AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH

Members of the American Schools of Oriental Research are invited to submit abstracts of papers (see § II below) or to propose new sections (see § III below) for the 1999 Annual Meeting of ASOR in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 17-20 1999.

I. RULES FOR PARTICIPATION

A. Membership: Individual Membership in ASOR is a prerequisite for participation in the Annual Meeting program. Participants must include their membership number on their Participation/Abstract Form. (Institutional Representatives also qualify for participation in the Annual Meeting.) Membership forms are available on-line at www.asor.org/AM/membership.html or through Scholars Press Memb/Subs Services, PO Box 15399, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399.

B. 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.

C. 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.)

D. 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. 

E. 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.

DEADLINE FOR LINDSTROM STUDENT SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATION: SEPTEMBER 15, 1999.

II. INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS

Submissions for individual paper proposals should be directed to the chair of the section most appropriate to the research. The available academic sections follow. Unless otherwise indicated, these sections are open and paper proposals relevant to the respective themes are welcome. Complete submissions will include a Participation/Abstract Form and proof of paid preregistration.

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: 608 785-8486, E-mail: chavalas@mail.uwlax.edu).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSALS TO SECTION CHAIRS: APRIL 1, 1999.

A. AN INDIVIDUAL MAY SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS :

AAR CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM: THE HOUSE THAT ALBRIGHT BUILT

Section Chair: Lydie Shufro, 885 Park Ave #14-B, New York, NY 10021-0325. Tel: 212 439-1614. Fax: 212 737-4984. E-mail: lshufro@pipeline.com

Two sessions are planned for 1999. All papers for this section are by invitation only. 

ANCIENT FOODS AND FOODWAYS

Section Chair: Albert Leonard, Jr. (Department of Classics, University of Arizona), P.O. Box 1320, Suite 138, 8868 Lakewood Drive, Windsor, CA 95492. Tel: 707 838-6966. E-mail: aleonard@sonic.net

One session is planned for 1999.

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN TRADE

Section Chair: Albert Leonard, Jr. (Department of Classics, University of Arizona), P.O. Box 1320, Suite 138, 8868 Lakewood Drive, Windsor, CA 95492. Tel: 707 838-6966. E-mail: aleonard@sonic.net

One session is planned for 1999. Theme: Cyprus and Cypro-Mediterranean Trade at the Beginning of the Late Bronze Age.

ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY

Section Chair: Gloria London (Burke Museum), 7701 Crest Dr., N.E., Seattle, WA 98115. Tel: 206 522-6426. E-mail: london@u.washington.edu

One session is planned for 1999. All aspects related to the technology of ancient artifacts, including writing, agriculture, and material culture are appropriate topics for this section.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE (HISTORICAL-PERIOD) LEVANT

Section Chair: Robert D. Miller II, Program in Religious Studies, West Virginia University, 325 Stansbury Hall, POB 6324, Morgantown, WV 26506. Tel: 313 747-4728. E-mail: rmille17@wvu.edu

One session is planned for 1999. Theme: The Use of Anthropology in the Interpretation of Archaeological Data. Papers are by invitation only.

ARABIA

Section Chair: David F. Graf, Department of History, University of Miami, POB 248107, Coral Gables, FL 33124-4662. Tel: 305 284-5965. E-mail: dgraf@umiami.ir.miami.edu

One session is planned for 1999. Theme: The history, archaeology and epigraphy of pre-Islamic Arabia.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANATOLIA

Section Chair: Sharon Steadman (SUNY, Cortland), 700 Warren Rd. #19-2A, Ithaca, NY 14850. Tel: 607 257-3262. E-mail: srsteadman@aol.com

Two sessions are planned for 1999. Themes: 1) Current Excavations and 2) Cultural Transitions and Frontiers.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF CYPRUS

Section Chair: Margaret Morden (Department of Classics, Brock University), St. Catherines, ON L2S 3A1, CANADA. Tel: 905 938-1935. Fax: 905 688-2789. E-mail: mmorden@netcom.ca

Two sessions are planned for 1999. Themes: 1) Cult and Religion and 2) Lithic Technology.

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE PERIODS

Section Chair: Jodi Magness, Department of Classics, 321 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Tel: (617) 627 2680. Fax: (617) 627-3032. E-mail: jmagness@emerald.tufts.edu (NOTE: please DO NOT send proposals as attachments via e-mail).

One session is planned for 1999. 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.

ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Section Chair: Eleanor Guralinick, 1301 East 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615. Tel: 773 752-5069. Fax: 773 752-8680 (call before faxing).

One session is planned for 1999.

EGYPT, CANAAN AND JACOB

Section Chairs: K. Lawson Younger, Jr., Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015. Tel: 847 317-8063. Fax: 847 317-8141. E-mail: lyounger@trin.edu. And Shmuel Givon, Bar Ilan University, Bialik 113, Ramat Gan 52523, ISRAEL. Fax: 972 3 6132755. E-mail: givonsh@internet-zahav.net; Peter Feinman, Institute for Archaeology and Education, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577. Tel: 914-323-5141. Fax: 914-323-5493. E-mail: pdf7@columbia.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999. Themes: 1) The Hyksos [The purpose of this session is to consider how to integrate the archaeological record of the second millennium eastern Mediterranean into a single narrative story through an understanding of the Hyksos.] 2) The Exodus in History [The purpose of this session is to consider how to integrate the biblical account of the exodus as a defining event of a people into the archaeological record of when those people first appeared in history.]

HEBREW BIBLE, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Section Chair: Diana Edelman, Department of Philosophy and Religion, MSC 7504, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Tel: 540 568-6394. Fax: 540 568-8072. E-mail: edelmadj@jmu.edu

One session is planned for 1999.

ISLAMIC ART

Section Chair: Beatrice St. Laurent, Art Department, Bridgewater State College, School Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325. Tel: 781 648-8633. Fax: 508 279-6128. (attn: Beatrice St. Laurent).

One session is planned for 1999.

ISRAEL AND CANAAN

Section Chair: Anson Rainey, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL. Tel: 972 3 640703. E-mail: 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. E-mail: pdf7@columbia.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999. Themes: 1) The Search for Historical Canaan [The purpose of this session is to consider how to integrate the archaeological and textual records into a single narrative story about the identity of Canaan.] 2) Israel and the Hebrew Bible [The purpose of this session is to identify the writings of archaeologically attested Israel from its first appearance in history during the 13th century BCE to its disappearance as a political entity due to Assyrian imperialism in 722/21 BCE. Over the years, suggestions have been made that Israelite writing was practically contemporaneous with Israel's origin in history, to there having been a golden age of tenth century enlightenment, to writing having occurred in every subsequent century of its existence as well, and to their writing only being retrojected from the time after Israel had ceased to exist politically. Presenters are encouraged to be as specific as possible as to what was written when, by whom and for what purpose during the existence of historical Israel.]

MARITIME/NAUTICAL ISSUES

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. E-mail: 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. E-mail: ezra@research.haifa.ac.il

One session is planned for 1999. Papers in this section should address Maritime and/or Nautical issues within the context of the ancient Near East.

MATERIAL CULTURE AND HISTORY

Section Chair: Uzi Baram, Division of Social Sciences, New College of the University of Southern Florida, 5700 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota, FL 34243. Tel: 941 359-4217. E-mail: baram@sar.usf.edu

One session is planned for 1999. Theme: The Archaeology of the Ottoman Empire.

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

Section Chair: Michael Sugerman, Anthropology Department, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138. E-mail: sugerman@fas.harvard.edu

One session is planned for 1999. This section welcomes submissions in which materials science is applied to the study of the cultures of the ancient Near East and associated regions. These research methods include, but are not limited to, petrographic and elemental analyses of ceramics, soils science, elemental analyses of metal and stone, human and animal skeletal studies, geochronology, dendrochronology, and climatological studies.

OUTREACH EDUCATION

Section Chair: Carolyn Draper Rivers, 2902 Monterey Court, Springfield, PA 19064. Tel: 610 543-4079. E-mail: cfdraper@aol.com

This session will be held outside of the regular meeting schedule and separate registration will be required.

PALEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Section Chair: Jonathan Rosenbaum, Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park, PA 19027. Tel: 215 635-7300 x124. Fax: 215 635-7230. E-mail: jrosenbaum@gratz.edu

One session is planned for 1999. This years's session will be in honor of Professor Frank Moore Cross whose contributions to paleographical studies span the entire spectrum of the discipline. Papers on all topics related to Northwest Semitic paleography from Old Canaanite (Proto-Sinaitic) onward dealing with specific inscriptions, methodological considerations, national scripts, and other pertinent areas are welcome.

POSTER DISPLAY

Section Chair: Judith Cochran, 2213 Canadian Circle, Modesto, CA 95356. Tel: 209 527-0466. Fax: 209 523-0712. E-mail: jcochran@thevision.net

One session is planned for 1999 with displays remaining up through the conference. 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.

POTTERY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Section Chair: Helena Wylde Swiny, 149 Dedham Street, Dover, MA 02030. Tel: 508 785-0229. E-mail: swiny@cnsvax.albany.edu

One session is planned in 1999. There is no specific theme and all topics are welcome.

PROBLEMS IN CERAMIC TYPOLOGY

Section Chair: Celia Bergoffen, 329 West 76th St. #5, New York, NY 10023. E-mail: cb18@is2.nyu.edu

One session is planned for 1999. Submissions to this section should be concerned with topics relating to problems in ceramic typology, especially of the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, of any area of the Near East or Aegean. Preference will be given to papers that deal with the special classification problems posed by closely related classes of wares.

REPORTS ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS, ASOR AFFILIATED

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 (O). Fax: 513 556-4366. E-mail: clinee@email.uc.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999.

REPORTS ON CURRENT EXCAVATIONS, NON-ASOR AFFILIATED

Section Chair: Ann E. Killebrew, Department of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905 Haifa, ISRAEL. Tel: 972-2-6785562. Fax: 972-2-6795846. E-mail: msann@mscc.huji.ac.il. (Please send proposals via fax or e-mail.)

Two sessions are planned for 1999.

THE SEPPHORIS REGIONAL PROJECT WORKSHOP

Section Chair: Jonathan Reed, University of La Verne, 1950 3rd Street, La Verne, CA 91750. Tel: 909 593-3511 ext 4366. E-mail: reedj@ulv.edu

One session is planned for 1999.

SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT RESEARCH IN THE MADABA PLAINS REGION OF JORDAN

Section Chair: Douglas Clark, School of Theology, Walla Walla College, College Place, WA 99324. Tel: 509 527-2456. Fax: 509 527-2253. E-mail: clardo@wwc.edu.

Two sessions are planned for 1999. Themes: 1) reports on field and related research and 2) workshop on research issues of common concern entitled: Strategies for Data Sharing and Controlled Comparison among Projects Working in the Madaba Plains Region and Associated Projects.

THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY

Section Chair: Louise Hitchcock, 1309 Palisades Dr., Pacific Palisades Ca 90272-2153. Tel: 310 454-5098 (H) 310 825-9639 (O). E-mail: lhitchco@ucla.edu

One session is planned for 1999. This section actively solicits submissions on all areas of theoretical approaches, including processual and post-processual approaches to the material culture of the Ancient Near East. 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, structured deposition, gender, performance, the Annales school, discourse analysis, spatial analysis, landscape, and other related areas. Abstracts for proposed papers must be both explicitly theoretical and be integrated with the study of a body of archaeological data.

TRIBES OF THE TESTAMENT

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. E-mail: pdf7@columbia.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999: 1) Gad! Reuben, Moab and the Hebrew Bible [The purpose of this session is to consider how to integrate the archaeological record of the Transjordan and the text of the Hebrew Bible into a single narrative story.] 2) Benjamin or The Little Sons of the South Shall Lead Again! [The purpose of this session is to consider how to integrate the archaeological record of the land of Benjamin and the text of the Hebrew Bible (which defines that land) into a single narrative story.]

URBAN CENTERS AND THEIR HINTERLANDS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Section Chairs: Oystein S. LaBianca, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104. Tel: 616 471-6181. Fax: 616 471-3619. E-mail: labianca@andrews.edu. And Steven E. Falconer, Department of Anthropology, Box 872402, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287. Tel: 602 965-6213. E-mail: falconer@asu.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999. The purpose of this proposed new section is to provide a forum for presentation of research that will synthesize what a century of archaeological investigations of tells and their hinterlands have taught us regarding the evolution of regional social organization and social structures in the Southern Levant. In order to bring to light the salient features of the situation within this particular sub-region of the ANE, a comparative approach is being fostered in which case studies of the evolution of urban centers and their hinterlands in Anatolia, Cyprus, Cisjordan, Transjordan, Egypt and Mesopotamia will all be presented in the same session. These will be grouped and mounted as follows: In 1999 the Fifth through Second Millennium B.C. (Session 1) and the First Millennium B.C. (Session 2). In 2000 the First Millennium A.D. (Session 3) and the Second Millennium A.D. (Session 4). Paper proposals featuring current or past ASOR-related projects in the above mentioned regions are especially welcome.

WORKSHOP ON CAESAREA MARITIMA

Section Chair: Kenneth Holum, Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301 405-4315. Fax: 301 314-9399. E-mail: kh22@umail.umd.edu

Two sessions are planned for 1999.

B. PROCEDURE AND DEADLINE 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 write 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 1999, or that do not fit into established sections, may 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: 608 783-8360. Fax: 608 785-8486. E-mail: chavalas@mail.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 III 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. E-mail: 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.

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, 1999.

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: www.asor.org/AM/AM99.html, 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.

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.

III. NEW SECTION PROPOSALS

The Program Committee invites proposals for new academic sections that focus on special topics for the November 1999 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. E-mail: clardo@wwc.edu.

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 [at] bu.edu. For on-line electronic forms, visit the ASOR website at http://www.asor.org/AM/scp.html

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 1999 Annual Meeting, Chairs must obtain a copy of the Section Chair Packet from the ASOR Office (see above) and follow the guidelines for submission.

6. Submissions may be sent in hardcopy format or electronically at the ASOR website: www.asor.org/AM/AM99.html

7. 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. E-mail: clardo@wwc.edu. The on-line option for submitting New Section Proposals will automatically send the proposal to the Program Committee Chair.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NEW SECTION PROPOSALS IS MARCH 1, 1999.

B. FINAL SUBMISSION

Chairs of newly proposed Sections will be notified of acceptance by the Program Committee Chair no later than April 1, 1999. The final submission must include the following items and must be received in the ASOR Office in Boston no later than May 1, 1999.

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.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FINAL COPY FOR NEW SECTIONS IS MAY 1, 1999.

IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION CHAIRS

A. For 1999 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/AM/AM99.html) 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, 1999. 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.

C. Submissions for sections that do not conform to the above will not be considered for inclusion in the 1999 program.

D. It is the responsibility of the Section Chair (not the Program Committee) to inform individuals of the acceptance or rejection of their presentation proposals. Please inform your participants of such in writing as early as possible to avoid "no shows" later.

E. 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).

PROGRAM SUMMARIES, PARTICIPATION/ABSTRACT FORMS, PREREGISTRATION FORMS AND SESSION REQUEST FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE ASOR OFFICE NO LATER THAN MAY 1, 1999.