March 26-27 College Station, Texas - II Annual Crypto-Jewish Conference

Schedule of Speakers for II Annual Crypto-Jewish Conference
March 26-27

Unless notes, all sessions will take place at Texas A&M Hillel, 800 George Bush, Dr (corner of Dexter, ) College Station. Parking
is Free.. Telephone number 979-696-7313

You can register for the conference either by going to our Crypto-Jewish Website
http://www.mnemotrix.com/crypto/conf/
or go to the TAMU Hillel website
www.tamuhillel.org
Please note that this conference has been timed to coincide with the 400th Anniversary of the Publication of Cervantes' Epic Work
Don Quixote. Information will be forthcoming on concurrent events taking place to mark this occasion.

Pre-Conference Activities:
Weds Evening: Speakers' reception at home of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Gardner

First Day of Conference, March 26, 2009

Thursday: Morning, Free or take a tour with us of Cushing Library's Collections

Thursday Lunch 12 noon: An Open Forum on Crypto–Judaism, Multi cultural Services

Thursday: 2:00-2:20pm Conference Opening: Dr. Peter Tarlow

Thursday: 2:20-3:20 pm Speaker 1: Rafaela Acevedo-Field: The Role of Women in the Crypto-Jewish community in early seventeenth
century Mexico

Break: 3:20-3:30

Thursday: 3:30 - 4:30 pm Speaker 2: 5 Greg Cuéllar: Crypto-Jewish Practice in 18th Century Colonial Mexico.

Thursday: 4:30 - 5:30 pm Speaker 3: Carlos Larralde: A History of J.T. Canales

Thursday dinner for speakers

Second Day of Conference, March 27, 2009

Friday: 8:30 Light Breakfast

Friday 9:00-10:00: Speaker 4 Stanley M. Hordes, "The Sephardic Legacy in New Mexico: A History of the Crypto-Jews.

Friday 10:15-11:15: Speaker 5: Consuelo Luz. Finding My Mazal, a Crypto-Jewish Musical Journey

Friday 11:30-12:30: Speaker 6: Bennett Greenspan: DNA and Crypto Jews

Lunch (on your own), Speakers' lunch to be provided

Friday 1:45-2:45: Speaker 7: Mike Pincus; Using the Web as a Research Tool on Crypto-Judaism

Friday 3:00- 4:00pm Speaker 8: David Gonzalez: Alternatives for Integration into the Jewish Community.

Friday 4:15 5:00-5:15: Summary, Where do we go from here. Panel Discussion with all speakers invited to participate

Reception at Reed House for Speakers 6:30-7:30 pm

Shabbat Service at 8:00pm

Speakers résumés can be found at Texas A&M Hillel's Crypto-Jewish Website: http://www.mnemotrix.com/crypto/conf/