[Discussion] Call for papers for the AAASS National Convention in November 2005

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies invites
proposals for its 37th National Convention "One area or parts of
several? Political, economic, and cultural boundaries of the AAASS
region in the 21st Century,"which will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah,
at the Grand America Hotel, Thursday through Sunday, November 36, 2005.

The venue for the 2005 convention, the Grand America Hotel, is a
wonderful property. It is on the list of Top North American Hotels and
has received a coveted five diamond designation from AAA for 2005. The
hotel accommodations include 380 very spacious Premier Rooms (each 700
sq. ft.) and 395 even bigger Suites (each 880 sq. ft.) 127 of which are
suites with balconies overlooking the garden courtyard and pool. The
Grand America Hotel will offer special room rate of $135.00 single or
double for the AAASS convention participants. For more information about
the hotel and its accommodations and amenities, including pictures of
the rooms and meeting rooms, please visit: www.grandamerica.com
<http://www.grandamerica.com/>.

If you have never been to Salt Lake City, believe us when we say it that
it is a destination worth visiting. If you have a spare moment, among
the places worth seeing are: Clark Planetarium, www.clarkplanetarium.org
<http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/>; The Living Planet Aquarium,
www.thelivingplanet.com <http://www.thelivingplanet.com/>; The Family
History Library, the largest repository of genealogical records in the
world, www.familysearch.org <http://www.familysearch.org/>; Museum of
Utah Art & History, www.muahnet.org <http://www.muahnet.org/>; or the
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, www.utah.edu/umfa <http://www.utah.edu/umfa>.
For more information about Salt Lake City and its environments, please
see: www.visitsaltlake.com/home.shtml
<http://www.visitsaltlake.com/home.shtml>.

And in case you were wondering, according to the Salt Lake Convention
and Visitors Bureau "it is just as easy to get a drink in Salt Lake as
it is to order a meal." For more information about Utah's Liquor Laws,
see: www.visitsaltlake.com/go/liquor.html
<http://www.visitsaltlake.com/go/liquor.html>.

We are pleased to announce that starting this year panel or roundtable
proposals and meeting room requests may be submitted online through its
Web site, www.aaass.org <http://www.aaass.org/>. To enter a proposal
online, select "Submit a completed convention proposal form" on the
AAASS home page. All information must be entered as requested. Please
remember that the organizer is responsible for the accuracy of the
information entered and must include c.v. form for each participant.
Deadline for entering proposals and meeting room requests is January 14,
2005 at midnight EST. The system will be taken off line 12:01 a.m. EST
on January 15.

Please keep in mind the following general rules for proposals:
. Each participant may only have one role on a panel or roundtable, may
only appear on two panels or roundtables during the convention, and only
present one paper during the convention. You may organize as many panels
or roundtables as you wish and you may give a paper on one panel and be
the chair, or a discussant, or a participant on one other, but you
cannot be chair and discussant or chair and give a paper on the same
panel, and you can not sign up for more than two panels/roundtables.
. Panels can only have: one Chair; maximum of 3 papers; maximum of 2
discussants. Roundtables can only have: one Chair; maximum of 5
participants.
. All participants who are Slavic scholars living in the U.S. must be
current AAASS members. Only foreigners and scholars outside the field of
Slavic studies do not need to join AAASS. All participants on
panels/roundtables must preregister by the deadline and pay the
registration fee.
. Be sure to include any requests for audiovisual equipment. Please
specify types of equipment (i.e., "overhead projector," not simply
"projector"). Please keep in mind that the AAASS can provide up to $100
worth of equipment; you will be charged for anything above this amount.
The deadline for all audiovisual equipment requests is July 1, 2005. WE
WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY POWER POINT EQUIPMENT IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO RENT
PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
. If you agree to participate in the AAASS Convention, you are agreeing
to be scheduled during any of the planned sessions. We will honor
specific scheduling requests only for religious reasons. Please make
sure to include such requests on your panel/roundtable proposal form.

With any questions regarding the convention, please contact the AAASS
Convention Coordinator, Wendy Walker, tel.: 617-495-0678, fax:
617-495-0680, e-mail: walker@fas.harvard.edu.