I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

A. INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS

Individual submissions should be directed to the chair of the section most appropriate to the research. See the list of academic sections (II below). Presentations that do not fit into established sections or new sections are also invited. Such papers should be sent to Mark Chavalas (Program Committee member) at the Department of History, University of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601 (Tel: 608 785-8350; Fax: 608 785-8370; Email: chavalas.mark@uwlax. edu). Complete submissions will include a Participation/Abstract Form and proof of paid preregistration.

B. NEW SECTION PROPOSALS

The Program Committee invites proposals for new academic sections that focus on special topics for the November 2000 meeting (as well as for future Annual Meetings). Individuals interested in organizing such sections are encouraged first to contact the Chair of the Program Committee: Douglas Clark, Walla Walla College, 204 S. College Avenue, College Place, WA 99324. Tel: 509 527-2456. Fax: 509 527-2253. Email: clardo@wwc.edu.

See instructions in III below. (To receive a Section Chair Packet containing all necessary information, please contact the Annual Meeting Program, ASOR at Boston University, 656 Beacon Street, 5th floor, Boston, MA 02215-2010. E-mail: asor@bu.edu. For electronic forms, visit the ASOR website at asor.org/AM/scp.html)

C. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION

1. Membership: Membership in ASOR (either Individual or Institutional) is a prerequisite for participation in the Annual Meeting program. Participants must include their membership number on their Participation/Abstract Form.

2. Preregistration: Preregistration is a requirement for all participants in the Annual Meeting Program. All program participants must submit a Preregistration Form (with payment) to the ASOR Boston office prior to April 1 and provide proof of their preregistration to their section chair upon submission of their Participation/Abstract Forms.

Visiting non-North American scholars and scholars whose main area of research is not Near Eastern archaeology may be exempted from one or both of the membership and registration requirements upon request of the Section Chair to the Program Committee Chair, but only if they have not participated in the Annual Meeting in recent years. The Annual Meeting Participation/Abstract Form provides a mechanism for requesting the waivers.

3. Two Appearance Policy: Members may present one paper and either chair one session or be a respondent/discussant/panelist in one section. Persons may participate only two times on the program in any capacity. (Business meetings and receptions are exempt.)

4. Normal Length of Presentations: The Program Committee recommends that presentations normally fit into 30-minute time slots, allowing 25 minutes for the paper and 5 minutes for discussion.

5. Lindstrom Student Service Scholarships. Students who wish to volunteer to work during the meetings are invited to apply for a Lindstrom Student Service Scholarship. The Lindstrom Scholarships will provide up to $500 per student. Students will be expected to provide up to 20 hours work assistance at the meetings. Interested individuals should contact the ASOR Office.

6. ASOR Student Members who are enrolled in a program of graduate or advanced professional studies and are in the final year of candidacy for their degree program may apply for the Dorot Foundation Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship. These scholarships provide up to $1,000 for expenses related to travel to the Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. Interested individuals should contact the ASOR Boston office for more information.

Deadline for Lindstrom Student Service and Dorot Foundation Travel Scholarships: September 15, 2000.

II. SUBMISSIONS BY INDIVIDUALS

A. SECTIONS PLANNED FOR 2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF ASOR.

An individual may submit a proposal to one of the following sections:

ANCIENT FOODS AND FOODWAYS

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Albert Leonard, Jr., Department of Classics, University of Arizona ML 371, Tucson, AZ 85721-0001. Tel: 602 621-1689; Email: albertl@u.arizona.edu.

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN TRADE

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Albert Leonard, Jr., Department of Classics, University of Arizona ML 371, Tucson, AZ 85721-0001. Tel: 602 621-1689; Email: albertl@u.arizona.edu.

ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY

All aspects related to the technology of ancient artifacts, including writing, agriculture, material culture, etc., are appropriate topics for this section. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Gloria London (Burke Museum), 7701 Crest Dr., N.E., Seattle, WA 98115. Phone: 206 522-6426. Email: london@u.washington.edu. [Gloria is at CAARI until June 2000 and can also be reached via The Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, 11 Andreas Demitriou Street, Nicosia 1066, CYPRUS. Tel: (357-2) 670832; Fax: (357 2) 671147; Email: forwarded from u.washington.]

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE (HISTORICAL-PERIOD) LEVANT

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Robert D. Miller II, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD 21727; Tel: 301-447-5781; email: romiller@msmary.edu

ARABIA

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Themes: 1) The Sinai and 2) General session on Arabia. Section Chair: David F. Graf, Department of History, University of Miami, POB 248107, Coral Gables, FL 33124-4662. Tel: 305 284-5965. Email: dgraf@umiami.ir.miami.edu.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF A BORDER COMMUNITY: TEL BETH-SHEMESH 1990-2000

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chairs: Drs. Zvi Lederman and Shlomo Bunimovitz, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University. Tel: 972 7 6510695 or 972 9 7711140; Email: Beth_shemesh@onebox.com or ledermn@netvision.net.il or bunimov@post.tau.ac.il.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANATOLIA

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Themes: 1) Current Excavations and 2) Merchants and Traders, Farmers and Herders. Limited space available. Section Chair: Sharon Steadman (SUNY, Cortland), 700 Warren Rd. #19-2A, Ithaca, NY 14850. Tel. 607 257-3262; e-mail: srsteadman@aol.com.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF CYPRUS

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Theme: Roman Through Modern: Current Research. Section Chair: Dr. Nancy Serwint, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, Tel: 602 695-5025, Fax: 602 965-8338; Email: Nancy.Serwint@asu.edu.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF JORDAN

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Bruce Routledge, Department of Anthropology, 325 University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 33rd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398. Tel: 215 573- 6295; Fax: 215 898-7462; Email: routledg@sas.upenn.edu.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE PERIODS

This section solicits papers that focus on any aspect of the archaeology of the Roman and Byzantine periods in the Near East, Anatolia, and Cyprus. Presentations will be limited to 15-20 minutes each. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Jodi Magness, Department of Classics, 321 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Tel: 617 627 2680; Fax: 617 627-3032; Email: jmagness@emerald. tufts.edu.

ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Eleanor Guralnick, 1301 East 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615. Tel: 773 752-5069. Fax: 773 752-8680 (call before faxing).

EGYPT

The purpose of this section is to provide a venue for dialogue between Egyptologists (who normally attend the ARCE conference) and ASOR. Aspects of the Egyptian culture, religion, or history in the Bronze or Iron Ages that shed light on the cultures, religions, or history of other people in the ancient Near East or eastern Mediterranean are welcome. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015. Tel: 847 317-8063. Fax: 847 317-8141. Email: lyounger@trin.edu.

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND ARCHAEOLOGY

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Gary Christopherson, Center for Applied Spatial Analysis, Box 3, Harvill 460, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel: 520 621-6267; Fax: 520 621-6181; Email: garych@casa.arizona.edu.

HEBREW BIBLE, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Dale W. Manor, College of Bible & Religion, Harding University, P.O. Box 12280, Searcy, AR 72149. Tel: 501 279-4456; Fax: 501 279-4042; Email: dmanor@harding.edu.

INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS

Two sessions are planned for 2000. This section is for papers that do not fit into other sections in the program. Section Chair: Mark Chavalas, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601. Tel: 608 785-8350; Fax: 608 785-8370; Email: chavalas.mark@ uwlax.edu.

INTEGRATING ARCHAEOLOGY INTO THE BIBLICAL STUDIES CLASSROOM

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Dr. Melissa Aubin, Florida State University, Mailcode 1520, Department of Religion, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520. Tel: 850 644-1020; Fax: 850 644-7225; Email: maubin@mailer.fsu.edu.

JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES SESSION ON MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

One session is planned for 2000. Speakers are by invitation. Section Chair: Piotr Michalowski, Department of Near Eastern Studies,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Tel. 734 763-2383. Email: piotrm@umich.edu.

THE JUDEAN SHEPHELAH DURING THE BIBLICAL PERIOD

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Shmuel Givon, Bar Ilan University, Bialik St. 113, Israel. Tel: (972 3) 6131840; Fax: (972 3) 6132755; Email: givonsh@internet-zahav.net.

LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Gunnar Lehmann, Department of Bible & Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. Tel: (972 7) 6499180; Email: gunnar@bgumail.bgu.ac.il.

MARITIME/NAUTICAL ISSUES

Papers in this section should address Maritime and/or Nautical issues within the context of the ancient Near East. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chairs: Aaron Brody and Ezra Marcus. Submissions from members in the US should be sent to: Aaron Brody, 2613 40th St., Lubbock, TX 79413. Tel: 806-791-3693. Email: ajbrody@hotmail.com. Submissions from members in Europe and the Middle East should be sent to: Ezra Marcus, Recanati Center for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905 Israel. Email: ajbrody@postmark.net

MATERIAL CULTURE AND HISTORY

One session is planned for 2000. Theme: The Accounts of Travelers to the Holy Land. Section Chair: Uzi Baram, Division of Social Sciences, New College of the USF, 5700 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota, FL 34243. Tel: 941 359-4217. Email: baram@sar.usf.edu.

MORTUARY PRACTICES

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Rachel Hallote (Pennsylvania State University), 734 Thomas Street, State College, PA 16803. Tel: 814 861-4232; Email: rxh30@psu.edu.

NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MATERIALS SCIENCE IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NEAR EAST

This session welcomes submissions in which materials science techniques are used to assist in the interpretation of the archaeological record. Papers should focus on the archaeological problem, the technique(s) selected to investigate the problem, the data acquired, and how the results are used within the archaeological context. Studies on both organic and inorganic remains will be considered, especially those that deal with issues of environmental change, ancient technology, trade patterns, demography and subsistence. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Elizabeth Friedman (University of Chicago), 1369 E. Hyde Park Blvd., Apt. 1001, Chicago, IL 60615 Tel: 773-324-4813; Email: esf1@midway.uchicago.edu

OUTREACH EDUCATION

This session will likely be held outside of the regular meeting schedule and separate registration will be required. Section Chair: Carolyn Draper Rivers, 2902 Monterey Court, Springfield, PA 19064. Tel. 610 543-4079; Email: cfdraper@aol.com.

PEOPLES OF PALESTINE

The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for the discussion of the Amorites, the Hyksos, the Canaanites and the Israelites. Questions to be considered have to do with identity, location, chronology, writing, political legitimation, relations with Egypt, material culture as an ethnicity indicator. Presenters will be expected to participate in a panel discussion following the papers to discuss similarities and differences among these people. Two sessions are planned for 2000. Section Chairs: Anson Rainey, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL. Tel: 972 3 640703. Email: rainey@ccsg.tav.ac.il and Peter Feinman, Institute for Archaeology and Education, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577. Tel: 914 323-5141; Fax: 914 323-5493; Email: pdf7@columbia.edu.

PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Gary O. Rollefson, Department of Anthropology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Tel: 509 527-4938; Fax: 509 527-5026; Email: rollefgo@whitman.edu.

POSTER DISPLAY

One session is planned for 2000 at the beginning of the conference with displays remaining up throughout. This section will be open to submissions in any area of research related to ASOR goals and objectives. Proposals regarding static or non-static displays are welcome. In general, those with high-tech displays will be formally presenting papers. A maximum of 4 high-tech presentations will be allowed with 20 minutes each for speaking, and 10 minutes each for answering questions. Those with static displays will be available to answer questions during the 10-minute intervals as with traditional poster displays. After the formal session, high-tech and static posters will be displayed in the same area as publications are housed. Section Chair: Judith Cochran, 2213 Canadian Circle, Modesto, CA 95356. Tel: 209 527-0466. Fax: 209 523-0712. Email: jcochran@thevision.net.

POTTERY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

One session is planned in 2000. There is no specific theme and all topics are welcome. Section Chair: Helena Wylde Swiny, 149 Dedham Street, Dover, MA 02030. Tel: 508 785-0229. Email: swiny@cnsvax.albany.edu.

PROBLEMS IN CERAMIC TYPOLOGY

This year EB assemblages will provide the focus for the section. Two topics may be explored, depending on response: 1. Problems in defining an EB IV ceramic horizon, and/or 2. Egyptian or Egyptianizing pottery in EB Canaan. Presenters should state clearly in their submissions how their work contributes to elucidating the chronology and history of the period under study. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Celia Bergoffen, 329 West 76th St. #5, New York, NY 10023. Email: cb18@is2.nyu.edu.

ROMAN AQABA PROJECT WORKSHOP

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Dr. S. Thomas Parker, Department of History, North Carolina State University, Box 8108, Raleigh, NC 27612. Tel: 919 513-2223; Fax: 919 515-3886; Email: thomas_parker@ncsu.edu.

REPORTS ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS - ASOR AFFILIATED

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Section Chair: Eric H. Cline, Dept of Classics, 410 Blegen Library, M.L. 0226, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0226. Tel: 513-556-3170 (office). Fax: 513-556-4366. Email: clinee@email.uc.edu.

REPORTS ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS - NON ASOR AFFILIATED

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Section Chair: Ann E. Killebrew, Department of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905 Haifa, ISRAEL. Tel: 972-2-6785562. Fax: 972-2-6795846. Email: msann@mscc.huji.ac.il. (Please send proposals via fax or email.)

SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT RESEARCH IN THE MADABA PLAINS REGION OF JORDAN

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Themes: 1) reports on field and related research and 2) workshop on research issues of common concern entitled: Strategies for Electronic Data Sharing and Controlled Comparison among Projects Working in the Madaba Plains Region and Associated Projects. Section Chair: (For session 1) Timothy Harrison (University of Toronto), 4 Bancroft Ave. 2nd F1, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1, CANADA. Tel: 416 978-6600; Email: tim.harrison@utoronto. ca, and (for session 2) Douglas Clark, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324. Tel. 509 527-2456. Fax: 509 527-2253. Email: clardo@wwc.edu.

TELL EL-HESI: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Section Chair: Dr. Jeffrey A. Blakely, 1103 Wellesley Road, Madison, WI 53705-2229. Tel: 608 238-2227; Email: jblakely@facstaff.wisc.edu.

THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY

This section seeks submissions on all areas of theoretical approaches to ANE archaeology, including processual and post-processual approaches to the material culture of the ANE. Post-processual is taken here to include a variety of approaches that arose out of the critique of processualism including: semiotics and structuralism, post-structuralism, contextual analysis, marxist approaches, material culture studies, concepts of time and space, structuration, phenomenology, habitus structured deposition, the Annales school, discourse analysis, spatial analysis, landscape, and other related areas including hermeneutics, dialectics, gender identity and cultural identity, performance, ideology, social and critical theory, historiography and the politics of the past. I am particularly interested in abstracts dealing with cultural and national identity in the past and the present, and in papers dealing with the politics of the past. One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Louise Hitchcock (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA) at CAARI until 31 May, 11 Andreas Demitriou Nicosia 1066, CYPRUS. Tel: (357 2) 676480; Email: lhitchco@ucla.edu.

TRIBES OF THE TESTAMENT

The purpose of these sessions is to consider how to integrate the archaeological record of the lands of Judah and Benjamin and the Hebrew Bible text that defines those lands into a single narrative story. These sessions are part of an ongoing review of all the tribes of the Hebrew Bible at the ASOR conference. Possible topics include the following: material culture in Judah or Benjamin as compared with elsewhere; Israel of Merneptah, Deborah, Ishbaal, Omri vis a vis Judah or Benjamin; the songs of victory and their heroes; sanctuaries; interactions and intermarriage between Judahites or Benjaminites and those around them ; Judah or Benjamin in relation to Israel; political leadership through the stories of Caleb, David, Absalom. Two sessions are planned for 2000: Judah and Benjamin. Section Chair: Peter Feinman, Institute for Archaeology and Education, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577. Tel: 914 323-5141; Fax: 914 323-5493; Email: pdf7@columbia.edu.

THE WORLD OF WOMEN: Gender and Archaeology

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Beth A. Nakhai, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Tel. 520-206-9748. Email: bnakhai@u.arizona.edu.

This session explores the intersection between gender and archaeology, and the ways in which archaeology and related disciplines can together reconstruct the world of women in antiquity. A three-year program is envisioned. In the first year, presenters are invited to explore issues of method and theory; in the second, topics such as religion, industry and commerce, domestic life, and so forth; and in the third, chronological studies. Topics that may not fall within these guidelines may be included, as well.

WORKSHOP ON CAESAREA MARITIMA

Two sessions are planned for 2000. Papers are by invitation for both sessions. Section Chair: Kenneth Holum, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301 405-4315; fax: 301 314-9399; Email: kh22@umail.umd.edu.

WORKSHOP ON THE SEPPHORIS REGIONAL PROJECT

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Jonathan Reed, University of La Verne, 1950 3rd Street, La Verne, CA 91750. Tel: 909 593-3511 ext 4366. Email: reedj@ulv.edu.

WORKSHOP ON TEL AKKO

One session is planned for 2000. Section Chair: Michal Artzy, Center for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel. Tel: (972 4) 8240453; Email: martzy@research.haifa.ac.il.

B. PROCEDURE FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS

Section chairs will accept papers for presentation strictly on the basis of the quality of the abstract and its conformity to the following guidelines regarding content, format and deadline. Standards for acceptance will be the same for all abstracts submitted. The content of the paper should focus on the significance of the material or on proposed solutions to specific problems rather than on a descriptive narrative.

Abstracts for all papers that fit into the Sections described above should be sent directly to the person whose name and address are listed beneath the Section title. We strongly suggest that you telephone or communicate in advance to determine the theme or other specific requirements of the Section. Participation/Abstract Forms are available via the ASOR Newsletter (hard copy) or online at the ASOR website: http://www.asor.org.

Papers relevant to Sections that are already full for 2000 may still be submitted for individual presentation. Such papers must be sent to: Mark Chavalas (Program Committee member) at the Department of History, University of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, La Crosse, WI 54601 (Tel: 608 785-8350, Fax: 608 785-8370; Email: chavalas.mark@uwlax.edu).

If your interests are not met by an existing section, we suggest that you contact people with interests similar to yours and that you propose a new Section (see below). Any further questions regarding the academic sections should be addressed to the chair of the Program Committee: Douglas Clark, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324. Tel: 509 527-2456. Fax: 509 527-2253. Email: clardo@wwc.edu.

Proposers will be notified of acceptance or rejection of their papers by the individual Section Chair, not by the Program Committee. Any questions concerning the status of papers similarly should be addressed to the relevant Section Chair and not to the Program Committee.

C. CONTENT OF ABSTRACTS

1. The SIGNIFICANCE of the author's work should be stated explicitly.

2. CONCLUSIONS, as well as the evidence for them, should be presented clearly.

3. The TITLE should be precise and give sufficient information to allow for bibliographic indexing.

4. PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP on the subject, if particularly relevant as a point of departure of clarifying the advances made in the author's own work, should be cited, but bibliographical references should be kept to a minimum. All references must follow the BASOR style as set forth in BASOR 294 (1994):1-6.

5. It is understood that excavators and others engaged in research in the field during the summer cannot provide conclusions by the April 1 deadline. Preliminary submission for reports on excavations and surveys, however, is required; submissions should be detailed and specific, and should include information on the precise objective of the project and its research design.

6. Time limits on all papers will be enforced. The Program Committee is recommending that papers be 25 minutes in length, allowing 5 minutes for discussion.

D. FORMAT OF ABSTRACTS

1. Abstracts may be submitted, as part of the Participation/Abstract Form, electronically by visiting our website at asor.org, or, in hard copy, they must fit within the box on the form (approximately 250 words). ABSTRACTS OVER 250 WORDS WILL BE EDITED FOR LENGTH. The form must be submitted in its entirety.

2. TYPE and DOUBLE SPACE abstracts within the box for hard-copy submissions. Do not include a reference list as this will be edited out.

3. Do not xerographically reduce your abstract.

4. In the case of multiple authors, list first the name of the person who will read the paper. Each member may submit an abstract of only ONE paper of which he/she is the principal author.

PARTICIPATION/ABSTRACT FORMS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PROOF OF PAID PREREGISTRATION (INCLUDING ANY REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS) AND MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SECTION CHAIR ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1, 2000.

III. NEW SECTION PROPOSALS

(See Section I.B. above for instructions on submission of New Section Proposals.)

A. PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Proposed name of Section

2. A statement of the aims of the Section and a brief synopsis of these aims. The statement must include the reasons for such a Section and how the individual presentations will relate to each other.

3. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and pertinent bibliographies (or achievements) of the proposed Chair and statement of commitment by the proposed Chair to serve as the liaison with the Program Committee, coordinate the Section's Annual Program, and keep appropriate records.

4. Completed Session Request Form.

5. For proposals to be considered for the 2000 Annual Meeting, Chairs must obtain a copy of the Section Chair Packet from the ASOR Office (see I.B. above) and follow the guidelines for submission.

6. Completed proposals should be sent to Douglas Clark, ASOR Program Committee Chair, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324. Tel: 509 527-2456. Fax: 509 527-2253. Email: clardo@wwc.edu. The on-line option for submitting New Section Proposals will automatically send the proposal to the Program Committee Chair.

B. FINAL SUBMISSION

Chairs of newly proposed Sections will be notified of acceptance by the Program Committee Chair no later than April 1, 2000. The final submission must include the following items and must be received in the ASOR Office in Boston no later than May 1, 2000.

1. A Program Summary listing the following information: Title and type of Section; total time of Section; name and affiliation of presider, name and affiliation of each presenter, with the title of each paper listed in the sequence of presentation.

2. Participation/Abstract Forms for every person participating in the Section. Participants must submit a Participation/Abstract Form to the Section Chair. Section Chairs are responsible for ensuring that all of their participants receive a copy of this form (or submit it electronically) and complete and return it.

3. A Session Request Form listing room set-up needs, estimated attendance, and audio-visual requirements.

4. Proof of paid preregistration for all presenters.

The Program Committee reserves the right to reject any Section whose final form as submitted on May 1 is substantially different from the proposal originally approved.

IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION CHAIRS

A. For 2000 each session may not be more than TWO HOURS IN DURATION. Sessions may be shorter than two hours, but not longer.

B. Section chairs will receive a section chair packet (or can access it at the ASOR website www.asor.org) providing complete information on final submission of program copy. Section chairs must have all Program Summaries, Participation/Abstract Forms, Preregistration Forms, proof of paid or waived preregistration and Session Request Forms to the ASOR Office no later than May 1, 2000. Paper proposals must, therefore, have been accepted or rejected by this date, and all participants should have been confirmed. A separate Session Request Form, including presiders, times needed, equipment, type of room set up, estimated attendance, etc., must be completed for each session requested. Be sure you and those submitting proposals to your section pay close attention to audio-visual needs. Late requests cannot always be met and can be expensive. Especially is this the case with newer electronic technologies like video projectors. For those wanting to use PowerPoint in presentations, make sure requests for the appropriate equipment are complete and meet applicable deadlines.

C. Submissions for sections that do not conform to the above will not be considered for inclusion in the 2000 program.

D. Discussants: It is essential for the success of the papers and the ensuing discussion that the papers not be allowed to run beyond the time allotted for them and that discussants receive a draft of the papers at least a week before the Annual Meeting. The Section Chair is responsible for arranging and moderating the session(s).