American Oriental Society

Western Branch

Established 1951

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2007 ANNUAL MEETING

The 2007 meeting of the American Oriental Society, Western Branch, will be hosted by the University of California, Irvine on October 12-13 2007.  All members of the AOS are cordially invited and enthusiastically encouraged to attend, to organize panels, and to present papers.*   Please send by September 1st  an abstract and the accompanying registration form with the appropriate payment to:

Michael A. Fuller

Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literatures
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA  92697-6000
Email: mafuller@uci.edu
phone:  (949)824-2151
fax:    (949)824-3248

Accepted papers will be given 15-20 minutes for presentation.  Final programs will be mailed to participants by the first of October.

MEETING ARRANGEMENTS:  All sessions will be held on the University of California, Irvine, campus.  Registration will take place on Friday and Saturday mornings.

CONFERENCE BANQUET: The annual meeting banquet will be held on Saturday evening at the Alumni House.  All participants are invited to hear the presidential address that will be given at the banquet.

RECEPTION: There will be a reception on Friday evening at the University Club library. All are welcome.

INFORMATION UPDATE: Further details, such as the time of a specific event and possible adjustment to the price of the banquet for students and emeriti, will be posted on the AOS website (http://www.umich.edu/~aos). Please check the website before the conference. Information about a softball game open to all conference participants will also be announced at a later point.

ACCOMMODATIONS:  Arrangements have been made with Doubletree Santa Ana/ Orange County Airport at:

201 E. MacArthur Blvd.
Santa Ana, CA 92707
phone:  (714)442-1905
fax:    (714)442-1937

URL: http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=STAOCDT

The rate is $119 per night and rooms are available for conference participants from 10/9/07 through 10/15/07. Please note that the cut-off date for reservations is 9/28/07. When making reservations, please mention that you are attending the Western Branch Conference of the American Oriental Society to receive the conference rate. 

TRAVEL:  The John Wayne / Orange County Airport (SNA) is 1 mile (5 minutes) away from the hotel and there is a courtesy shuttle that goes between the airport and the hotel. A shuttle bus that will take conference participants to and from the hotel and the UC-Irvine campus has also been arranged.

*YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY TO PRESENT A PAPER AT THE CONFERENCE.   Membership information is available in all issues of the Journal of the American Oriental Society as well as at the American Oriental Society website: http://www.umich.edu/~aos.