Proposals for papers, concerts, lecture-performances, and full sessions are invited, as are proposals for presentations in innovative and imaginative formats. We also invite truly cross-disciplinary papers and sessions that combine musical understanding with literature, history, theatre history, cultural studies, sociology, art, anthropology, dance, film studies, American studies, and other areas of scholarly inquiry.
Proposals involving any aspect of American music and music in America are welcome.
Individual presentations of all types normally are limited to twenty minutes in length, and full sessions typically consist of three individual twenty-minute presentations. However, if the material warrants and if sufficient justification is provided, the Committee will also entertain proposals for longer presentations, especially if they include performances or are truly interdisciplinary. The abstract for publication should be single-spaced and should include the presenter's name and affiliation between the title and the abstract text. The organizer of the session should gather the proper number of individual proposals and abstracts from session members, and submit them in a single envelope. Formal session proposals are welcome, but each abstract will be evaluated individually, and the Committee reserves the right to reconfigure the organization and makeup of such proposed sessions, or to accept individually any of the proposed papers.