Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies Events

While we hope to be able to gather in person next year for a more traditional conference, this year we will host a virtual mini-conference with special invited panels. We are presenting these presentations to you free of charge, but donations of any size are very much appreciated and can be made by clicking here. 

SCJS 33rd Conference El Paso

Texas August 13-15, 2023

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Registration is now open for our 33rd Annual Conference, Sunday, August 13 through Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.

Call For Papers

  • This event is open to regional, national, and international submissions. The conference will be “in-person” only.
  • We invite proposals for papers on crypto-Judaism from any discipline (e.g., anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, literature, music, etc.) and from any geographic location or time period.
  • We also welcome proposals for presentations on all aspects of the Sephardic experience and that of other communities exhibiting crypto-Jewish phenomena.

The 2023 conference theme is “A Crypto-Judaic Exploration of the Borderlands.” Proposals breaking new ground in research on the Texas Borderlands and in general the far northern frontier of New Spain, including Texas, Chihuahua, New Mexico, and Southern Colorado are particularly welcome.

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