(Dues and Meeting Forms are available for download below)

Conference rates per night for rooms are $148 for single or double. Reservations must be guaranteed by major credit card. Cancellation must be made 48 hours in advance of the reserved day of arrival. Early departure fee is $50.00. Check-in time: 3:00 P.M.; check-out time: 12:00 P.M. Hotel parking (self-park) is charged at $19 per day. The hotel is located near Pike Place Market, Monorail to the Space Needle, Seattle Art Museum, and other attractions.

You must make reservations directly with the hotel well in advance of the meeting, no later than February 20, 2006. As you make reservations, identify yourself as an AOS member to qualify for the conference rate. After the cutoff date, any uncommitted rooms in the block we have reserved will be released for general sale, and additional reservation requests will be accepted if rooms are available and without the conference discount.

Reservations: Direct phone: (206) 971-8008; Toll-free main reservation line (800) Red-Lion (=733-5466). Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Ave. Website: http://redlion.wchc.com/HotelLocator/HotelOverview.aspx?metaID=32. The Society's contract with the Red Lion Hotel for securing conference rates requires that a minimum number of rooms per night be reserved and occupied by members for the duration of the meeting. Thus, your stay at the Red Lion assures that the AOS will not be assessed extremely high fees for meeting and banquet space rental. We truly need your cooperation in this matter.

Transportation: Ground Transportation Information Booths are located on the third floor of the Parking Garage (fully staffed) and in Baggage Claim, across from Carousel Nine (self service). Shuttles and buses run almost continuously around the clock, with scheduled departure and arrival times.

From Seattle Tacoma (SEA-TAC) International Airport, follow signs ''To Freeways'' Travel northbound on I-5 to downtown Seattle. Take Seneca Street Exit. Turn right on 4th Avenue. Take first right onto Pike Street. Turn right on 5th Avenue.

From Southbound: I-5 take Union Street Exit. Turn right on 4th Avenue and go one block. Turn right on Pike Street and go one block. Turn right on 5th Avenue. Entrance to hotel one-half block on the right.

All sessions will be held at the Red Lion Hotel. The Annual Subscription Banquet will take place on Sunday evening, March 19, also at the hotel. The Program, which will be mailed to you in late January, 2006, will provide information on other special activities and events to take take place during the meeting.

Members of the Society are hereby invited to submit communications to be presented at the 216th Meeting. Please complete and return the enclosed Announcement of Communication form and an Abstract of the proposed paper to the Office of the Secretary BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 2005. No paper will be considered unless (a) an Abstract of it is submitted according to the guidelines set forth in the next paragraph, (b) the completed Pre-registration Form and Fee and your 2006 Dues Payment accompany the submitted Announcement and Abstract.

Members who submit papers will be notified by mail of their inclusion on the Program soon after January 15, 2006. Sectional Committee Chairs, whose names are listed on the verso of the title page of the Journal, should be contacted directly only in the matter of organizing special panels. (Refer also to: http://www.umich.edu/~aos/frntmtr.htm#OFFICERS)

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should cover the following points: (a) the precise topic treated, (b) your exact contribution to the problem, (c) its relationship to previous scholarship on the topic, (d) specific conclusions. Abstracts should be typed or word-processor produced and submitted in duplicate. Please do not submit draft-quality or dot-matrix printed abstracts, since these cannot be scanned efficiently for the production of the published Abstracts of the Meeting. Please also keep in mind that abstracts of papers accepted for presentation will appear in the published Abstracts in the way in which they have been submitted. It is impossible for this Office to edit them. Please transliterate non-roman writing systems.

Please note that the Program Committee will not accept papers for inclusion on the Program submitted by members whose 2006 dues have not been paid or who neglect to submit abstracts and registration forms in full with pre-registration fee by the October 15, 2005 deadline. We emphasize that you must pay your 2006 dues and submit your abstract and pre-registration form with fee by the October 15, 2005 deadline. Otherwise, your paper will not be considered acceptable for inclusion on the Program.

Papers from non-members, except for those of visiting scholars invited to participate in special panels, cannot be considered because of the expense the Society bears in running the Annual Meeting. When inviting colleagues and students who are not AOS members to participate in the program, please inform them that they should apply for membership at the time they submit abstracts.

Please respond to the Call for Papers only if you plan to attend the Meeting. Failure to present a paper that has been accepted on the Program creates a very poor impression of the Society and is particularly discourteous to those members who may have travelled great distances just to hear certain communications.

All materials must to submitted by October 15, 2005, to the Office of the Secretary, American Oriental Society, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1205; telephone 734-647-4760.

Submission of Abstracts and Meeting Forms

1. You are required to submit Abstracts in electronic format either by E-MAIL or COMPUTER DISKS; however, you must also submit paper copies of the abstract, pre-registration form, and announcement of communication via ordinary mail. (We use the paper copies of abstracts to restore formatting and other features, such as diacrtics, in the printed abstracts distributed at the meeting.) Send e-mail abstracts to: jrodgers@umich.edu with the subject line: AOS Abstract. Send the files either as plain text in the email message, or send formatted files as e-mail attachments. Please name the file as follows: YourlastnameFirstinitial.doc (or .wpd, .txt, .pdf, .rtf, etc.), e.g., SmithJ.doc.

2. You may also submit materials via FAX between the hours of 18:00 and 08:00 Eastern Time, from October 1 through October 15, 2005, to 734-763-6743. (If you prefer this means, we ask, nevertheless, that you also transmit the abstract, if possible, in one of the other two electronic forms, i.e., via e-mail or on disk.) We thank you for your anticipated participation and cooperation.

2006 Annual Meeting Forms for Download

1. Announcement of Communication
2. Pre-Registration Form
3. Dues Payment and Address Changes Form
4. Credit Card Payment Form
5. Call for Papers 2005 Annual Meeting (This file)
6. AOS Membership Application Form Please distribute to colleagues and students who are not yet members and might wish to attend the meeting or present a communication.

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