International Conference on Freemasonry
Status:
confirmed
Additional Details
- Event Type: Special Event
- Hosted By: Grand Lodge of California
- Invited: Grand Lodge Officers, Masons, Public, Spouses and Partners, By Invitation or Registration
- Dress: Business Casual
- Meal Cost: $22
- Itinerary Details:
Freemasonry in Popular Culture: 1700 to Yesterday
Part II: Politics, Conspiracies, Technology & Propaganda
Freemasonry in the Crosshairs: Film, Politics, and Propaganda at the 2026 International Conference on Freemasonry
Join with Masons and scholars from around the world at the 2026 International Conference on Freemasonry as we dive into the fraternity’s relationship to film, politics, and propaganda.
From Nazi-era signage to Illuminati scares, this year’s conference is going deep on supposed Masonic plots throughout history—and the cultural ephemera associated with exposing them.
Register today to secure your spot at this can’t-miss Masonic education event, being held March 14 at UC Berkeley’s Krutch Theater at Clark Kerr Campus.
Confirmed Speakers:
Amanda Brown-Peroy
“The Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy and the Use of Propaganda in the WWII Period: Film, Radio, Pamphlet, and Exhibition”
Dr. Brown-Peroy is a professor of English at the University of Bordeaux. She completed her Ph.D in English Studies in 2016. She will be speaking on a topic very close to her research specialty. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Freemasonry and the Notion of Secrecy in 20th Century England: From World War II to the 2000s." Dr. Brown-Peroy has published numerous academic articles dealing with aspects of 20th century English Freemasonry. Her many presentations include one at the 2014 meeting of this conference, "Secrecy as a Universal Factor of Both Inclusion and Exclusion."
Dr. Felipe Côrte Real de Camargo
“Masonic Secrets on the Silver Screen: Representations of the Craft in the Seventh Art.”
Felipe Côrte Real de Camargo is a historian and student success advisor at the University of Bristol, where he obtained a Ph.D in Historical Studies. His research focuses on the material culture of Freemasonry, secrecy, moral philosophy, and emblematic traditions in the 18th century. He has taught at both Cardiff and Bristol universities, contributed to international journals, and presented his work at major conferences across Europe and the Americas.
Erich Morgan Huhn
“Illuminati, Illuminism, Illuminatus: The Making of Modern Conspiracy”
Erich Morgan Huhn is a Ph.D candidate in History and Culture at Drew University in New Jersey. His research focuses on the way Freemasonry and fraternal organizations helped reinforce middle-class values and were used as tools of social “placing” throughout the long 19th century. In 2019, Huhn published New Jersey’s Masonic Lodges (Arcadia Publishing) which examined the way the fraternity used architecture to connect with the organization’s foundation myth and present an air of authority and legitimacy. He has contributed reviews, chapters, and entries in many Masonic and academic works.
Susan Mitchell Sommers
“Father Noah and the Royal Ark Masons”
Dr. Sommers is a professor emerita of history at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania. After earning a Ph.D in British History at Washington University, Sommers joined the faculty at Saint Vincent College, where she was a professor of history for more than 30 years. Sommers has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 2014 and has been involved in editing the Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism, as well as Zeitschrift für Internationale Freimaurer-Forschung. In addition to numerous articles and conference presentations, Dr. Sommers is the author of Parliamentary Politics of a County and its Town: General Elections in Suffolk and Ipswich in the Eighteenth Century (Greenwood Press, 2002) and Thomas Dunckerley and English Freemasonry (Pickering & Chatto, 2012). Her most recent book, The Siblys of London: A Family on the Esoteric Fringes of Georgian England, was published in 2018 by Oxford University Press as part of Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism.
Agenda:
8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM Resume Sessions
12:15 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Resume Sessions
3:00 PM Break
3:15 PM Return to Session
5:00 PM Wrap Up and Depart
Register by March 13, 2026 using the link at top of page
International Conference on Freemasonry Registration: $50
March 14th Box Lunch $22
Hotel Information
- Hotel Name: Graduate Hotel Berkeley
- Hotel Address:
2600 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704 - Hotel Phone: (510) 845-8981
Date
Mar 14, 2026
Time
8:00am - 5:00pm
Location
Krutch Theater - At UC Berkeley
MLK Jr. Building 2nd Floor
Berkeley, CA 94720
Organizer Contact Info
Member Services
MemberServices@freemason.org
(415) 776-7000
MemberServices@freemason.org
(415) 776-7000