Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Conference 2023, 29–31 May 2023

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is pleased to announce its 2023 annual national conference taking place at York University, Monday to Wednesday, May 29-31, 2023, in association with the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa, the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies,  the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, and the Jewish Studies Program at Huron at Western. We are so excited to meet in person again. Please note the days of the conference, which are different from our usual Sunday to Tuesday schedule. Due to the timing of Shavuot (Thursday to Saturday) and our desire to join Congress this year, observant members of the ACJS would not have enough travel time to make a Sunday morning start.

Given the fact that we are coming together in person after a painfully long pause, we thought that “Reunions” would be an apt topic for the conference. The word has a number of potential applications: family members reuniting after time on opposite ends of the ocean; old friends meeting at the landsmannschaften, a gala to mark an important anniversary; or a scholarly conference after a pandemic, among many others. As always, though, we welcome and encourage submissions in English and French on any topic relating to Canada’s Jews.

Individuals are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations 20 minutes in length. All submissions must include (1) an abstract of 250-400 words formulated to clearly and concisely state the main argument of the scholarly paper and indicate how it will contribute to existing scholarship in the field of Canadian Jewish Studies, including a short bibliography of relevant sources; (2) a biography of 50-75 words.

Please submit your proposal by email, as a .doc or .rtf attachment, to the ACJS Conference Chair, Jesse Toufexis (jtouf007@uottawa.ca). Because proposals undergo blind review, please do not include any personal, identifiable information in your proposal attachment. Instead, please indicate your name, affiliation, address, telephone number, and email address in the body of the email.

Paper proposals are due on January 19, 2023. After an anonymous peer-review process, presenters will be contacted by February 24th.

All presenters must be paid members of the ACJS for the year of the conference (2023) at the time that proposals are submitted. Membership information for the ACJS can be found on our website: http://acjs-aejc.ca/membership. Please attach the receipt from your 2023 membership to your proposal.

We are proud to announce that a generous donation in memory of Robert L. Kemeny will provide scholarships to full-time student presenters at the 2023 ACJS Conference at York.. Applications for financial support, which will be sent to eligible presenters along with the notice of acceptance of their paper proposal, will be due on March 3, with results communicated by March 24.

The best student paper presented at the conference will be given the Marcia Koven Award, which is accompanied by a cash prize. The award is granted based on the scholarly quality of the paper and its contribution to the field of Canadian Jewish Studies.


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About Andreas Lehnertz

As Juniorprofessor of medieval history with a specialization in Jewish history at the University of Trier, Andreas Lehnertz studies the social, cultural, and religious history of Europe. His academic pursuits focus on the nuanced dynamics of everyday Christian-Jewish relations, the study of marginal Hebrew and Yiddish deeds, the study of Jewish and general sealing practices, and the in-depth study of Jewish craftspeople. He wrote a book on "Jewish Seals in the Medieval German Empire: The Authentication and Self-Representation of Jewish Men and Women". His expertise has been further honed through his roles as a postdoctoral fellow in the ERC project "Beyond the Elite - Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Europe" at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and as a member of the Martin Buber Society in the Humanities and Social Sciences, also at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Currently he writes a book about "Jewish Craftspeople in Medieval Germany". Through his research and publications, he aims to make a meaningful contribution to the academic discourse surrounding medieval history and to provide valuable insights into the rich tapestry of European history during this pivotal period.