Second Annual Crypto-Jewish Symposium

Pre-Conference Activities:
Weds Evening: Speakers’ reception at home of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gardner

First Day of Conference, March 26, 2009

Thursday: Morning, Free or take a tour with us of Cushing Library’s Collections

Thursday Lunch 12 noon: An Open Forum on Crypto–Judaism, Multi cultural Services

Thursday: 2:00-2:20pm Conference Opening: Dr. Peter Tarlow

Thursday: 2:20-3:20 pm Speaker 1: Rafaela Acevedo-Field: The Role of Women in the Crypto-Jewish community in early seventeenth century Mexico

Break: 3:20-3:30

Thursday: 3:30 – 4:30 pm Speaker 2: 5 Greg Cuéllar: Crypto-Jewish Practice in 18th Century Colonial Mexico.

Thursday: 4:30 – 5:30 pm Speaker 3: Carlos Larralde: A History of J.T. Canales

Thursday dinner for speakers

Second Day of Conference, March 27, 2009

Friday: 8:30  Light Breakfast

Friday 9:00-10:00: Speaker 4 Stanley M. Hordes, «The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews.

Friday 10:15-11:15: Speaker 5: Consuelo Luz. Finding My Mazal, a Crypto-Jewish Musical Journey

Friday 11:30-12:30: Speaker 6: Bennett Greenspan: DNA and Crypto Jews

Lunch  (on your own), Speakers’ lunch to be provided

Friday 1:45-2:45: Speaker 7:  Mike Pincus; Using the Web as a Research Tool on Crypto-Judaism

Friday 3:00- 4:00pm Speaker 8: David Gonzalez: Alternatives for Integration into the Jewish Community.

Friday 4:15 5:00-5:15:  Summary, Where do we go from here. Panel Discussion with all speakers invited to participate

Reception at Reed House for Speakers 6:30-7:30 pm

Shabbat Service at 8:00pm

March 26-27, 2009
at the Texas A&M Hillel Foundation
800 George Bush Dr. • College Station, Texas