ASA09: Anthropological and archaeological imaginations: past, present and future
6th-9th April 2009, University of Bristol, UK
Call for panels
The call for panels is now closed.
Notes to convenors
Please take a read of the conference theme before making your proposal; then these notes:
Panels proposers need not be members of the Association. Proposals must be made through our online form, and will consist of a panel title, a (very) short abstract of <300 characters, and an abstract of 250 words. These character/word limits are strict, so please prepare your abstracts well. Panels may be proposed by a single person/convenor or by a single convenor on behalf of one or more co-convenors. In the latter case, proposals should include the names, emails and if possible the dates of birth of the co-convenors.
Proposals need not list proposed contributors. The ASA requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: panels should not be organised as 'closed' sessions.
Once submitted the proposer will be emailed confirming receipt of the submission. Proposals will be marked as pending, until the Organising Committee makes its decisions on 8th December 2008. They will then be marked as accepted or rejected.
Panel proposers can use the login link in the menu on the left to edit their proposals. Later, when panels have been accepted/rejected convenors are requested to administer their panels via this login environment. Convenors should login to state any specific timing requests to do with their panel; to add the names of chairs/discussants; and to manage the paper proposals. Co-convenors cannot be added/removed nor can panels be withdrawn through this environment - please email conference(at)theasa.org to do this.
When papers are proposed via the website, they will be proposed to specific panels. Convenors will receive a summary email of the proposal. Convenors are welcome to acknowledge proposals by email, and even ask contributors to edit their abstracts by logging in themselves. Convenors must indicate their decisions over whether to accept/reject proposals through the login environment; and we ask convenors to mark all pending proposals in this way by 6th February 2009. If an author later emails to withdraw their paper, the paper should be marked as 'Withdrawn' in the login environment. The papers can be placed in order via the login environment.