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Call for papers*
The call for panels is now closed, and the call for papers is now open.
*Please note that 'papers' here also refers to and includes visual submissions. The ASA welcomes input from Visual Anthropologists and feels that it is feasible to integrate these both into the panel structure and outside of it.
The paper proposal form
Papers must be submitted online using our paper proposal form. This requires you to submit a paper title, a 300-character abstract, and a 250-word abstract (NB: it is strict about this and the character count includes spaces). You may also indicate the names (and emails) of any co-authors - however to do this you must also provide their dates of birth (for identification purposes). So please prepare your data before completing the form.
The form does not take formatting - so do not try to insert bullets, bold, italics, etc.
After you have made your proposal
Your proposal is entered in our system and emailed to the panel convenors. They have been asked to acknowledge your proposal, and where possible to make an early decision as to whether it is accepted/rejected.
If you are asked to edit your abstract by the convenors, use the Login link on the site, along with your name and date of bith, in order to access your proposal. Any problems email conference(at)theasa.org.
Key dates
- late March 2008: accepted panels will be visible online, and open to Paper Proposals via our online form
- 1st May 2008: closing date for paper submission
- 19th May 2008: final decisions to be made over acceptance/rejection of papers from the UK and the Commonwealth, and from Europe
- 30th May 2008: final decisions to be made over acceptance/rejection of all papers
NOTE: many funding applications (especially the British Council) need to be submitted early. So panel convenors are asked to make decisions on proposals as early as posisble, to assist with this.
Convenor role
Paper proposals to your panel will be emailed to
you. However we would ask that you and your co-convenors use the login link
on the site (together with your/their name and date of birth) to view your
panel online and control it. This facility allows you to:
- alter your panel abstracts
- to accept or reject proposed papers
- to edit titles and abstracts of proposed papers
- to order the accepted papers
- make requests for additional AV not requested already by paper-givers
- make timing requests for your panel
As convenors it is very much your responsibility to control your emerging panel in this way, and we would ask that you inform paper proposers of your decision regarding their proposal as early as possible. However a decision must be made and emailed by 1st August 2008.
If there are papers you feel unable to accept in your panel but which you think might either fit well in another panel, or which are interesting but do not quite fit the panel structure, please can you email the conference administrator (conference(AT)theasa.org) with the author name. The paper can then be moved to a 'holding bay' while the organisers discuss with the authors as to ways of accepting their paper - be it in another panel, a poster session, or perhaps for online posting and discussion. The ASA is keen to facilitate the participation of a wide range of colleagues, however we must find creative ways to do so - not all papers can be accepted for presentation within a panel.
