The ASA uses All Academic as our proposal submission and conference management site. 2025 Annual Meeting proposals are due by February 10, 2025, 11:59 pm PT. You must be a current member of the ASA to submit a proposal (new and renewal memberships available here). We strongly encourage all members to review proposal requirements and guidelines and All Academic instructions before entering the proposal submission site

Requirements

All proposal submitters and session participants must be current members of the ASA or an affiliated international American Studies association, at the time of submission. Affiliated international scholars who are not ASA members may contact ASA staff (annualmeeting@theasa.net) by January 24th to receive a guest account that will allow you to log in and submit a proposal. Read the FAQs for additional details.

IMPORTANT: ALL FULL PANEL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING ARE IN-PERSON. Only panelists with specific conditions that preclude travel (i.e. medical condition, disability, incarceration, or special circumstances, such as a prohibition on international travel) may request to present virtually. The chair (or submitter) must be in-person and manage virtual links. Please note the request and its needs in the "Additional Information" section of your proposal submission. Due to logistical constraints, after February 10 changes from in-person to virtual can only be permitted in the event of documented emergencies.

Submission Types Accepted

Paper Panel: Presenters write papers, and distribute them to the chair, commentator, and other panelists by the deadline. In the session they may "talk" their paper from notes, speaking directly to the audience rather than reading line-by-line, or read their paper. Powerpoints and other A/V may be used, but must be requested during submission. If your panel needs extra members, please consider soliciting interest on our Panel Collaboration Hub, where you can also view papers in need of a panel.

Individual Paper Submission: Presenters submit their own individual papers, and accepted papers are then compiled into sessions built by the Program Committee. While the Committee will consider individual papers as space allows, we anticipate that we only be able to accept a very limited number of individual papers in 2025. Prospective participants are strongly encouraged to visit our Panel Collaboration Hub to join proposed panels looking for additional papers.

Roundtable (Dialogue Format): Presenters engage in dialogue with each other and the audience. No papers are read or presented. Roundtable participants might include scholars, community activists, artists, curators, other educators, etc. Linkages with communities outside the hotel (e.g. community centers, performing arts centers, museums, secondary schools, prisons, libraries, and other public sites) are encouraged, as are sessions held at sites outside the convention center.

Performative Format: Presenters perform their work. This could range from artistic performing arts (dance, music, drama, spoken word, performance art) to multi-media presentations (video, film, audio, digital media) and readings of creative fiction and non-fiction.

Skill- and Resource-Sharing Sessions: Organized by a collective approach to building scholarly research capacity (particularly around interdisciplinary, counter-disciplinary, and transdisciplinary work), these sessions may be organized by theme, methodological approach, theoretical tradition, archival conceptualization, or any other rubric that proposers wish to engage in concert with session participants.

Professional Development Panel: These panels are considered distinct from scholarly sessions. Caucuses and committees are particularly encouraged to sponsor these sessions (in addition to one professional development panel, a caucus or standing committee may officially sponsor two scholarly sessions). These sponsored sessions are often a good way for members to become involved in the association, as caucuses and committees in particular may publish an open call for proposals before deciding on sponsored sessions. Participation in a professional development session is distinct from scholarly sessions and do not count toward a member’s scholarly session(s).

Off-Site Sessions: These take place beyond the space of the conference hotel and also require an abstract. Off-site sessions might take place at local bookstores, bars, or community institutions. Sessions are scheduled in San Juan during the in-person conference, but they may be proposed for times outside of the usual "grid" of 8:00am to 6:00pm. Organizers are responsible for making all arrangements with offsite locations, including any setup and facilities. Please be advised that offsite venues may also require additional fees or liability insurance.

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