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Student Membership Opportunity

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Joslyn O.
Are you a student already registered for the Annual Meeting?

There are 44 volunteer time slots remaining! Volunteer a minimum of 8 hours (2 time slots) and get a FREE! Student Membership.

In three simple steps, you’ll be signed-up to volunteer:

1. Check out the volunteer opportunities.
2. Pick the available time slots that fit your schedule.
3. E-mail Joslyn {josten@aaanet.org} with desired day(s) and time slots.

After completing your volunteered time, if you’ve volunteered for 8 hours or more, you will get a one-year student membership.

Lend a helping hand today!

Photo by Holtsman

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Going to the Annual Meeting? We’ve got your app for that.

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Calling all smartphone users-

The American Anthropological Association unveils the very first Annual Meeting app.  Use the app to personalize your schedule, map your trip logistics, stay up to date with meeting announcements and much more!

Download the app now.

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It’s Montreal Monday!

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Joslyn O.

The AAA 110th Annual Meeting will take place this year in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from November 16-20, 2011. Now is the time to renew your membership, pre-register for the Annual Meeting, book your hotel,  and add the workshops to your itinerary.

Our gracious Canadian hosts will be presenting sessions with a Canadian theme throughout the AAA Annual Meeting. Montréalology: Traces, Tidemarks & Legacies of a Unique City of Differences and Canadian Indigeneities are two sessions that feature a myriad of 15 minute presentations.

What day and time do these two sessions occur?

In honor of our host city’s bilingual essence, this week’s response must be given in French.
E-mail your answer to americananthro@gmail.com by the end of today.

Two lucky people with the correct answer will win an Annual Meeting t-shirt from the new AAA Café Press shop. Winning answers will be announced here later in the week, so check back often.

Need a hint? Check out the searchable online program.
Need a quick French lesson? Check out this online resource (note: not associated with or endorsed by AAA)

Quick links:
Renew your membership
Complete your meeting registration
Book your hotel
Add a workshop
Purchase the Annual Meeting Abstracts
Order your Annual Meeting Gear

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AAA/CASCA Welcome Reception at the 110th AAA Annual Meeting

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Joslyn O.

 Thank you to all participants of Montréal Monday!  Congratulations to our two lucky Montréal Monday winners: David B. and Christiano T.

This year the American Anthropological Association has teamed up with the Canadian Anthropological Society (CASCA) in welcoming meeting attendees to Montréal by hosting the Annual Meeting Welcome Reception. This reception is open to all meeting attendees and will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 5-6:30pm.

 Additionally, CASCA will be hosting a reception for CASCA members on Friday, November 18, 2011 beginning at 6:15pm.

 If you haven’t already, be sure to pre-register for the 110th AAA Annual Meeting today!

Already registered? Hotel bookings are filling quickly – contact the AAA Housing Bureau to make your reservation.

Quick links:
Renew your membership
Complete your meeting registration
Book your hotel
Add a workshop
Purchase the Annual Meeting Abstracts
Order your Annual Meeting Gear

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Going to Montreal? Book Your Hotel Today!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Joslyn O.

 Annual Meeting Housing is now available online. Get discounted rates for the Annual Meeting by booking online at the AAA Housing Bureau. 

The Annual Meeting sessions will take place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Montreal Convention Center). Special events will also be held at the Hyatt Regency (Headquarter Hotel), Westin Montreal and Intercontinental Montreal Hotels, all hotels in the AAA housing block are located within walking distance to all Annual Meeting activities. 

Students have special access to a limited number of deeply discounted sleeping rooms during the AAA Annual Meeting at the Hôtel Dauphin Montréal Centre-Ville and Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites.  Rooms must be booked through the AAA Housing Bureau.

Housing must be booked by October 26 in order to receive discounted rates.  Don’t delay, book your room today with the AAA Housing Bureau.

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Anthropologists Will Come to Montreal in Record Numbers

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Joslyn O.

AAA will host its 110th Annual Meeting this November in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Members and non-members alike were encouraged to submit proposals for this year’s scholarly sessions. This year’s call for papers has just ended with a historically high number of 4,510 submissions.

Proposal topics embrace the meeting theme of “Traces, Tidemarks and Legacies” through the myriad of anthropological fields of science and humanities. This 2011 theme invites participants to reflect on how all fields of anthropology, whose own locations have also been rearranged, are engaging with these shifting realities in which we live, within and across disciplines and regions.

Meeting participant registration also led to a historical high of 5,203 registrants. Anthropologists and those whose work intersects with anthropology will be attending from around the globe, with 17% of registrants coming from outside the United States and Canada. AAA Director of Meetings, Jason G. Watkins, CMP said, “In a time when budget reductions are at the forefront, anthropologists are persevering in their work and have prioritized the AAA Annual Meeting due to the benefits of scholarly exchange and network building opportunities.”

Two periods of Annual Meeting pre-registration occur before arriving in Montreal. Pre-registration re-opens in June 2011.

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It’s Montréal Monday!

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Montréal will be the host city of the 110th AAA Annual Meeting! Montréal is the university research capital of Canada. With more than 165,000 students enrolled in Montréal universities, the city ranks first in North America for the number of university students per capita.

With these factoids, here’s your final Montréal Monday trivia question:
Out of the more than 11,000 AAA members, how many of them are students?
Keep in mind that professionals make up more than 50% of the AAA membership population.

Understanding that students are notorious for keeping long hours to study as much as possible, please submit your answer as a comment to this post by 11:59 p.m. EST today (Monday, April 11) to be eligible to win. Students are also notorious to be in need to clean clothing, so this week two lucky winners will receive a t-shirt from our new AAA Café Press shop.

Remember, now is the time to renew your membership, complete your meeting registration and submit your proposal. The proposal deadline is April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

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It’s Montréal Monday!

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Montréal will be the host city of the 110th AAA Annual Meeting! Montréal is the city with the largest number of restaurants per resident in all of North America. In the city’s tourist districts, there is an average of 64.9 restaurants per square kilometer (160 per square mile). Montréalers spend more than 12% of their income on food and beverages.

With those factoids, here’s your Montréal Monday trivia question:
During last year’s AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, how much money did AAA members spend on coffee?
Keep in mind that there were more than 6,000 meeting attendees over the course of five days. So sales will exceed $6,000 but are less than $20,000.

Understanding that our blog readers may prefer an evening cup of joe, please submit your answer as a comment to this post by 11:59 p.m. EST today (Monday, April 4) to be eligible to win. Two lucky winners will receive a coffee mug from our new AAA Café Press shop.

Remember, now is the time to renew your membership, complete your meeting registration and submit your proposal. The proposal deadline is April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

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It’s Montréal Monday!

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Montréal will be the host city of the 110th AAA Annual Meeting! As the largest city in Québec and the second largest city in Canada, Montréal has a metropolitan population of more than 3.6 million.

With that factoid, here’s your Montréal Monday trivia question:
How many of the 3.6 million Montréalers are AAA members?

Post your answer as a comment to this blog post by 5:00p.m. EST today (Monday, March 28) to be eligible to win. Two lucky winners will receive an item from the new AAA Café Press shop.

Remember, now is the time to renew your membership, complete your meeting registration and submit your proposal. The proposal deadline is April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

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Montréal Mondays are Coming!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Joslyn O.

The AAA 110th Annual Meeting will take place this year in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from November 16-20, 2011. Now is the time to renew your membership, complete your meeting registration and submit your proposal. Remember, the proposal deadline is April 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

The staff here at AAA is so excited for annual meeting that we’re hosting a giveaway series called Montréal Mondays to help prepare you for your upcoming trip to Montréal! Each Monday between now and proposal deadline on April 15th we will post a Montréal trivia question on the AAA blog. To participate, post your answer as a comment to the blog post by 5:00p.m. EST. Two lucky people with the correct answer will win an item from the new AAA Café Press shop.

The winner will be announced later in the week on the Montréal Mondays tab of this blog , so check back often!

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