Past Conferences

Although the SJHS dates to the 1950s, the organization went dormant for a number of years. It was revived in October, 1976, when a History of Southern Jewry Conference convened in Richmond. The Virginia conference was sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society, the Richmond Jewish Community Council, and the Department of History & Judaic Culture Committee of Virginia Commonwealth University with the support of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture.

As an outgrowth of that gathering, an organizational meeting of the Southern Jewish Historical Society was held the following spring in Raleigh, NC, with Dr. Abram Kanof the ad hoc president. Officers elected were Saul Viener, president; Jack Coleman, vice-president, Louis Schmier, secretary, and David Goldberg, treasurer.

1976 - History of Southern Jewry Conference, Richmond, VA, October 1976

1978 - 1st conference, Raleigh, NC, April

1978 - 2nd conference, Savannah, GA, November

1979 - 3rd conference, Charleston, SC

1980- 4th conference, Jacksonville, FL

1981 - 5th conference, Mobile, AL

1982 - 6th conference, New Orleans, LA

1983 - 7th conference, Savannah, GA

1984 - 8th conference, Richmond, VA, 

1985 - 9th conference, Memphis, TN

1986 - 10th conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1987 - 11th conference, Durham, NC

1988 - 12th conference, Birmingham, AL

1989 - 13h conference - Charleston, SC - originally scheduled for November 3-5, 1989, but held March 23-25, 1990, because of Hurricane Hugo

1990 - 14th conference Jackson, MS

1991 - 15th conference Alexandria, VA

1992 - 16th conference, Montgomery, AL

1993 - 17th conference, Atlanta, GA

1994 - 18th conference, Raleigh, NC

1995 - 19th conference, New Orleans, LA

1996 - 20th conference, Miami Beach, FL

1997 - 21st conference, Hot Springs, AR

1998 - 22nd conference, Nashville, TN

1999 - 23rd conference, Richmond, VA

2000 - 24th conference, Cincinnati, OH

2001 - 25th conference, Norfolk, VA- November 2 - 4, 2001

2002 - 26th conference, Shreveport, LA - October 25 - 27, 2002

2003 - 27th conference Memphis, TN - October 30-November 2, 2003

2004 - 28th conference, Charleston, SC, October 28-31, 2004

2005 - 29th conference, Baltimore, MD - November 4-6, 2005

2006 - 30th conference, Little Rock, AR - November 9-12, 2006

2007 - 31st conference, Washinton, DC - November 2-4, 2007

2008 - 32nd conference, Atlanta, GA - November 1-3, 2008

2009 - 33rd conference, New Orleans, LA - October 30-November 1, 2009

2010 - 34th conference, Chapel Hill, NC - October 22-24, 2010

2011 - 35th conference, Columbia, SC - October 28-30, 2011