Philadelphia 2027
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CASA Philadelphia Conference
June 13–16, 2027
The Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association (CASA) is pleased to announce the forthcoming CASA Philadelphia Conference, a major international convening 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 co-hosted by Gratz College and The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA) at Indiana University.
It will be institutionally co-sponsored by 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. Generous support has been provided by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
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 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.
Conference content areas will include, among others:
• 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
Additional details regarding registration, travel, lodging, conference tracks, keynote sessions, special programming, and the Arnold and Esther Tuzman Memorial Holocaust Teach-In will be shared in the coming months. A formal Call for Papers (CFP) for the conference will be forthcoming.
Please save the date: June 13–16, 2027.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr. Ayal Feinberg
Director of the Center for Holocaust Studies & Human Rights Associate Professor of Political Science & Antisemitism Studies
Senior Strategist for Government Affairs
GRATZ COLLEGE
315 York Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Email: afeinberg@gratz