2026 WESTERN JEWISH STUDIES ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
DENVER, CO | MARCH 22-23, 2026
REGISTRATION AND CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
The Center for Judaic Studies and the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society at the University of Denver are honored to host the 2026 conference of the Western Jewish Studies Association (WJSA) on Sunday March 22 and Monday March 23.
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 regional forum for Jewish Studies scholars to present their research, discuss pedagogical issues, explore issues facing academic Jewish Studies programs, and network with colleagues in their disciplines.
A few limited travel stipends are available. Contact Dr. Joshua Furman at Joshua.Furman@DU.edu if you would like to be considered for a travel stipend or other financial assistance. Priority will be given to graduate students, those traveling internationally, and those without institutional funding.
Please register by March 8, 2026.
(Click on the green Register button to proceed to payment. You will have to create a guest account unless you have a University of Denver login.)
HOTEL
The conference will be held at the University of Denver campus. We have reserved hotel rooms for attendees at the Hilton Garden Inn Cherry Creek. There will be a shuttle between the hotel and the University of Denver at the beginning and end of each conference day. The conference rate includes Double Queen Room or Single King Room: $128 + tax (about $149 total). *Breakfast is included.
If you would like to extend your stay for up to three days before or after the conference at the conference rate, please email Leslie Hernandez at the Hilton or call her at (303) 754-9800 ext. 4934 and mention “Western Jewish Studies Association.”
Hotel registration form available HERE.
Membership
Membership is recommended but not required for the conference. Dues help fund the conference, best paper award and modest travel stipends for a few graduate students and foreign scholars presenting papers.
Become a member or renew HERE.