontchartrain Hotel
Rates: $159 - $169/ night
Booking Link: AJHS 2022 Biennial Conference
Cut-Off Date: 4/1/2022
Code: 6282079
Please also note that for additional room types, additional days, or any other special arrangements, please call Viviane Friedman directly at 504-323-1415 and mention "AJHS 2022 Biennial Conference"
Hotel Indigo
Rates: $189/ night
Booking Link: Tulane Biennial May 2022
Code: TUB
Cut-Off Date: 4/13/2022
Holiday Inn
Rates start at $109
Group Code: ABC
Booking Link: AJHS Biennial Conference
Cut-Off Date: 4/13/2022
