Conference Participation: Gatherings, Tours & Special Program Sign-Ups

  • Conference Participation: Gatherings, Tours & Special Program Sign-Ups

    Please complete this form to indicate your participation in optional conference gatherings, evening programs, special exhibition tours, and facilitated Talking Circles. Due to room capacity limitations, all attendees are also asked to select their preferred Tuesday morning joint plenary session below.. Your responses will help us finalize transportation, catering, accessibility, and room logistics as we prepare to welcome you to Detroit for the 2026 CAJM & AHO Conference experience. Please read the instructions carefully to ensure you are completing the form correctly.

  • Required: Session Registeration

    The only required selections in this form are the two Tuesday morning lecture tracks. These joint plenary session selections are required due to room capacity limitations at this historic site. All remaining activities, tours, evening gatherings, and Talking Circles are optional. All attendees are asked to select one choice for each Tuesday morning track below. If we do not receive your selections by June 7, participants will be assigned to a conversation based on availability.
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    Track One - Tuesday, June 16 - Select one
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        Track One - Tuesday, June 16 - Select one
        CONFRONTING HENRY FORD’S ANTISEMITISM. Join us for a panel discussion hosted in the Ford family home as scholars examine Ford’s complex and challenging legacy.
        CONFRONTING HENRY FORD’S ANTISEMITISM

        Join us for a panel discussion hosted in the Ford family home as scholars examine Ford’s complex and challenging legacy.

        Free$ Free
          
        NAVIGATING BIGOTRY AND ANTISEMITISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD. The discussion considers how cultural institutions navigate a rapidly shifting landscape shaped by both overt and coded antisemitism alongside broader forms of bigotry.
        NAVIGATING BIGOTRY AND ANTISEMITISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORLD

        The discussion considers how cultural institutions navigate a rapidly shifting landscape shaped by both overt and coded antisemitism alongside broader forms of bigotry.

        Free$ Free
          
        Track Two - Tuesday, June 16 - Select One
        REFRAMING THE AMERICAN JEWISH STORY: NEXT PRACTICE. This session will explore some of the key fault lines in current historical narratives and opportunities to develop next narratives in coming years.
        REFRAMING THE AMERICAN JEWISH STORY: NEXT PRACTICE

        This session will explore some of the key fault lines in current historical narratives and opportunities to develop next narratives in coming years.

        Free$ Free
          
        COMMEMORATION, TRAUMA, HEALING, AND HOPE AT JEWISH MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. This session examines how Jewish museums and memorial institutions are documenting recent trauma, preserving memory, supporting healing, and fostering resilience in the wake of antisemitism and the October 7 attacks.
        COMMEMORATION, TRAUMA, HEALING, AND HOPE AT JEWISH MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

        This session examines how Jewish museums and memorial institutions are documenting recent trauma, preserving memory, supporting healing, and fostering resilience in the wake of antisemitism and the October 7 attacks.

        Free$ Free
          

      • Optional: Gatherings, Tours & Special Program

        Your responses will help us finalize transportation, catering, accessibility, and room logistics as we prepare to welcome you to Detroit for the 2026 CAJM & AHO Conference experience.

      • Monday, June 15 – Daytime Opportunities:

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      • Talking Circles – Small Group Discussions from 2:30–3:15 PM (Choose the topic that interests you most)

      • Monday, June 15 – Evening Opportunities:

      • MID-CENTURY MODERN EVENING: A PRIVATE GATHERING

        Located minutes from The Zekelman Holocaust Center, step back in time and experience Mike Schon’s beautifully restored home and gardens whose art collection features Detroit natives. Detroit is one of the centers of mid-century modern design, and this home highlights that tradition. (Pre-registration for this event is required and space is limited.)

         

        DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY TOUR:

         

        Join conservationists at the newly opened Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, a 22-acre revitalized green space along Detroit’s west riverfront just outside downtown. This guided walking tour will explore a localized section of the Detroit Riverwalk beginning near the William Davidson Sport House and highlighting public art installations, including collaborations with the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Inside|Out program and Detroit’s celebrated graffiti and mural culture. Following the tour, enjoy a no-host dinner on your own in the walkable nearby Corktown neighborhood. Return to the hotel independently via car service, rideshare, or the free Detroit People Mover. This tour can be adapted for participants with limited mobility.

         

        YOUNG PROFESSIONALS MEET-UP

        Join CAJM & AHO for a no-host gathering in Downtown Detroit and experience the energy of the city.

         

        Register below if you would like to participate in one of the Monday evening options.

         

      • Tuesday, June 16 – Daytime Opportunities:

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      • Talking Circles - Small discussion groups from 3:45 - 5:00 PM (Choose the one that interests you the most)

      • Tuesday, June 16 – Evening Opportunity:

      • Bus Tour Downtown Detroit: All aboard for a Detroit Jewish history bus tour!

        Join JHSM (Jewish Historical Society of Michigan) for an engaging and interactive journey through the city's Jewish community, 1762-present. Sites of interest include former synagogue buildings, civic and automotive historical landmarks, historic neighborhoods, contemporary property redevelopment projects, and the Birwood Wall, Detroit's 1941 segregation wall. 

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      • Wednesday, June 17 – Morning Opportunities:

      • SPECIAL CAJM TOUR WITH JMNY OR DIA CURATOR - GUESTS OF HONOR: ART OF FAITH

        Join a curator-led tour of the DIA exhibition Guests of Honor: Art of Faith, organized in partnership with the Jewish Museum, New York. The installation presents a selection of Jewish ceremonial objects, dating from the 1400s to the early 1900s, placed throughout the Detroit Institute of Arts’ encyclopedic collections. This presentation marks the ninth installment of the DIA’s Guests of Honor series, which highlights extraordinary works from around the world in dialogue with the museum’s holdings.

        Pre-registration required.

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      • Post-conference Field trip Option (Wednesday, June 17):

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      • THE SHEPHERD EXPERIENCE: PUBLIC ART, MEMORY & PLACE

        Stay in the Detroit area until late afternoon and visit The Shepherd for a guided tour of this incredible former church transformed into an arts and outdoor space. The visit will highlight Olivia Guterson’s work, exploring intersectional identity and Jewish and Black diasporic roots, with a focus on her site-specific outdoor installation. The Shepherd is a cultural arts center and sculpture park in Detroit’s Little Village neighborhood, spearheaded by Library Street Collective. Lunch will be provided, along with return transportation to the hotel by 3:30 PM.

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