JGSGB-Notices Mailing List: Press Release: IAJGS conference - Aug 4 to 9 in Boston - Website and Call for Papers

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PRESS RELEASE

November 16, 2012

 

For more information, contact:                                                   
Florence Schumacher

publicity [at] iajgs2013.org

 

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

 

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

 

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies, worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish history in the New England area.

 

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013. 

 

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers will receive complimentary conference registration.

 

The conference will be held in historic Boston from August 4-9, 2013 at the centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over 1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.      

 

Co-chairs for the conference are: Marlis Humphrey, International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies co-chair; and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston co-chairs. Reach them at chairs [at] iajgs2013.org.