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: University of Oklahoma
Date(s) of Event: March 27-28, 2022
Deadline for Submission: November 15, 2021
Call for paper and panel proposals on all areas of Jewish Studies regardless of discipline, geographical focus, or time period. The WJSA usually includes panels about Jews in the American West, pedagogical aspects in Jewish Studies, and contemporary Jewish issues. It welcomes panels devoted to the major anniversaries of events in Jewish history or important Jewish individuals in 2022, for example:
1972:
Ordination of First American Female Rabbi; Munich Olympic Games Massacre 1947: United Nations Partition Vote Creating Israel
1942: Wannsee Conference
1922: Death of Eliezer Ben
Yehuda
1897: Founding Congress of the
World Zionist Organization
1822: Publication of the first issue of Zeitschrift
für die Wissenschaft des Judentums 1772:
Birth of Nachman of Breslov
1572: Death of Isaac Luria
Paper proposals should be no longer than one double-spaced typed page and should be submitted with a short CV that contains contact information. The submission of panels on a common topic is encouraged. Organizers of panels should submit a cover sheet with the title of the panel and the titles of each of the papers and contact information for each presenter, followed by the individual paper proposals and brief CVs. Scholars of Jewish Studies including graduate students are invited to submit proposals for papers/presentations/workshops. A limited number of partial travel stipends are available for graduate students and overseas scholars who will be presenting papers. Individuals wishing to chair a session should submit their CV.
The WJSA annually awards the Baron Award to the best student paper presented at the conference. The winner receives $200.
Although there is no WSJA membership requirement for participation in the conference, a higher registration fee is charged for non-members.
Proposals should be emailed to Lawrence Baron at: lbaron@sdsu.edu The deadline for submission of proposals is November 15, 2021.