Call for Papers


CALL FOR PAPERS (DRAFT)- next.conference.israiliyat.com

NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISRAEL AND JUDAISM STUDIES, 8-12 DECEMBER 2025

DOKUZUNCU ULUSLARARASI İSRAİL VE YAHUDİLİK ÇALIŞMALARI KONFERANSI, 8-12 ARALIK 2025

הכנס הבינלאומי התשעי לחקר ישראל והיהדות

المؤتمر الدولي التاسع للدراسات الإسرائيلية واليهودية

ДЕВЯТЫЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ ПО ИЗУЧЕНИЮ ИЗРАИЛЯ И ИУДАИЗМА

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the Eight International Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies (ICIJS’25) organized by Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies (e-ISSN 2645-890X) will be held in in hybrid form (in person and virtual) in Jerusalem on December 8-12, 2025. ICIJS’25 is the seventh in an annual conference series hold in December month: While the first in Konya in 2017, the second in Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University in 2018, and the third in Izmir Democracy University in 2019 were held in person the last five ones were conducted virtually.

For those who cannot attend the face-to-face meeting in Jerusalem due to financial, political, healthy personal or environmental (carbon free) limitations, the opportunity to attend the conference will be provided via video meeting.

Application/ Registration and Presentation

The application/ registration and presentation processes in conference consist of four phases totally:

Accepted submissions may be presented via

All presenters who make in-person, live (synchronous), pre-recorded (asynchronous) or simulive (hybrid) presentations will receive a certificate of e-participation following the sessions.

Abstracts (with/without full text) will be published in the Proceeding and Abstract Book (with e-ISBN). Revised, complete versions of papers will be published in the Israiliyat journal or in an edited book upon referees’ decision.

 

Fees and Services

There is no registration fee. While face-to-face participants/guests must reserve a room where the conference hold for the entire conference, or just for part of it – though as a minimum for one day, virtual presenters do not have to pay any fees for participance. Accommodation fees includes presenting in the sessions, lunch, refreshments during tea-coffee breaks.

The travel, transportation accommodation, and city tours expenses are the responsibility of ICIJS’25 participants. These services will be provided at a discount for the participants who want to.

The tours of Jerusalem and its surroundings are held collectively in the morning for those who want to participate, the sessions will be held in the afternoon. The conference is open to all such as presenters' family and friends as an audience.

Important Dates

Please, remember the following important dates:

(i) Deadline for Abstract: November 15, 2025

(ii) Notification of Acceptance: after review process without any loss of time

(iii) Deadline for Full Text and/or Research Article Submission and/or pre-Recorded Video Submission: December 4, 2025

(iv) Conference Dates: December 8-12, 2025

Main Theme and Topics

The conference’s broader scope includes all subareas of Israel and Jewish Studies. These include (but are not limited to) various disciplines such as current political issues, international relations, the history and sociology of Israel, as well as more traditional sub-fields of Jewish Studies.

The organizers welcome proposals for both individual papers as well as panel sessions.

Contacts

Please feel free to reach out to us with questions and requests related to the ICIJS’25 at <info@israiliyat.com> or the conference.israiliyat.com website.

Please circulate this Call, among your colleagues and networks.

We look forward to welcoming you to the ICIJS’25 in December.

Yours sincerely,