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AJS 40th Annual Conference
December 21-23, 2008 • Washington, D.C.
Grand Hyatt Washington
1. Why do I need to pay membership dues and conference fees before I submit a proposal?
The Association for Jewish Studies incurs numerous conference-related expenses before the December meeting. It thus requires those submitting proposals to pay their 2008-2009 membership dues and 2008 conference registration fee via the AJS’s secure server (www.donate.net) as part of the submission process. The conference registration fee will be returned upon request if your proposal is not accepted. Membership dues are not refundable.
2. What is the difference between a session and a division?
A session refers to a panel, roundtable, seminar or meeting. A division refers to one of the twenty subject areas listed in the Call for Papers within which your proposal will be considered.
3. What happens if I lose my payment confirmation code (the “contribution number”) from donate.net?
Contact the AJS office at (917) 606–8249 or ajs@ajs.cjh.org, and we will retrieve it for you.
4. Why do I need a password for the proposal submission site?
The password allows you to go back into a proposal and edit it. Whether you propose a session or individual paper, you will receive a password at the end of the paper submission process. You can use the password and your name to access and edit your proposal at anytime before the final submission deadline of Thursday, May 1, 2008.
5. How do I submit a proposal for a roundtable?
The roundtable organizer should use the session abstract to describe the focus of the session as well as briefly describe the perspective (e.g., methodological or theoretical) that each discussant will bring to the discussion. Discussants do not need to submit paper titles or abstracts but do need to register and be entered into the online proposal submission form like any other conference participant.
6. Are LCD projectors available for presenters?
The AJS will make available a limited number of LCD projectors for use at the conference. The AJS requires all presenters requesting LCDs to include in their abstracts a brief explanation of why LCD usage is critical to their presentation. The AJS will not provide LCD projectors for those who request only to project an outline of their talk. Those using the AJS's LCD projectors will be required to provide their own laptop computers. The AJS will not necessarily be able to accommodate all LCD projector requests.
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