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Business Meetings, Special Events, and Receptions

* All events are in the Galleria unless otherwise noted

TIME AND TITLE

Wednesday, November 13

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Executive Committee

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Plaza I
Performance by Nuestra Palabra

Thursday, November 14

8:00 am - 3:00 pm Imperial Suite
Business Meeting of the ASA National Council

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm TBA
Lunch Meeting of the Committee on American Studies Programs

12:00pm - 1:30pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Recovery Project Annual Board Meeting

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Regal Suite
Business Meeting of the Minority Scholars

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Women's Committee

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Director's Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Regional Chapters Committee

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Imperial Suite
Business Meeting of the American Quarterly Advisory Editorial Board

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Visible Knowledge Project

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Women's & Minority Scholars' Committees

4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Boardroom (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the ASA Nominating Committee

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Regal Suite
Business Meeting of the American Studies Editorial Board

4:30 pm - 7:30- pm Oak Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Student's Committee

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Sage
Business Meeting of the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Consort I (Oaks)
Reception for International Scholars and Visitors

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Consulate Room (Oaks)
Reception of the Mid-American ASA

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Woodway II
Reception of the Minority Scholars' Committee, Women's Committee &
Queer Caucus with Music by the Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)
Mariachi Band

8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Plaza I
Readings by Arte Público Press authors Graciela Limón and Rolando Hinojosa

9:30 pm - 11:00 West Alabama
Reception of the University of Texas, Austin

Friday, November 15

7:30 am - 9:30 am Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Crossroads Advisory Board

7:30 am - 9:30 am Continental Room (Oaks)
Networking Breakfast for Program Directors (Ticketed)
(Sponsored by the Committee on American Studies Programs)

8:00 am - 12:30 pm Woodway III
Student Hospitality Lounge &
Students' Committee Town Hall Meeting

10:00 am - 11:00 am Monarch
Business Meeting of the Queer Caucus

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Director's Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the International Committee

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Royal Suite
Workshop of the Secondary Education Committee
"High School Writing Contest Workshop"

12:00 - 1:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Recovery Project Annual Board Meeting

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Presidential Suite
Luncheon of the ASA-JAAS Advisory Project

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Executive Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Secondary Education Committee

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Networking Session of the Secondary Education Committee
Open to ASA Attendees

4:30pm - 6:30 pm Executive Room (Oaks)
National Institute for Secondary Education Planning Meeting

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Royal Suite
Business Meeting of the Material Culture Caucus

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Woodway III
Reception of the University of Southern California

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Continental Room (Oaks)
Business Meeting of the Environmental Studies Caucus

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Woodway II
Reception of the Material Culture and Visual Culture/Art History Caucuses
(Sponsored by Boston University's American and New England Studies Program;
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library; and the University of Kentucky Press)

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Consulate (Oaks)
Performance Caucus and the Music of the Americas Caucus Joint Reception

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Monarch Room
University of Minnesota Reception

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Shuttle Service from Galleria (convene at 5:30 pm)
Reception and Tour of Houston's Contemporary Arts Museum exhibits: H. C. Westermann & Roxy Paine

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Galleria I and II
Awards Ceremony

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm Galleria I and II
Presidential Address: "Where In the World is American Studies?"

9:30 pm - 12:30 pm Galleria III and IV
Reception dance featuring salsa band, Sol Caribe.

Saturday, November 16