* All events are in the Galleria unless otherwise noted
TIME AND TITLE
Wednesday, November 13
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Executive Committee7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Plaza I
Performance by Nuestra Palabra
Thursday, November 14
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Imperial Suite
Business Meeting of the ASA National Council12:00 pm - 1:30 pm TBA
Lunch Meeting of the Committee on American Studies Programs12:00pm - 1:30pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Recovery Project Annual Board Meeting
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Regal Suite
Business Meeting of the Minority Scholars
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Women's Committee3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Director's Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Regional Chapters Committee
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Imperial Suite
Business Meeting of the American Quarterly Advisory Editorial Board3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Visible Knowledge Project
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Women's & Minority Scholars' Committees
4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Boardroom (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the ASA Nominating Committee4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Regal Suite
Business Meeting of the American Studies Editorial Board
4:30 pm - 7:30- pm Oak Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Student's Committee
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sage
Business Meeting of the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Consort I (Oaks)
Reception for International Scholars and Visitors
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Consulate Room (Oaks)
Reception of the Mid-American ASA7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Woodway II
Reception of the Minority Scholars' Committee, Women's Committee &
Queer Caucus with Music by the Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)
Mariachi Band8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Plaza I
Readings by Arte Público Press authors Graciela Limón and Rolando Hinojosa9:30 pm - 11:00 West Alabama
Reception of the University of Texas, Austin
Friday, November 15
7:30 am - 9:30 am Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Crossroads Advisory Board
7:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Room (Oaks)
Networking Breakfast for Program Directors (Ticketed)
(Sponsored by the Committee on American Studies Programs)8:00 am - 12:30 pm Woodway III
Student Hospitality Lounge &
Students' Committee Town Hall Meeting10:00 am - 11:00 am Monarch
Business Meeting of the Queer Caucus
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Director's Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the International Committee10:00 am - 12:00 pm Royal Suite
Workshop of the Secondary Education Committee
"High School Writing Contest Workshop"12:00 - 1:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Recovery Project Annual Board Meeting
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Presidential Suite
Luncheon of the ASA-JAAS Advisory Project
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Executive Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Secondary Education Committee4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Networking Session of the Secondary Education Committee
Open to ASA Attendees4:30pm - 6:30 pm Executive Room (Oaks)
National Institute for Secondary Education Planning Meeting5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Material Culture Caucus5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Woodway III
Reception of the University of Southern California
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Environmental Studies Caucus6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Woodway II
Reception of the Material Culture and Visual Culture/Art History Caucuses
(Sponsored by Boston University's American and New England Studies Program;
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library; and the University of Kentucky Press)6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Consulate (Oaks)
Performance Caucus and the Music of the Americas Caucus Joint Reception6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Monarch Room
University of Minnesota Reception6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Shuttle Service from Galleria (convene at 5:30 pm)
Reception and Tour of Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum exhibits: H. C. Westermann & Roxy Paine7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Galleria I and II
Awards Ceremony8:00 pm - 9:15 pm Galleria I and II
Presidential Address: "Where In the World is American Studies?"
9:30 pm - 12:30 pm Galleria III and IV
Reception dance featuring salsa band, Sol Caribe.
Saturday, November 16
7:00 am - 9:00 am Monarch Room
Breakfast for Women in American Studies (Ticketed)
Speaker: Norma Cantú, Professor of English, University of Texas, San Antonio
8:00 am - 12:30 pm Woodway III
Student Hospitality Lounge
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Taxi Stand, Galleria (convene at 7:45 am)
Morning Walking Tour of Houston's Architectural Sites (tentative)11:00 am - 3:00 pm Monarch Room
Business Meeting of the 2003 Program Committee12:00 - 1:30 pm Royal Suite
Focus on Teaching Day Luncheon and Panel Discussion (Ticketed)
Panel: "State Standards and Interdisciplinary Education: Impact on Programs and Implications for Practice"12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Galleria (check-in 20 minutes early in front of hotel)
Orange Show "Eye Openers" Tour1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Oak Room/Oaks Tower
Task Force on Graduate Education Meeting3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Zucchinis
All-Chairs Coordinating Committee Meeting
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monarch Room
Business Meeting of the Performance Caucus and the Music of the Americas Caucus5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Board Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the ASA Nominating Committee
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Woodway II
Reception of the University of Michigan
6:00 pm -7:30 pm Woodway III
Reception of the University of Texas, Austin Center for Mexican American
Studies
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Working Class Studies Caucus
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Plaza I
Readings from African and Asian American writers