Submitting an Individual Paper Proposal for AJS 58th Annual Convention 2026
AJS 58th Annual Convention 2026
1. Only current members are able to submit a proposal.
Visit https://www.associationforjewishstudies.org/membership/individual-membership and watch the 90 second video on setting up your membership account. Click on "join/renew" to confirm that you are a member and/or renew your membership.
2. Log in to the submission portal (All Academic) to get started. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ajs/ajs26
Reminder: you will use the same login credentials as you used to renew your membership. Also, it takes approximately one hour for the membership system to sync with the submission system. Ie once you become a member or renew membership , you'll need to wait one hour before being able to access the submission system. Having issues? Contact Karin Kugel
Below is the submitter menu.
3. View Single Paper Listing
Before submitting an individual paper, you may wish to click on View Single Paper Listing to see if any of the papers listed could be used to create a session. 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, kindly follow the instructions for submitting a session. Reach out to Mary Arnstein if you have questions.
4. Should you wish to submit an individual paper proposal, click on "Submit or Edit a Proposal" (see screenshot above.) And then click Submit a New Proposal
5. Select the division to which your proposal should be submitted
Details about the divisions, with descriptions and keywords is on the right of the page. Steering committee members for each division can also help you identify the appropriate division for your submission.
6. Click on Individual Paper
7. Read and acknowledge the submission guidelines
8. Respond to the optional question about diversity and inclusion
9. Type your individual paper title
10. Enter your abstract
The individual paper abstract must clearly outline methodology, argument, contribution to the field, and originality of research.
11. Select whether you want to be included in the Single Paper Listing
The Single Paper Listing is a tool session organizers can use to find papers that might work well with their proposals in order to submit a complete panel. If you include your paper in the Single Paper Listing, session organizers will be able to contact you to see if you wish your work to become part of a panel.
12. Select keywords relative to your paper's approach(es).
In order to see the full list, you may have to use the down arrow on your keyboard. Note: one can only add keywords from the list. There isn't a text box to add your own keywords.
13. Also, select keywords relative to your paper's the time period(s) treated.
In order to see the full list, you may have to use the down arrow on your keyboard.
14. Finally, click on keywords related to topic (marked "content" in the image below.)
One can click on multiple keywords from each list.
15. And consider choosing a second division, if your proposal could fit in more than one division
16. Click on button
17. If your paper is co-authored, you can list the co-author name(s) here
Note that all co-authors must be members. If you can't find an author's name, it is likely that their membership is not up to date. Please ask them to renew their membership or become a member. Also note that co-authors count towards the participation limits. Finally, if the paper is accepted, authors and co-authors must pay the conference registration fees in order for their names to be in the program. (Those that do not register will be removed from the program.)
18. Click on button
19. Please make your AV request here
Note: AV will not be available in all rooms and the AJS cannot guarantee that all requests for AV will be honored. Also, submitters cannot request AV after the proposal submission deadline.
20. Click on Accept and Continue
21. Review your submission and edit as needed
(You'll also be able to edit your submission from the page described in step 1.) 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.
22. It is very important that you save/submit OR save and finish later.
The system does not automatically save your work. One has to click save & finish later OR Save/Submit Proposal.
23. You can print out a confirmation of your submission at any time by visiting the "Message Center." You will find this link on your main menu. You should also receive an email from do_no_reply@allacademic.com.
Please consider adding the domain @allacademic.com to your safe list in order to receive reminders, acceptance notifications, scheduling notifications, and requests to volunteer.
Note: We know how the keywords show up in the receipt of submission is confusing. (The submission receipt says "no data entered" in relation to keywords. We need to keep this architecture in the system in order to allow evaluators to add keywords when creating sessions from individual papers. Please also know that there are character limits on the submission receipt so that all words you selected from the drop-down menus provided may not appear on the receipt but they will appear when the evaluators review your submission.
24. Final note regarding Single Paper Listing
If you included your paper in the Single Paper Listing, scholars may reach out to you by email to ask if you would like to be included in a panel they are organizing. If you do wish to collaborate, please provide the Proposal ID number included in your confirmation.
