Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain. Converso and Morisco Studies. "Converso and morisco are the terms applied to those Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity in large numbers and usually under duress in late Medieval Spain The Converso and Morisco Studies conferences and publications examine the implications of these mass conversions, for the converts themselves, for their heirs (also referred to as conversos and moriscos ) and for Medieval and Modern Spanish culture."