Judith Liwerant, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Changing Hegemonies in the Socio-political Landscape of Latin American Jewry

Liz Hamui, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Work, Education and Healthcare: the Welfare System of the Syrian Jews in Mexico

Paulette Kershenovich Schuster, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
More than Meets the Eye: The Acculturation of Syrian-Jewish Women in Mexico City

Silvina Schammah Gesser (in cooperation with Susana Brauner),
Truman Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Citizenship and Modes of Incorporation into the Argentine Political Scene among Descendants of Middle-Eastern Jewish Immigrants, 1973-2007

Nitza Druyan, Hofstra University and The Long Island Center for Jewish Studies
“It is best to grasp the one and not let go of the other - a God-fearing person performs them all…” (Ecclesiastes 7:18) -
Yemenite Jews in NY between Tradition and Transformation

Dinah M. Stillman, University of Oklahoma
Love and Hate between North African Jews and Arabs in the French Banlieues: A Cinematic Tour D'horizon from the 1990s to Present

Susana Brauner, Instituto de Ciencias Juridicas y Sociales, UADE, Argentina
The Studies on Oriental Jews in Argentina: a Historiographic Review

Jacobo Sefami, University of California, Irvine
Latin American Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish Writers: Between the Ancient and the Modern Worlds, in Search of an Identity

Henry Green, University of Miami, Florida
Sephardi Voices - Transnational Identities and the Preservation of Memory

Batia Siebzehner, Beit Berl College and Truman Institute, The Hebrew University of Jeruasalem
Remaking Sephardic Judaism: Return to Religion in Panama