CALL FOR PAPERS: 27th Annual Conference Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies June 25-27, 2017 in Puerto Rico «Crypto-Judaism in Latin America»

We cordially invite papers on crypto-Judaism from any discipline (e.g., anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, literature, music, art history, etc.). This year’s conference will particularly focus on the crypto-Jewish experience in the Caribbean Islands and, more broadly, in South America.

We welcome papers on all aspects of the Sephardic experience and that of other communities exhibiting crypto-Judaic phenomena anywhere in the world. This year, we are particularly interested in such research on less-covered territories of: Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Columbia, and the Lesser Antilles.

–Mercantilist History of Atlantic Sephardim

–The Jew in Caribbean Art

–Inquisition Studies of the New World

–Sephardic Culture in Contemporary Latin America

–The Transmission or Discovery of Family Traditions

–Biographies of Conversos in New Spain

–Intersections of Crypto-Jewish and Mestizo Identity

–Sephardim and Latin American Nationalism

–Literary Representations of Crypto-Jews

Presentation proposals must include a title, a 200-word abstract/summary, a 100-word biographical resume/CV and speaker contact information. Proposals must be received by February 15, 2017 ; accepted speakers will be notified by mid-April.

Please note: All speakers are asked to pay the conference registration fee to participate in the conference. Further, no personal compensation is offered. Hotel costs are the speaker’s responsibility. Group reservation rates are available. The Conference offers an exceptional opportunity to share your work and publications with peers and a target audience.

See http://www.cryptojews.com for more information on SCJS, this year’s conference and past meetings.

Please send proposals or inquiries to Leonard Stein, University of Toronto