2020 CALL FOR PAPERS

UPDATE: The extended deadline to submit paper proposals is March 1, 2020.
Abstracts submitted between February 16 to March 1 are subject to a $25 late fee payable in the ASOR Online Store. This fee does not apply if the abstract is solicited by a session chair.

ASOR invites paper and poster proposals for the 2020 Annual Meeting to be held November 18-21, 2020, at The Westin Boston Waterfront. Individual paper abstracts may be submitted beginning January 15, 2020. The deadline to submit paper abstracts is February 15, 2020.

Your research may also be best presented in poster format. Poster abstract submission will open January 15, 2020, and will close on August 1, 2020. Poster abstracts must be submitted through the ASOR’s Online Abstract Management System as well. More details can be found on the Poster Session page.

General Instructions for Individual Submissions

Please read the Rules for Participation and review the list of 2020 Sessions and Workshops before submitting your abstract.

Session chairs will accept papers on the basis of the quality of the abstract and its conformity to the following guidelines regarding content and format. To be considered by session chairs, abstracts also must be submitted by the deadline, and proposers must be current ASOR members and registered for the meeting. Standards for acceptance will be the same for all abstracts submitted.

Ready to submit your paper abstract?
You may submit an abstract after completing these two requirements:
1) You have a current ASOR Academic Membership (Graduate, Early Career, Regular, Retired, Sustaining). Join or renew here.
2) You have registered for the 2020 ASOR Annual Meeting. Register here.

*Note: Jordanian scholars who submit a paper proposal will be considered for an ACOR Travel Scholarship and do not need to complete these requirements prior to submitting a paper abstract. There is a place on the abstract submission form to indicate that you are a scholar from Jordan.

Abstracts must be submitted via ASOR’s Online Abstract Submission Form. The abstract will be reviewed by session chairs based on the session/workshops that you select on the submission form. You may select a first-choice session/workshop as well as second-choice option. For further information or questions specifically related to sessions and workshops, we strongly suggest that you email the session chair in advance of the submission deadline.

The ASOR Office will issue paper proposal decision notifications by May 15. Questions regarding the online submission process or the status of a submission should be emailed to Arlene Press, ASOR’s Director of Meetings and Events.

Content of Abstracts

The content of the abstract should focus on the significance of the material or on proposed solutions to specific problems rather than on a descriptive narrative.

1. The SIGNIFICANCE of the author’s work should be stated explicitly.
2. CONCLUSIONS, as well as the evidence for them, should be presented clearly.
3. The TITLE should be precise and give sufficient information to allow for bibliographic indexing.
4. Bibliographic references should be kept to a minimum and count towards the 250 word limit. PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP on the subject may be cited, if particularly relevant as a point of departure for clarifying the advances made in the author’s own work. See below for bibliographic format.
5. It is understood that excavators and others engaged in field research during the summer cannot provide conclusions by the February 15 deadline. Preliminary submission for reports on excavations and surveys, however, is required; submissions should be detailed and specific and should include information on the precise objective of the project and its research design.

Format of Abstracts

1. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
2. In the case of multiple authors, please make sure to indicate which author will present (read) the paper at the Annual Meeting when submitting the abstract. Each member may submit only ONE paper for which he/she/they is the reader.
3. Abstract submissions MUST list ALL co-authors in the fields provided on the abstract submission form at the time of submission and by the February 15 deadline.
4. All abstracts should follow the directives of The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition; Chicago: University of Chicago, 2010).
5. If bibliographic references are included, these must follow the BASOR style, updated 23 January 2017, reference 32-33.

Publication of Abstracts in Program Book

1. All abstracts for papers accepted for presentation at the meetings will be published in the Annual Meeting Program and Abstract Book, which will not only be given to conference registrants but will also receive an ISBN number and be available for purchase (subject to availability) following the meeting through the ASOR office.
2. By submitting an abstract, presenters authorize ASOR to publish that abstract in the Program and Abstract Book and on the ASOR website.
3. Presenters should make certain that abstracts are formatted and worded properly upon submission; opportunities for editing abstracts after May 30 may not be feasible.
4. Abstracts may be reviewed and lightly copy-edited for grammar and consistency of style.

Before submitting your abstract, please read the Rules for Participation.

All submissions must be made electronically using ASOR’s Online Abstract Management System.