CALL FOR PAPERS

21st Annual Conference
Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies

  San Diego

August 7-9 2011  

The Society for Crypto-Judaic Stu dies will be holding its 21st Annual Conference from August 7 through 9, 2011, in San Diego , California .  

We invite 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 papers on all aspects of the Sephardic experience and that of other communities exhibiting crypto-Jewish phenomena .

Papers breaking new ground in research on the California-Mexico borderlands are particularly welcome .

Interested scholars and professionals, including advanced graduate students, are invited to submit proposals for papers, presentations or workshops.
Proposals are also welcome from individuals with personal stories or other research relating to crypto-Judaism.

Proposals may be for individual papers/presentations or for complete sessions on specific topics .   Please indicate if presentation represents completed research or work in progress .  

Proposals must include a 200-word abstract and a brief bio. 

Please send proposals or inquiries to

Seth Ward, Religious Studies, University of Wyoming ,

at: sward@uwyo.edu .

Proposal Deadline: May 31, 2011