All persons attending the convention must register. To avoid delays, you are urged to pre-register by September 24, 1997. Advantages of pre-registration include a fee reduction and advance receipt of badge and tickets for special events. ASA members and program participants will have received a complete program book prior to the start of the fall semester. Others who pre-register for the convention will receive a copy with their badges and tickets. Additional copies of the book may be purchased at the registration desk for $5.00. Complete the registration form found in this book. Mail it with your check or money order, payable to the American Studies Association, to our bank lock box address:
American Studies AssociationPlease note that this is not a correspondence address. Use it only to remit payments. Please do not send hotel registration forms or room payments to the post office box. We regret that we cannot accept credit card payments. The pre-registration form must be postmarked on or before September 24, 1997. Forms arriving late risk not being processed, and you will be required to pay again at the convention. If there is a duplicate payment, the larger amount will be refunded after the convention. If you are unable to mail your form by September 24, bring it with you to the convention, where you may register at the on-site fee rate. The registration desk will be in the Regency Foyer on the Ballroom Level of the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The desk will be open the following hours:
P.O. Box 630304
Baltimore, MD 21263-0304
Thursday, October 30 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday, October 31 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday, November 1 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday, November 2 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pre-Registration Fee (postmarked on or before Sept. 24, 1997)
Registration Fee (on-site)
ASA Member/International Affiliate* $60.00 ASA Student-Member $20.00 Non-Members $80.00 Non-Member--Student $30.00
ASA Member/International Affiliate* $75.00 ASA Student-Member $35.00 Non-Members $95.00 Non-Member--Student $45.00
A registration form may be found among the pages of this book.
NO REFUNDS OF REGISTRATION OR TICKET FEES WILL BE GRANTED.
Badges must be presented for admission to all sessions, receptions, and the book exhibit. Badges are obtained through the payment of registration fees.
As usual at the ASA annual meeting, the program features a wealth of sessions on a multitude of topics. The 1997 Program Committee wants to extend a warm invitation to all participants to sample some of the many films and conference film sessions related to this year's theme. The sessions and films have been selected for their wide appeal and special thematic interest. Enjoy! The Program Committee also encourages all participants to join our colleagues from the Society of Cinema Studies on Sunday morning for a discussion of our mutual interests in film studies.
The Committee on Secondary Schools will present a series of five workshops aimed at both secondary school practitioners of American Studies and also collegiate-level American Studies scholars interested in pedagogy and in strengthening ties between the two education levels. These sessions will be cross-over workshops that deal with issues of interest to both secondary and university faculty, in order to highlight the classroom issues we share in common, as well as to acknowledge our differences. These workshops should be of interest to ASA members because they are among the few places at our convention that provide us with a chance to have substantive discussions and debates about our curriculum design and teaching practices. Each of the workshops will take place in Ballroom II, at the Washington Court Hotel, on Saturday, November 2. The featured speaker at the Focus on Teaching Day Luncheon is Mary Helen Washington.
The featured speaker at this year's Women's Breakfast is Nell Irvin Painter. Please note that the Breakfast for Women in American Studies, 7:00 AM -9:00 AM, Saturday November 1, requires a ticket. Early reservations are advised because tickets are available in limited quantities. No tickets will be sold after 5:00 PM, Thursday, October 31. COST: $15.00.
The American Studies Association has arranged for boat, bus, and walking tours. All tours originate at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center. All buses depart from and return to the Hyatt Regency at the times listed below. Tour members should arrive at their bus 15 minutes before the stated departure time. Tickets may be ordered on the registration form. Tickets may also be purchased on a space-available basis, at the registration desk, on the day of the tour. Tours may be cancelled for insufficient interest, and for this reason only checks will be returned. Otherwise no refunds will be granted. The description of ASA tours follows:
Holocaust Museum Tour: Friday, October 31. One of the capital's major attractions and a must-see for ASA members. Tickets are required for entrance. The Association has arranged for 200 tickets to be made available for two tours at 12:00 NOON and 12:30 PM. Individual tickets can be reserved at the time of registration or on a first-come basis at the convention desk. Museum is reached on foot or by public transportation. Ticker-holders will need to show at the front entrance of the museum 15 minutes before their tour starts.
Tour of Shaw Neighborhood: Friday, October 31, 9:30 AM-12:00 NOON. Historian Kathryn Smith will conduct a tour of Shaw, which was for most of the twentieth century the heart of the African American community in the nation's capital. This neighborhood was the home of Duke Ellington and the hub of black entertainment in the city. It also included all of the city's black high schools, many of its historic black churches, and most of its major black businesses and social and fraternal organizations. The tour will include visits to the elaborate and newly restored Lincoln Theater, the renovated Whitelaw Hotel, the residential streets of Shaw, and drives through adjacent LeDroit Park and Howard University. The tour is by bus, limited to 40 persons, and the cost is $10.00.
Tour of Duke Ellington School of the Arts: Friday, October 31, 9:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. This tour will be a visit to one of the city's nationally known and most unique high schools, located in Georgetown and dedicated to the teaching and study of the fine arts. Tour members will meet with staff and faculty, visit classes organized around "integrative learning" and multi-disciplinary teaching, and have the opportunity to see student work and performances. The visit will be under the supervision of Dr. Elaine Todd, director of the Integrated Curriculum Development Project at Duke Ellington. The tour requires a bus, is limited to 35 persons, and the cost is $10.00.
Tour: City Walls and Public Sculpture in Washington, D.C.: Friday, October 31, 9:30 AM-12:00 NOON. This tour will focus on community murals and public sculpture which reflect the Latino and African American cultural heritage of Northwest Washington's neighborhoods of Adams-Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights. The tour will be led by Jorge Somarriba, mural painter, and Teresa Grana, independent historian. The tour will utilize a bus, be limited to 40 persons, and cost $10.00.
Tour of the Mathew Brady Exhibition: Friday, October 31, 3:00-5:00 PM. This tour represents an opportunity to visit the National Portrait Gallery, located on H and 9th Streets, N.W., and view Mathew Brady's Portraits: Images as History, Photography as Art. Mary Panzer, who is curator of the exhibit, will be available to lead informal tours of the exhibition. This event is free to all who wish to attend and transportation will have to be on foot or by public transportation.
Workshop: The Adams/Saint-Gaudens Monument, Rock Creek Cemetery: Friday, October 31, 3:00-5:00 PM. The solitary figure commissioned by Henry Adams and sculpted by August Saint-Gaudens is known to most ASA members, but probably few have managed to visit the site, just off North Capitol Avenue. Chaired by Charles Vandersee, Department of English, University of Virginia, and Cynthia J. Mills, Department of Art History, University of Maryland at College Park, the workshop will feature presentations by Professors Vandersee and Mills, along with additional comments by David Downes, General Manager, Rock Creek Cemetery. This event is free to all who wish to attend and on-site parking is available, or members can travel by bus with a limit of 40 seats and a cost of $10.00 per person.
Lecture: Center for the Book, Library of Congress: Friday, October 31, 4:00-5:30 PM. Center Director John Cole will chair a lecture by ASA member, Professor Wayne Wiegand, Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison, on The Ubiquitous American Library: A Look at an Understudied Yet Essential Reading Institution in the Twentieth Century at the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Memorial Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Reception to follow the lecture. This event is free to all who wish to attend. The Library of Congress is reached on foot or by public transportation.
Group Dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill: Friday, October 31, 6:30-9:30 PM. Led by ASA member Perry Frank, a group will go to dinner at one of the city's oldest restaurants (located at 675 15th St., N.W. (202) 347-4800) made famous by its history and notable people who dinned there. Dinner would be in a private part of the restaurant and will include a talk on "eating out in D.C." by food studies scholar Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland at Baltimore County. This event is limited to 50 persons. The group will assemble at the site with a cash bar at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7:00, and $40.00 cost per member (which includes tax and gratuity, optional wine with dinner extra).
Special Performance: Michelle Banks, The Reflections of a Black Deaf Woman: Friday, October 31, 8:00 PM. at the Hyatt Regency. This event will feature the remarkable talents of Michelle Banks, African American and hearing impaired, who does a one-woman show. This performance, a poignant drama with a touch of humor, is about a special bond between a deaf mother (Miz Brown) and her deaf daughter (Azealea Brown) that embodies their life experiences. The event will be co-sponsored by the ASA Women's Committee and the American Studies Program at Georgetown University. This event is free to all who wish to attend and will be followed by a reception.
Tour of the Evolving Landscapes of Northern Virginia: Saturday, November 1, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM. Led by Joe Wood, Department of Geography, George Mason University, this tour of the suburbs of Northern Virginia will feature the enormous suburban growth and commercial development of the area. Three "waves" of growth will be focused on and documented by site visits, reaching in time from the 1890s to the present day. Arlington, Tysons Center, and Reston will be the major site visits. The tour is by bus, limited to 40 persons, and the cost is $10.
Tour of Frederick Douglass Home, Anacostia Neighborhood: Saturday, November 1, 9:30 AM-12:00 NOON. The National Park Service will provide a special tour of the historic home of famed African American leader Frederick Douglass. The trip will involve a film on Douglass' life, a tour of the home, and a concluding presentation by James Oliver Horton, Department of American Studies, George Washington University. This tour requires a bus, is limited to 40 persons, and the cost is $10.
Tour of Old Downtown/New Downtown: Saturday, November 1, 1:00- 3:30 PM. Led by John Fondersmith, Chief (Downtown Section) in the District of Columbia's Office of Planning, this tour will take a group to explore Washington's evolving downtown areas. The tour will start, utilizing a bus, with older retail areas in the central city, then shift to foot in taking tour participants into the new downtown emerging around the MCI Center, which is still under construction itself. This event is timed to conclude so that participants can attend the National Building Museum lecture/panel and reception which follows. The tour is limited to 40 and will cost $10.
National Building Museum: Lecture, Panel, and Reception: Saturday, November 1, 4:00-6:00 PM. Sponsored by the Chesapeake Chapter of ASA and the National Building Museum, this event is focused around a lecture/panel entitled Beyond the Symbolic City: Investigating Washington, D.C. in Material and Electronic Forms. It will be held in conjunction with a new exhibit on planning in the District of Columbia since 1945 and the permanent exhibit on Washington, D.C.: Symbol and City. Panelists include: Howard Gillette, Jr., George Washington University; Melissa McLoud, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum; Keith Melder, Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; and Timothy Davis, National Park Service. A reception will follow at the Museum. Attendance at this event is free and the National Building Museum (401 F Street, N.W.) can be reached on foot or by public transportation.
Changes or additions to the program will be listed in the program supplement that will be available only on site at the convention registration desk.
The program will be available online after August 1. The URL: http://asa.press.jhu.edu/program97/. It is not possible, however, to accept online registrations.
The 1997 Convention Headquarters Hotel is the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel. (202) 737-1234; Fax. (202) 737-5773. Reservations must be received no later than September 24, 1997. Most meetings, sessions, and events are at the Hyatt Regency. Approximately 75% of the hotel rooms reserved for the convention are at the Hyatt Regency. Single/Double Per Day: $119.00 (U.S.). There are 25 triples available at the convention rate for ASA student members only. Please note that the above rates are net, non-commissionable, and are subject to the current 13.00% per night sales tax and the $1.50 per room night occupancy tax. Reservations requested after the cut-off date are subject to availability. Rooms may still be available after the cut-off date, but not necessarily at the convention rate. You must identify yourself as a registrant for the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, October 30-November 2, 1997, in order to obtain the convention room rates. In making your reservation the Hyatt Regency Washington requires that you either enclose a check or money order covering the first night's stay, or send the hotel the entire number of your credit card, including the expiration date and your signature. Deposits will be refunded only if cancellation notification is given at least 24 hours prior to arrival. Hotel meeting rooms and guest rooms are equipped with handicapped facilities. Please send the hotel reservation form, found in the pages of this book, and your first night's room deposit, directly to the hotel:
ATTN: RESERVATIONS MANAGER
THE HYATT REGENCY WASHINGTON ON CAPITOL HILL
400 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
TEL. (202) 737-1234; FAX. (202) 737-5773
TOLL-FREE RESERVATIONS 1-800-233-1234
The 1997 Convention Overflow Hotel is the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel. (202) 628-2100; Fax. (202) 737-2641. Reservations must be received no later than September 24, 1997. Some meetings, sessions, and events are at the Washington Court. Approximately 25% of the hotel rooms reserved for the convention are at the Washington Court. Single/Double Per Day: $124.00 (U.S.). There are 25 triples available at the convention rate for ASA student members only. Please note that the above rates are net, non-commissionable, and are subject to the current 13.00% per night sales tax and the $1.50 per room night occupancy tax. Reservations requested after the cut-off date are subject to availability. Rooms may still be available after the cut-off date, but not necessarily at the convention rate. You must identify yourself as a registrant for the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, October 30-November 2, 1997, in order to obtain the convention room rates. In making your reservation the Washington Court requires that you either enclose a check or money order covering the first night's stay, or send the hotel the entire number of your credit card, including the expiration date and your signature. Deposits will be refunded only if cancellation notification is given at least 24 hours prior to arrival. Hotel meeting rooms and guest rooms are equipped with handicapped facilities. Please send the hotel reservation form, found in the pages of this book, and your first night's room deposit, directly to the hotel:
ATTN: RESERVATIONS MANAGER
THE WASHINGTON COURT HOTEL ON CAPITOL HILL
525 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
TEL. (202) 628-2100; FAX. (202)737-2641
TOLL-FREE RESERVATIONS 1-800-321-3010
Meetings, sessions, and events take place almost exclusively at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill and the Washington Court Hotel.
The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill and the Washington Court Hotel comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, its regulations, and guidelines. So that the Hyatt Regency and Washington Court can better assist persons with special needs, individuals should indicate their specific needs on the hotel reservation form or in an attached letter and include a telephone number where they can be reached. In addition, they should make their reservations as early as possible, and no later than 15 September. If they need additional assistance, they should contact the American Studies Association.
The American Studies Association will introduce a Child Care Service at this year's Annual Meeting. Child care, provided by KiddieCorp (the same service utilized by the Modern Language Association and American Political Science Association conventions), is now scheduled daily in the Hyatt Regency from Thursday, October 30, through Sunday, November 2. The hours of operation are from 12 noon to 6:00 pm on Thursday, October 30; 8:00 am to 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, October 31 and November 1; and 8:00 am to 12 noon on Sunday, November 2.
Child care is planned for unlimited use to children of registrants at the 1997 Annual Meeting. Parents will be asked to complete a tentative schedule following confirmation of their child care service registration. Nutritious snacks and beverages will be provided. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner must be provided by the parents. Diapers, special milk or formula, as well as any special feeding instructions should also be supplied by the parents.
Please pre-register for the child care service. A $50.00 fee is required for each registered child if you are a regular member, associate member, or a family member. A $35.00 fee is required for each registered child if you are a graduate student member. Payment must be made with the submission of the child care registration form.
If fewer children are signed up than the shift minimums, ASA may cancel the program due to low response. If the service is cancelled, your child care registration fee will be returned. Otherwise no refunds will be granted. The ASA may eliminate the Thursday, October 30 and Sunday, November 2 shifts, if pre-registration is inadequate.
All registration forms and payments must be received at ASA by September 24, 1997. If there is space available, there will be limited on-site registration. On-site registration will require a $65.00 fee per child if you are a professional member, associate member, or a family member. The on-site registration fee for graduate student members is $50.00 per child. ASA does not guarantee space for children registered on-site.
Complete the child care registration form on page 29 and submit it to ASA by September 24, 1997.
ASA has made arrangements with USAir for discounted airfares on USAir, USAir Express, and USAir Shuttle for travel to and from Washington, D.C. Alternate service is allowed into Baltimore, MD and Dulles International. Travel valid round trip between October 27 and November 5, 1997. The special fare will offer a 5% discount off applicable first class and applicable published fares following all rules and restrictions. A 10% discount off applicable unrestricted coach fares will apply with 7-day advance reservations and ticketing required. These discounts are valid providing all rules and restrictions are met and is applicable for travel from the Continental United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. Meeting discounts are not able to be combined with other discounts or promotions. To obtain this meeting discount, you or your travel agent must call USAir's Meeting and Convention Reservation Office at 800/334-8644; 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Eastern Time. REFER TO GOLD FILE NO. 66110064.
Southwest Airlines, in cooperation with the American Studies Association, is offering attendees to the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association a discount on both Southwest's low everyday unrestricted fares and most of Southwest's even lower restricted fares for travel on Southwest Airlines. Fares offered by Southwest will be a 10% discount on Southwest's everyday unrestricted fares and a 10% discount on most of Southwest's lower restricted fares. Travel valid round trip to and from Baltimore, MD between October 27 and November 5, 1997. Call no later than October 23, 1996, and REFER TO IDENTIFIER CODE C3067.
How to Get to the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill by Automobile or Taxi:
FROM POINTS SOUTH: Take North I-95 to North I-395 "To Washington." As you travel over the Potomac River, stay in one of the middle lanes. At the end of the bridge veer right and continue to follow the sign for North I-395. Proceed for approximately one mile. Take exit for "US Senate/D Street/North I-395." Stay in the right lane as you go through two tunnels. In the second tunnel, take the exit for "D Street." Make a right at the end of the tunnel. Proceed for two blocks, turn left on to New Jersey Avenue; the hotel is on the left.
FROM NATIONAL AIRPORT: Follow signs for North I-395 "To Washington." Then follow directions "From Points South."
FROM POINTS NORTHWEST: Take South I-70 to South I-270. Exit on to I-495 (Capital Beltway Outer Loop) in the direction of Virginia. Exit on to George Washington Parkway. Take exit North I-395 then follow directions "From Points South."
FROM POINTS NORTH: Take South I-295 to Exit 22-B (Baltimore-Washington Parkway South). Exit on to New York Avenue. Stay on New York Avenue for approximately 4 miles. Make a left on to North Capitol Street. Stay on North Capitol Street for approximately 1 mile. Make a right on E Street. Proceed for 1 block. Make a left on New Jersey Avenue; the hotel is on your right.
FROM BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Follow signs for Baltimore-Washington South "To Washington." Then follow directions "From Points North."
FROM POINTS EAST: Take Route 50 West, which becomes New York Avenue, then follow directions "From Points North."
FROM POINTS WEST: Take East I-66 or Route 50 "To Washington" to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge. Exit on to Constitution Avenue. Follow Constitution Avenue towards the U.S. Capitol. Make a left on to Louisiana Avenue (which is a few blocks before the Capitol). Proceed for two blocks. Make a left on to New Jersey Avenue; the hotel is one block on the left.
FROM WASHINGTON-DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: Take the Dulles Access Road to East I-66, then follow directions "From Points West."
PARKING: Valet parking is available at $16 per day (no additional charge for in/out). Garage clearance is 6 feet and cannot accommodate vans or recreational vehicles.
SHUTTLE/TAXI SERVICE FROM AREA AIRPORTS: Shuttle service from door to door requires 24 hour advance registration and a credit card.
Airport Connection 301-459-2402 (serving BWI airport)
Supershuttle 800-258-3826 (serving BWI, Dulles, and National airports)
Washington Flyer 703-528-4440 (serving Dulles and National airports)
The Convention Book Exhibit will be in the Regency A and Regency Foyer on the ballroom level of the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill. Admission will be by registration badge only. Hours of the book exhibit are:
Friday, November 1 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday, November 2 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday, November 3 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CROSSROADS DEMONSTRATION The Crossroads Project will conduct a series of demonstrations along the outer wall of the Columbia Ballroom on the ballroom level of the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill.
Employers should reserve interview space by October 15; provision for unscheduled use cannot be guaranteed. Interviews will be held Thursday through Sunday, October 30 - November 2. The Interview Room is available from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM for two hour time slots Thursday through Saturday, and from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on Sunday. Job announcements should be submitted to the Convention Manager by October 15, so they may be included in the ASA's Employment Opportunities Supplement.
Interested job candidates may sent two copies of their vita to the Convention Manager, at the Office of the Executive Director, by October 15, 1997. These will be compiled and made available at the convention to employers who may have job openings now and in the future. Please note that while the ASA is happy to serve as a clearing house for job information, we cannot schedule interviews for candidates. All interviews must be arranged directly between the employer and job candidate.
Address correspondence regarding interview space, as well as vitae, to Convention Manager, American Studies Association, 1120 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.