Submission Types & Requirements

Individual Paper

• • 15–18 minute presentation

• • Program Committee will assign individual papers to sessions.

• • Graduate students will be asked if they would like to have their paper considered as a graduate student lightning presentation, if it cannot otherwise be included.

350-word max abstract

• • 5–8 minute graduate student presentation

• • feedback provided by senior scholar respondents

150-word max short abstract

Three 15-minute papers with chairperson and respondent

OR

Three 15–18-minute papers with chairperson

• • Panel abstract

• • Individual paper abstracts

• • Chairperson required (respondent optional)

Panel presenters may not chair session

• • Sustained discussion of a question or problem (Two 90-minute sessions)

• • Posted papers read by audience in advance

• • Seminar abstract

• • One sentence description for each participant

• • Chairperson required

• • Advance paper submission (10–20 pp)

• • Maximum 8 participants

Structured discussions around pre-circulated questions and/or texts with the option to share materials publicly to encourage more robust session audience participation

• • Abstract with overall goal of the session

• • Questions discussants will address

• • Role/contribution of each discussant

• • Moderator required

• • 3–5 discussants and active moderator

• • Discussants prepare 3–5 minute responses

Lightning Session

Short presentations by 5–7 scholars

• • Abstract with overall questions and goals

• • Individual paper abstract

Presentations 5–8 minutes

Individual short presentations by graduate students, grouped by Program Committee

Short abstract (150 words)

Presentations 5–8 minutes

Two presentations incorporating live performance by the scholars

• • Respondent and Chair Required

• • Available as Session Submission Only

• • Abstract with both scholarship and performance clarified

Contact the AJS to discuss A/V needs in advance of submission