IJICS'25

CALL FOR PAPERS

NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISRAEL AND JUDAISM STUDIES  08-12 DECEMBER 2025

DOKUZUNCU ULUSLARARASI İSRAİL VE YAHUDİLİK ÇALIŞMALARI KONFERANSI 08-12 ARALIK 2025

הכנס הבינלאומי תשיעי לחקר ישראל והיהדות

المؤتمر الدولي التاسع للدراسات الإسرائيلية واليهودية

ДЕВЯТЫЙ МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ ПО ИЗУЧЕНИЮ ИЗРАИЛЯ И ИУДАИЗМА

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the Ninth International Conference on Israel and Judaism Studies (ICIJS’25), hosted by Israiliyat: Journal of Israeli and Judaic Studies (e-ISSN 2645-890X), to be held virtually from December 2 to 6, 2025. We cordially invite you to send submissions that delve into the multifaceted aspects of Israeli and Jewish studies.

ICIJS’25 is the Ninth in an annual conference series held in December. The first three were held in person in Konya (2017), Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University (2018), and Izmir Democracy University (2019), while the last four were virtual.

Application/ Registration and Presentation

The application/ registration and presentation processes in conference consist of four phases totally:

(i) application by submitting an abstract and

(ii) submitting the full text and/or research article (optional)

Accepted submissions may be presented via

(i) live (synchronous)/ remote presenting (with Q&A) and/or

(ii) a pre-recorded (asynchronous) video presentation (with live Q&A (hybrid / simulive) optional)

All presenters will receive a certificate of e-participation. Abstracts or full papers will be published in the Proceeding and Abstract Book (with e-ISBN), and full papers may be published in the Israiliyat journal or an edited volume following peer review.

Important Dates

Please, remember the following important dates:

(i) Abstract Deadline: November 25, 2025

(ii) Notification of Acceptance: immediately following review

(iii) Full Paper/Video Submission Deadline: December 2, 2025

(iv) Conference Dates: December 2-6, 2025

Main Theme and Topics

The conference covers all subfields of Israel and Jewish studies, including but not limited to: politics, international relations, history, theology, sociology, and other related traditional or contemporary disciplines.

Awards

Israel and Judaism Studies Awards will be given to distinguished doctoral and master’s theses, as well as original/translated books and academic articles related to Israel and Jewish studies in Turkey.

MUN

Our journal is organizing the israiliyatMUN’25 meeting for university students for the first time. You can encourage your students to attend this conference. For more information, see <en.mun.israliyat.com>.

Contacts

For inquiries, contact <info@israiliyat.com>or visit <conference.israiliyat.com>.

Please disseminate this call among your networks.

We look forward to your participation in ICIJS’25.

Yours sincerely,

Menderes KURT

Serkan YENAL

Organizing Committee co-Chairs

E-mail: <info@israiliyat.com>

Website: <conference.israiliyat.com>