Submitting a Panel Proposal for AJS 58th Annual Convention 2026
AJS 58th Annual Convention 2026
1. Log in to the submission portal (All Academic) to get started.
The submission portal is here: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ajs/ajs26
Only current members are able to submit proposals and to be listed as a participant on a proposal. In order to join or renew as a member, you will need to set up an account by visiting https://www.associationforjewishstudies.org/membership/individual-membership
and noting the image/instruction video. Then click on the join/renew button.
Note: You may need to wait approximately an hour between joining/renewing membership and submitting your proposal.
Once your membership is active, log out of the membership portal and return to https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ajs/ajs26 You will use the same login credentials as you used to renew your membership.
Having issues? Contact Karin Kugel
2. OPTIONAL: View Single Paper Listing
If you have an incomplete session (eg a panel with only two papers), you may wish to click on View Single Paper Listing to see if any of the papers listed could be used to complete your session proposal. Should you find papers in the listing that complement your scholarship, reach out to the paper submitters and ask if they would like to be part of a panel. If they do, please ask them for the email address associated with their membership and for the All Academic Code/Proposal Code found on their individual paper confirmation. Reach out to Mary Arnstein if you have questions.
3. Search menu for Single Paper Listing tool (optional)
Once can search by division or title and/or can scroll through the papers on the list.
4. View full abstract of individual papers on the Single Paper Listing (optional)
This can help you determine if the paper is a good fit for an incomplete panel.
5. Once you are ready/have the necessary participants (who are current members) and information to submit a session, click Submit or Edit a Proposal
6. Click on Submit a New Proposal
7. Select the primary division to which your submission relates.
8. Select the session format: panel, performance/scholarship, seminar, roundtable, or workshop
Please read through the requirements for each. Eg Seminar participants must submit their papers well in advance of the conference and will be scheduled in TWO session slots. Workshops are a new session format for groups who want to discuss resources, issues, skills, etc.
9. The rest of the instructions are going to focus on panel submissions.
However, many of the steps are similar for the other session format types.
10. Information you'll need to get started
As a session organizer, you'll need the name of the other participants, the session abstract, the session title, the individual paper titles, the individual paper abstracts, the name of the chair and/or respondent. (If you are using a paper from the Single Paper Listing, you'll need the author's willingness to be on your panel, the email address the author has listed in their membership profile, and the author's All Academic Code, which may also be referred to as Proposal Code.)
11. Acknowledge that you have read and understood the submission eligibility requirements.
12. Please complete the diversity statement
13. Type the Session Title
14. Include the session abstract.
Remember, submissions will be evaluated based on adherence to the eligibility criteria (see above), methodology, originality, clarity of argument, and contribution to the field.
15. Select keywords that relate to your session from the list.
The available keywords relate to the session's approach, time period(s) covered, and content. You may need to use the down arrow to see the complete list.
Keywords appear in the program and help audience members find and attend your session.
16. If your session crosses divisions, you may wish to choose a secondary division
17. Click Accept and Continue to move on to the next screen
18. Add papers, chairs, respondents using these fields
Remember, all participants must be current AJS members. If you are unable to find a participant's name, it is likely that they need to update their membership status. Please ask the individual(s) to become AJS members or to renew.
19. If a submitter on the Single Paper Listing has agreed to participate on your panel, put their All Academic Code (found in their submission and their submission confirmation email) in this field, along with the email address associated with their account.
Their paper title and abstract will be transferred into your submission.
20. Add all (remaining) papers using this menu
Note: sessions that are incomplete at the submission deadline are more likely to be rejected.
21. Add paper titles and abstracts for all papers included in the session you are organizing.
Remember, the paper presenters must be from more than one university/institution, must include at least one non-CIS male, must be from different career stages (eg not all grad students or not all senior scholars), and may not be an undergraduate.
22. Accept and continue
23. Add the paper author's name.
Remember that all paper authors AND co-authors must be curent AJS members.
24. Add the author as a presenting author or co-author, using the buttons at right.
Reminder: One can submit up to two proposals but only one of them can be a paper (primary author on an individual paper, co-author on an individual paper, primary author or co-author as part of a panel or lightning round.)
25. Click accept and continue and repeat steps until you have entered all paper presenters' information and added a chair, respondent etc.
26. Add Papers.…
27. Add other participants (Chairs, Respondents, Discussants, etc.).
28. A/V request
Given the high cost of A/V, please know that we may not be able to honor all requests. A/V will not be available in all rooms. Also, all A/V requests must be made by the submission deadline.
29. Click on Accept and Continue
30. If you were not able to complete your submission, you can save it and finish it later.
You'll need to log in, click Submit or Edit a Proposal, find the proposal you need to edit, and resume your work. All edits must be made by the submission deadline!
Note: please don't worry about the text that says "Keywords: No Data Entered." Instead, please check to make sure that the words you selected relative to Time Period, Content, and Approach appear.
31. Submission receipt (not pictured)
The last screen after you hit Save/Submit Proposal is a receipt, which will also be emailed to you. It is very likely that the receipt will contain text that says "Keywords: No Data Entered." Please disregard that text and, instead, please check to make sure that the words you selected relative to Time Period, Content, and Approach appear.