This year, the Southwest Oral History Association is one of the sponsors of the Western Jewish Studies Association (WJSA) Virtual 25th Annual Conference, which will be held March 14-16, 2021. The WJSA Virtual Conference will be based at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and its sponsors also include the UNLV College of Liberal Arts and Nevada’s Jewish Federation. Register via this link.
The keynote lecture, “They Came by Station Wagon: The Jews of Southern Nevada,” features SOHA members and experienced oral historians Barbara Tabach and Michael Green. The keynote lecture is scheduled for Sunday, March 14, 9 am to 10:30 am PST. Please note that clocks move forward for Daylight Savings Time on March 14 at 2 am.
There are about 26 different panels, and you can view the details of the sessions via the registration link. The following highlights some of the SOHA co-sponsored panels, besides the keynote lecture, that emphasize oral history:
On March 15, 2 pm to 3:30 pm PST, Amy Shevitz, Diana Clarke, Ethan Nosanow Levin, and Rebecca Wartell are part of the panel on “Jews in the Midwest and West.”
On the same day, March 15, 4:30 to 6 pm PST, there is a panel on “Local American Jewish History” with Ava Kahn, Steven Green, Jonathan L. Friedmann, and Joel Gereboff.
The panel, “Survivor Voices in Holocaust Education,” will be held 11 am to 12:30 pm PST on Tuesday, March 16 with Beth B. Cohen, Norma Lisa Flores, Esther Finder, and Susan Dubin.
The plenary session, 4 pm to 5:30 pm PST, on March 16, is “Holocaust Survivor Choreographic Collaboration: An Oral History, Dance, Video Production Collaboration of the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, Religious Studies Program, College of Fine Arts, and Dance Department.”
The WJSA acknowledges the generous donations of College of Liberal Arts and Departments of Sociology, English, and History. WJSA also thanks the Southwest Oral History Association especially for the technology support. WJSA is offering waived registration specifically for SOHA members. If you are a SOHA member, please write “SOHA” in your name for free registration to the 2021 WJSA Virtual Conference.
Please direct any questions about this virtual conference to Dr. Roberta Sabbath (roberta.sabbath@unlv.edu).
We hope that you can attend and enjoy this conference!
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