Call for Papers
Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association Annual Conference:
Evidence, Innovation, and Impact.
Philadelphia, June 13th-16th, 2027.
A Collaboration between Gratz College Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism and Racism at the University of Haifa and Indiana University Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.
The Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association (CASA) is pleased to announce this call for papers for the CASA Philadelphia Conference 2027 which will take place on June 13th-16th, 2027, at Gratz College and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. Made possible through the generous commitment and support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, the conference will bring together an international community of scholars, educators, practitioners, and communal leaders dedicated to the study of contemporary antisemitism, its historical foundations, and the most urgent scholarly, educational, policy, and communal questions facing the field today.
The conference will be sponsored by Gratz College and the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University, with institutional co-sponsorship from the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the University of Haifa. The primary physical locations for the convening will be Gratz College and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, placing the conference within two institutions deeply committed to Jewish learning, public history, research, and civic engagement. A signature feature of the conference will be the inclusion of the biennial Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In, a major educational program that deepens the conference’s engagement with Holocaust history, memory, pedagogy, and the contemporary challenges of teaching about antisemitism. Its inclusion will create a meaningful bridge between scholarly research, public education, teacher learning, and communal engagement. The CASA Philadelphia Conference 2027 promises to be the largest research convening on antisemitism in the world to date, bringing together scholars, researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and communal leaders from across the globe. The conference will highlight the growing breadth and urgency of contemporary antisemitism studies while helping to build the intellectual infrastructure of this expanding field.
Call For Papers
We invite submissions to the CASA Philadelphia Conference 2027 addressing all aspects of contemporary antisemitism in the post-Holocaust era, broadly defined. The conference will prioritize innovative, original research that advances the study of contemporary antisemitism, as well as rigorous scholarship that develops, evaluates, or strengthens evidence-based interventions aimed at countering antisemitic hate and discrimination. Submissions may examine the political, cultural, social, theological, educational, or technological dimensions of antisemitism in global, national, or local contexts and may draw from a wide range of disciplines, methods, and theoretical perspectives. Historical research will also be considered where it directly informs contemporary phenomena, interventions, or debates.
The following list outlines suitable thematic areas, though it is not exhaustive:
- Historical and contemporary theories of antisemitism
- Antizionism, Israel, and antisemitism
- Holocaust memory, Holocaust education, and contemporary antisemitism
- Antisemitism in higher education and K–12 settings
- Online antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and digital hate
- Law, policy, civil rights, and institutional responses
- Measurement, surveys, reporting systems, and methodological innovation
- Educational interventions and evidence-based approaches to countering antisemitism
- Comparative prejudice, racism, and intergroup relations
- Jewish identity, Jewish student flourishing, and communal resilience
- Black-Jewish relations, coalition-building, and contemporary civic challenges
- Global and regional case studies of antisemitism
- Practitioner-scholar partnerships and evaluation of intervention strategies
Traditional research-presentation slots will be limited. Depending on the nature of the submission and the conference program, accepted participants may be invited to present their work through a range of formats or modalities, including research panels, workshops, roundtables, structured discussions, poster-style presentations, or other collaborative formats. Please submit an abstract of up to 300 words and a short biographical statement through the online submission form. Applicants will also need to create an account on the Whova platform if they do not already have one. Submissions will ordinarily be reviewed within two months of the submission date, and decisions will be rendered no later than December 15th, 2026. Conference registration will open at a later date, and additional details will be provided once available.The conference follows established academic norms and standards. We welcome submissions from scholars, qualified field experts, practitioners engaged in rigorous research or evaluation, graduate students, and early-career researchers.
There will be opportunities for selected papers to be developed for publication in the peer-reviewed CASA Journal.
The deadline for submission for abstracts is November 15th, 2026.
For further information or queries or to receive updates on the conference please email us at
philadelphia27@contemporaryantisemitism.com (Please check your spam folder if you do not
receive a timely response.)
