If you’ve not registered for the 36th Annual IAJGS Conference in Seattle (August 7-12, 2016) yet, consider the following:
- The conference’s Early Registration period, which runs until April 30, offers the lowest fees, with savings of $55 for the full conference. The conference website, http://www.iajgs2016.org, has complete details on how to register for all levels of the conference. Once registered, you can make reservations at the Sheraton Hotel at a reduced rate.
- Eric Goldman, noted Jewish film scholar and teacher of cinema at Yeshiva University, is organizing the film festival for the conference, The conference film program will include an array of 25 Jewish-themed films. Goldman stated the film festival will “offer an amazing look at world Jewry and the various migrations that have impacted our people through the centuries. There will be a special focus on immigration to the United States.”
- Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program, will deliver conference keynote address.
- Attorney Judy Russell, Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer and renown blogger at The Legal Genealogist, will speak at Thursday evening’s banquet.
- There are day-trips and planned Alaskan cruises before and after the conference.
- The Programming Committee is hard at work scheduling more than 300 presentations and events for the conference and expects to finalize (and make public) the schedule in
mid-March. [UPDATED INFO (10 March 2016): the schedule will likely be available in mid to late April] - Since we know that there is no way to attend every single session at the conference, we’ve made it easy to catch what you may miss – audio files with slides and LIVE! are the answer. LIVE! is a real-time video streaming service. If you subscribe to LIVE! you will have access to the archives on-demand for 90 days after the conference is over! Both can be subscribed to during the registration process.
- If you can’t join us in person in Seattle, you can still subscribe to Seattle 2016 Live! and you can also purchase the audio and slides. Early registrants to Live! will receive a $70 discount off the August price.
- Sign up for the discussion group from the “about” tab on the conference website.
- Follow the conference blog. One may access it via the NEWS/BLOG tab on the top right of the IAJGS2016 conference webpage or subscribe either via email or via a blog reader.