Call for Papers
Jewish Worlds of the Global South:
Conversations Across Latin America and Oceania
Special Issue of LAJS (Latin American Jewish Studies)
Guest Co-Editors: Daniela Goldfine (University of Wisconsin-River Falls), Rebecca Margolis (Monash University), and Mirna Vohnsen (Technological University Dublin)
This CFP emerges from a session at the LASA Oceania Conference 2025, where—perhaps for the first time—academics working on Jewish Latin American topics and those working on Jewish experiences in Oceania shared a panel. That initial encounter revealed both the richness of each field and the surprising absence of spaces in which they can speak to one another. This special issue intends to broaden that exchange by exploring what scholarship already exists, encouraging new connections, and opening pathways for a sustained dialogue between these regions.
We invite original scholarship that brings Latin America and Oceania into conversation in order to explore Jewish experiences, cultural production, and intellectual histories across the Global South. Conceived as a curated dialogue, the issue seeks to draw connections among contributions, highlighting shared questions, pergences, and unexpected affinities. We especially welcome work that engages themes such as immigration and exile, linguistic hybridity, evolving minority identities, and rich literary and visual cultures. We welcome both regionally focused studies and pieces that draw broader connections; taken together, the issue aims to create a comparative conversation across contributions.
We seek articles that:
Contribute to south–south perspectives on diaspora, memory, cultural adaptation, and interethnic relations, whether through explicit comparison or grounded regional case studies.
Cross disciplinary boundaries—among literary studies, film and media studies, history, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies—to foreground underexplored archives, texts, and voices beyond Euro-American diasporic centers.
Trace transnational networks of culture, religion, education, and activism, and theorize how Jewish communities negotiate belonging, antisemitism, multiculturalism, and national narratives within these distinct yet interconnected contexts.
Foster research comparatively across more than one national or urban context, where productive, to extend analysis beyond single-site or Euro-American models.
Languages and Length:
Abstract proposals and articles in: English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Final articles: around 7000 words of text, including notes and Works Cited.
Deadline for abstracts on April 30, 2026.
Authors will be notified of the editorial decision by June 5, 2026.
First complete drafts due on March 5, 2027.
Submission Process
Interested contributors are invited to submit a short abstract via the submission form
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact: globalsouthlajs@gmail.com
