Please consult the relevant Proposal Submission Checklists) to ensure your proposal is ready for submission.
Questions? Email Mary Arnstein
▢ Are you a current AJS member? If you have a co-author, they must also be a current AJS member.
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk [*])
▢ "Paper Title* (25 words or less)
▢ "Paper Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - You acknowledge that
▢ You understand that you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ You understand that you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ You have not submitted more than two proposals and that if you have submitted two proposals they are not both for presenting a paper, regardless of whether it is in person or hybrid (at the conference) or online (AJS Conversation Series).
▢ Your presentation and submission is in English.
▢ You have not previously published the paper or presented it in whole or part elsewhere.
▢ You are not an undergraduate student.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
▢ Is every participant in your panel a current AJS member?
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk [*])
▢ Panel Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Panel Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Panel Chair* - If you don't have a chair at the time of submission, please list Mary Arnstein (AJS Conference Content Manager) as a placeholder.
▢ Panel Respondent - This is an optional role.
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - The checklist requires you to acknowledge:
▢ That you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (in-person)
▢ That you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Panels are in-person format only.)
▢ That all panelists will be required to pay AJS membership. Participants must also pay the conference registration fee.
▢ The panel meets the minimum diversity requirement by having at least one presenter who does not identify as a cis-male.
▢ No one in your proposed session has submitted more than two proposals in any of the formats (in person, hybrid or AJS Conversation Series). If anyone has made two submissions, they are not both paper submissions for a panel, or both paper submissions for a lightning session.
▢ The chair isn't also a presenter on the same panel.
▢ This session has a diversity of academic ranks and institutional affiliations (and no one on the panel is an undergraduate student.)
▢ None of the parts of the session have been previously published or presented in whole or in part elsewhere and are not sessions that summarize the proceedings of another conference.
▢ The session is not organized around recent publications.
▢ The proposed panel or paper is not a memorial or tribute session.
▢ The submission and the proposed presentations are in English.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
▢ Is every participant in your roundtable a current AJS member?
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk (*) on this checklist)
▢ Roundtable Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Roundtable Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Roundtable Moderator* - If you don't have a moderator at the time of submission, please list Mary Arnstein (AJS Conference Content Manager) as a placeholder.
▢ 3-5 Roundtable Discussants*
▢ Zoom moderator, if applicable
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - The checklist requires you to acknowledge:
▢ That you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ That you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ That all session participants will be required to pay AJS membership. In-person and hybrid participants must also pay the conference registration fee.
▢ That hybrid room availability is limited and these limits may impact acceptance rates.
▢ That priority will be given for hybrid sessions for people who (1) experience health or financial obstacles to presenting in person and/or (2) have a coherent rationale in their proposal for why their panel will benefit from a hybrid format.
▢ At least two people on any hybrid session will be in person.
▢ The session meets the minimum diversity requirement by having at least one presenter who does not identify as a cis-male.
▢ No one in your proposed session has submitted more than two proposals in any of the formats (in person, hybrid or AJS Conversation Series).
▢ The moderator isn't also a presenter or the Zoom facilitator on the same panel.
▢ This session has a diversity of academic ranks and institutional affiliations (and no one on the panel is an undergraduate student.)
▢ None of the parts of the session have been previously published or presented in whole or in part elsewhere and are not sessions that summarize the proceedings of another conference.
▢ The session is not organized around recent publications.
▢ The proposed session is not a memorial or tribute session.
▢ The submission and the proposed presentations are in English.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
▢ Is every participant in your lightning session a current AJS member?
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk (*) on this checklist)
▢ Lightning Session Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Lightning Session Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 4 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 4 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 5 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 5 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 6 Title (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 6 Abstract (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 7 Title (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 7 Abstract (350 words or less)
▢ Lightning Session Chair* - If you don't have a chair at the time of submission, please list Mary Arnstein (AJS Conference Content Manager) as a placeholder.
▢ Lightning Session Respondent - This is an optional role and is not recommended for sessions with 6-7 papers.
▢ Zoom moderator, if applicable
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - The checklist requires you to acknowledge:
▢ That you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ That you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ That all session participants will be required to pay AJS membership. In-person and hybrid participants must also pay the conference registration fee.
▢ That hybrid room availability is limited and these limits may impact acceptance rates.
▢ That priority will be given for hybrid sessions for people who (1) experience health or financial obstacles to presenting in person and/or (2) have a coherent rationale in their proposal for why their panel will benefit from a hybrid format.
▢ At least two people on any hybrid session will be in person.
▢ The session meets the minimum diversity requirement by having at least one presenter who does not identify as a cis-male.
▢ No one in your proposed session has submitted more than two proposals in any of the formats (in person, hybrid or AJS Conversation Series).
▢ The Chair isn't also a presenter or the Zoom facilitator on the same session.
▢ This session has a diversity of academic ranks and institutional affiliations (and no one on the panel is an undergraduate student.)
▢ None of the parts of the session have been previously published or presented in whole or in part elsewhere and are not sessions that summarize the proceedings of another conference.
▢ The session is not organized around recent publications.
▢ The proposed session is not a memorial or tribute session.
▢ The submission and the proposed presentations are in English.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
▢ Is every participant in your session a current AJS member?
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk (*) on this checklist)
▢ Performance/Scholarship Session Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Session Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 1 Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Title (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 2 Abstract (350 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Title (25 words or less)
▢ Paper 3 Abstract (350 words or less)
▢ Session Chair* - If you don't have a chair at the time of submission, please list Mary Arnstein (AJS Conference Content Manager) as a placeholder.
▢ Session Respondent - This is an optional role.
▢ Zoom moderator, if applicable
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - The checklist requires you to acknowledge:
▢ You understand that you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ You understand that you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ That you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ That you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ That all session participants will be required to pay AJS membership. In-person and hybrid participants must also pay the conference registration fee.
▢ That hybrid room availability is limited and these limits may impact acceptance rates.
▢ That priority will be given for hybrid sessions for people who (1) experience health or financial obstacles to presenting in person and/or (2) have a coherent rationale in their proposal for why their panel will benefit from a hybrid format.
▢ At least two people on any hybrid session will be in person.
▢ The session meets the minimum diversity requirement by having at least one presenter who does not identify as a cis-male.
▢ No one in your proposed session has submitted more than two proposals in any of the formats (in person, hybrid or AJS Conversation Series).
▢ The Chair isn't also a presenter or the Zoom facilitator on the same session.
▢ This session has a diversity of academic ranks and institutional affiliations (and no one on the panel is an undergraduate student.)
▢ None of the parts of the session have been previously published or presented in whole or in part elsewhere and are not sessions that summarize the proceedings of another conference.
▢ The session is not organized around recent publications.
▢ The proposed session is not a memorial or tribute session.
▢ The submission and the proposed presentations are in English.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
▢ Is every participant in your seminar a current AJS member?
▢ Do you have the following information prepared for your submission? (Required information is followed by an asterisk (*) on this checklist)
▢ Seminar Title* (25 words or less)
▢ Seminar Abstract* (350 words or less)
▢ Seminar Chair* - If you don't have a chair at the time of submission, please list Mary Arnstein (AJS Conference Content Manager) as a placeholder.
▢ Zoom moderator, if applicable
▢ Primary Division* - the full list of divisions is here
▢ Secondary Division - What is a secondary division and should I list one?
▢ Checklist* - The checklist requires you to acknowledge:
▢ That you are submitting a proposal for specific presentation format (Conversation Series, hybrid, in-person)
▢ That you will not be able to change presentation formats later. (Eg you will not be able to change from an in-person presentation to hybrid or from Conversation Series to in-person.)
▢ That all session participants will be required to pay AJS membership. In-person and hybrid participants must also pay the conference registration fee.
▢ That hybrid room availability is limited and these limits may impact acceptance rates.
▢ That priority will be given for hybrid sessions for people who (1) experience health or financial obstacles to presenting in person and/or (2) have a coherent rationale in their proposal for why their panel will benefit from a hybrid format.
▢ At least two people on any hybrid session will be in person.
▢ The session meets the minimum diversity requirement by having at least one presenter who does not identify as a cis-male.
▢ No one in your proposed session has submitted more than two proposals in any of the formats (in person, hybrid or AJS Conversation Series).
▢ The Chair isn't also a presenter or the Zoom facilitator on the same session.
▢ This session has a diversity of academic ranks and institutional affiliations (and no one on the panel is an undergraduate student.)
▢ None of the parts of the session have been previously published or presented in whole or in part elsewhere and are not sessions that summarize the proceedings of another conference.
▢ The session is not organized around recent publications.
▢ The proposed session is not a memorial or tribute session.
▢ The submission and the proposed presentations are in English.
▢ Keywords - 8 words or fewer
▢ A/V Needs* - Details about audiovisual equipment are here. This will be your only opportunity to request A/V.
▢ MyAJS Login Credentials - you will need your username and password to log into the submission site
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