New Orleans 2012
1-4 November
Sheraton New Orleans and
Astor Crowne Plaza Hotels
Joint with the Society for Ethnomusicology and
the Society for Music Theory
Sheraton Hotel site (not for reservations)
500 Canal Street [Google map]
New Orleans, LA
(504) 525-2500
Crowne Plaza site (not for reservations)
739 Canal Street [Google map]
New Orleans, LA
(504) 962-0500
NEW! Related organizations are warmly invited to hold ancillary meetings in conjunction with the AMS/SEM/SMT meeting. Click here for more information.
NEW! There are room blocks at both hotels: Astor Crowne Plaza and the Sheraton New Orleans.
- Click here to make reservations at the Astor Crowne Plaza or call toll-free (888) 696-4806 (group code "AMS/SEM/SMT "). This is a non-smoking hotel.
- Rates: single, double, triple, quad, $189.00.
- Click here to make reservations at the Sheraton New Orleans or call toll-free (888) 627-7033 (group code "AMS/SEM/SMT "). This is a non-smoking hotel.
- Rates: single, double, triple, quad, $196.00. Complimentary internet access in guest rooms.
Program preparation is in progress.
The AMS Program Committee announced most of its decisions on 19 April. Decisions regarding Joint Session proposals are still pending, but notification should take place Monday 23 April.
The AMS received a total of 645 abstracts, as follows:
- Individual proposals: 579
- Evening Panels: 8
- Alternative Format Sessions: 4
- Formal Session Proposals (four-paper): 9 rationales, 36 papers
- Formal Session Proposals (two-paper): 3 rationales, 6 papers
Additionally, 45 Joint Session proposals were submitted to all three societies' program committees via a separate submission process.
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