Association for Jewish Studies (1969-), learned society
The Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) is a North American Association for Judaic Studies.
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History
"The Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) was founded in 1969 by a small group of scholars seeking a forum for exploring methodological and pedagogical issues in the new field of Jewish Studies. Since its founding, the AJS has grown into the largest learned society and professional organization representing Jewish Studies scholars worldwide... The organization’s primary mission is to promote, facilitate, and improve teaching and research in Jewish Studies at colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning. Its more than 1800 members are university faculty, graduate students, independent scholars, and museum and related professionals who represent the breadth of Jewish Studies scholarship. The organization’s institutional members represent leading North American programs and departments in the field.
The AJS’s major programs and projects include an annual scholarly conference, featuring more than 150 sessions; a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, AJS Review, published by Cambridge University Press; a biannual magazine, AJS Perspectives, that explores methodological and pedagogical issues; Positions in Jewish Studies, the most comprehensive listing of Jewish Studies job opportunities; Resources in Jewish Studies, an online guide to Jewish Studies programs, grant opportunities, professional development resources, electronic research tools, and doctoral theses; and the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards and Cahnman Foundation Publication Subventions, which recognize outstanding research in the field.
Membership in the Association is open to individuals whose full-time vocation is teaching, research, or related endeavors in academic Jewish Studies; to other individuals whose intellectual concerns are related to the purposes of the Association; and to graduate students concentrating in an area of Jewish Studies. Institutional membership is open to Jewish Studies programs and departments, foundations, and other institutions whose work supports the mission of the AJS." (from the AJS website)
The focus of the Association is on the entire spectrum of Judaic Studies, including Second Temple Studies.
Annual Conferences
1-9
- 1969 - 1st Meeting
- 1970 - 2nd Meeting
- 1971 - 3rd Meeting
- 1972 - 4th Meeting
- 1973 - 5th Meeting
- 1974 - 6th Meeting
- 1975 - 7th Meeting
- 1976 - 8th Meeting
- 1977 - 9th Meeting
10-19
- 1978 - 10th Meeting
- 1999 - 11th Meeting
- 1980 - 12th Meeting
- 1981 - 13th Meeting
- 1982 - 14th Meeting
- 1983 - 15th Meeting
- 1984 - 16th Meeting
- 1985 - 17th Meeting
- 1986 - 18th Meeting
- 1987 - 19th Meeting
20-29
- 1988 - 20th Meeting
- 1989 - 21st Meeting
- 1990 - 22nd Meeting
- 1991 - 23rd Meeting
- 1992 - 24th Meeting
- 1993 - 25th Meeting
- 1994 - 26th Meeting
- 1995 - 27th Meeting
- 1996 - 28th Meeting
- 1997 - 29th Meeting
30-39
- 1998 (Boston, MA; 20-22 December 1998) - 30th Meeting
- 1999 - 31st Meeting
- 2000 - 32nd Meeting
- 2001 - 33rd Meeting
- 2002 - 34th Meeting
- 2003 - 35th Meeting
- 2004 - 36th Meeting
- 2005 - 37th Meeting
- 2006 (Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA; December 17–19, 2006) - 38th Meeting
- DEAD SEA SCROLLS / Chair and Respondent: Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University)
- The “Fear Factor” in Early Jewish Warfare / Steven P. Weitzman (Indiana University)
- Prophets and Prophecy in the Qumran Community / Alex Jassen (University of Minnesota)
- Contributions from the Dead Sea Scrolls for The Oxford Hebrew Bible Edition of Leviticus / Sarianna Metso (University of Toronto)
- Methodological Reflections on Determining Scriptural Status in First-Century Judaism / Eugene C. Ulrich (University of Notre Dame)
- DEAD SEA SCROLLS / Chair and Respondent: Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University)
- 2007 (Sheraton Centre; Toronto, Canada; 16-18 December 2007) - 39th Meeting
40-49
- 2008 (Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, DC; 21-23 December 2008) - 40th Meeting
- 2009 (Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA; 20-22 December 2009) - 41st Meeting
- 2010 (Westin Copley Place; Boston, MA; 19-21 December 2010) - 42nd Meeting