For those with interest in crypto-Judaic studies, and Sephardic Jewish history in general. Please share this with your contacts and organizations.The Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies will hold its annual conference this year in Dallas from July 20-22, at the Hilton Anatole.For the latest updates, see the SCJS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SocietyForCryptoJudaicStudiesAn impressive group of some 35 international speakers (scholars, anthropologists, historians, family researchers, filmmakers and screenings, musicians, personal narratives, authors and more) will present, along with musical performances and a pre-conference genealogy workshop.Early registration discount ends June 2. Register for the conference, see the tentative program and speakers, and get hotel information:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/639496Among the 35 presenters: Professor Angelina Muniz-Huberman (Mexico City), journalist Doreen Carvajal (Paris), author Ilan Stavans, documentarian Joe Lovett ("Children of the Inquisition"), documentarian Hector Galan, filmmaker Bonnie Burt (“Trees Cry for Rain - Arvoles Yoran Por Luvias -: A Sephardic Journey”), Bennett Greenspan (founder/CEO of FamilyTreeDNA.com), singer/scholar Vanessa Paloma and many more.The genealogy workshop will be presented by genealogists Schelly Talalay Dardashti, Genie Milgrom (whose discovered archival documents prove an unbroken maternal line of 22 generations back to Spain and Portugal) and Bennett Greenspan (founder/CEO of FamilyTreeDNA.com). Workshop topics include Sephardic resources, Sephardic research, converso research techniques and DNA testing.