CFP: AAS Annual Meeting (15 Aug; 26-29 Mar; Chicago)

If you haven't already heard, the AAS Annual Mtg is going to be in Chicago this year. It's a great chance to present at the national level. While getting a paper accepted is more challenging than MCAA, that just makes it more of an accomplishment. Individual papers are rarely accepted, especially from those based in the US. Your best shot is to put together a panel. I've heard they prefer diversity in terms of stature and affiliation, so a panel of 4 or 5 grad students from UIUC is unlikely to get chosen, but one with a few grad students as well as a professor or two as presenters, the chair or discussant, and making sure that some of these folks are not from UIUC is your best bet.

Besides, with it so close, you're going to try to go, right? Presenting is probably the only way to get most or all your expenses paid for. (AAS generally gives a stipend to grad students and EALC and EAPS are more likely to fund attendance at a national conference than anything else.)

And it takes a while to pull all of this together, so....

The Program Committee for the 2009 AAS meeting to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago invites colleagues in Asian studies to submit proposals for Organized Panels, Roundtables, Workshops, and Individual Papers for sessions to be created by the Committee. The Committee seeks sessions that will engage panelists and audiences in the consideration of ideas, information, and interpretations that will advance knowledge about Asian regions and, by extension, will enrich teaching about Asia at all levels.

Consistency between accepted panels and delivered panels is an ongoing concern of the Program Committee, and we urge your attention to some long-established principles:

No individual is to be on the AAS program in more than one session. Panel organizers must confirm that the proposed panelists are listed on their proposal only. The name of a single individual on more than one proposal could threaten the chance of acceptance of every proposal involved. Individuals on a panel should have discrete roles, and the Program Committee prefers this arrangement although guidelines do not preclude a panel on which the chair serves as a paper-giver or discussant.

A proposal should be a commitment in the sense that its original configuration, its appearance in the printed Program, and its delivery at the annual meeting all should match. Toward this end, the Program Committee will expect strict compliance with the December 5 deadline for participant preregistration, which assures inclusion in the printed Program, and will expect the in-person participation of all those named in successful proposals.

Habits of collegiality and professional courtesy are both the pattern and the continued expectation at the AAS annual meeting. Most fundamental are the honoring of commitments to present papers and the provision of papers to discussants in a timely fashion. The Program Committee assumes and celebrates an interactive style and effective communication in the evolution and delivery of a well-coordinated panel session. Individual paper sessions also benefit from the best implementation of professional style.

Important links:

[ Creative Panel Formats | Looking for Participants or to Join a Panel? | Panel Selection Criteria ]

[ Exploring New Panel Formats | "Border-Crossing" Panels | "Directions in the Social Sciences" ]

See the conference website for more!