I would like to encourage any interested persons to please send me proposals and or abstracts. Unfortunately, because of some internal problems at the ASA, this organizing effort was only handed over to me this month, so the deadline for tentative proposals is January 25th. I am attaching at the bottom of this message a copy of the general call for papers that we posted a couple weeks ago. Ric Brown Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies Department of Social Science Dekalb Hall, 3rd fl. The SMxS believes that Marxism should be approached in a creative, rather than dogmatic way, and sees aspects of Marxist perspectives as intersecting with a wide range of topics in social science.
Roundtable organizers can also solicit other papers to be a part of their roundtable session.
Typically, a roundtable session lasts about an hour. I've seen roundtable sessions range in size from three to twenty five participants. They are generally very useful because they provide an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with others who have similar interests. Graduate students often find that making a presentation at a roundtable session is less intimidating than at a regular session. But the roundtable session is a legitimate ASA session, and grad students can find the experience of making a presentation at the ASA a valuable activity.