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Preliminary Program MiddleMiddle EastEast StudiesStudies AssociationAssociation 4646thth AnnualAnnual MeetingMeeting NovemberNovember 17-2017-20 Preliminary Program Denver, in the Middle Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 2012 will be MESA's first annual meeting in Denver. Why Denver, you ask? MESA seldom meets in the middle of the country and Denver is sort of in the middle. It is the largest metro area near the middle with the exception of Kansas City. Denver has 600,000 residents in its city limits, but 2.5 million live in the metro area. Denver is easy to get to: 3 airlines use it as a hub–Frontier, Southwest and United. East coasters will be able to find direct flights and west coasters will have distance to travel on their side. Denver offers a clean, safe, and vibrant downtown with an impressive arts and culture scene. World class museums, art galleries/districts, theater, music, and splendid examples 1550 Court Place of Victorian architecture are some of the things that make Denver CO 80202 Denver memorable. Our conference hotel also happens to 303 893-3333 800 325-3535 enjoy a fabulous location on Denver's 16th Street Mall–a tree- http://www.sheratondenverdowntown.com/ lined,16-block pedestrian promenade, closed to traffic except for free shuttle buses that run up and down it. The 16th Street Mall has a good feel, and shopping, dining, public art, and Rates/Reservations walkable proximity to most attractions are just a few of the Cutoff Date $179 single/double perks it offers. October 22 $199 triple Why Denver, you ask, again? The Denver Sheraton $219 quad Downtown Hotel has enough sleeping rooms and meeting https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/MESA2012 space to permit MESA to meet (plus room tax of 14.85%) under one roof. There is no need to use a convention center, ALERT: Hotel Booking Scams which helps to hold down costs. Many cities don't offer that, but Denver does. When the MESA has learned that a housing company or wholesaler hotel was sold to its current NOT affiliated with MESA has been contacting attendees to owners and branded a Sheraton book hotel rooms for the 2012 annual meeting. These compa- in 2008, it underwent a $70 nies may actually put people at risk for credit card and iden- million renovation that was tity theft. We do not recommend doing business with them. completed in November 2009. All housing for the MESA 2012 annual meeting is handled 16th Street Mall It looks marvelous! directly by the Sheraton’s Group Reservations Department. A MESA 2012: 200+ sessions complemented by a four-day link to the Sheraton reservation page for MESA attendees is film festival and bustling book bazaar, all happening in the listed above. For further information, please go to mesana.org, middle of the country, sort of. See you in November. click on the annual meeting logo, and then on hotel. Registration Book Bazaar To preregister for the MESA 2012 annual meeting, complete the registration form We are calling it a Book Bazaar, as this year's located on the back page of this program and return it along with payment to the MESA exhibit is located in an open area adjacent Secretariat. If paying by credit card save a stamp and register online via MESA’s website. to registration and meeting rooms. Arguably Pre-registration is recommended as onsite registration rates are higher. The preregistration the largest display of Middle East studies deadline is October 15, 2012. titles anywhere, MESA’s annual book bazaar will include old and new friends–university Category Preregistration Onsite presses, small publishing houses, indepen- dent book sellers, and even artisans shar- full/associate $110 $130 ing their talents. All will gather in Denver student member $70 $90 for a three plus-day festival of books. The student non-member $90 $110 book bazaar will be open 3:30-7:30pm Other non-members $140 $160 on Saturday (Nov. 17), 9-6 Sunday and Monday (Nov. 18-19) and 8-12 on Tuesday (Nov. 20). Visit MESA’s website for a list of exhibitors. Travel/Ground Transportation You don’t have to rent space to exhibit at the MESA meeting. For $40 per title, publi- The Denver International Airport (DIA) is a hub for three airlines: United, Southwest, and cations can be placed on view in MESA’s Frontier. The airport is 30-45 minutes from the downtown. For ground transportation, Cooperative Book Display. This is an ideal MESA has teamed up with SuperShuttle. Roundtrip shared van service is $38 (or $22 each arrangement for individuals, independent way). Taxi services on Yellow Cab will cost $51 each way, with a $3.50 gate fee from the authors, and small presses with few Middle airport. East studies titles. Reservations can be made by calling SuperShuttle at 1-800-258-3826 (group code: MESA1) If you would like additional information about or going to https://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?GS=MESA1. exhibiting at MESA 2012, please visit MESA’s website or contact Shirley Nellson at snell- [email protected] or 520-626-7133. Roommates The Scoop on Thematic Conversations and Roundtables If you are interested in sharing a room at the Thematic Conversations offer an alternative place to pose new questions for research, Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel during explore new trends and approaches to old questions, meet like-minded scholars, and engage the MESA annual meeting, please visit in open academic exchange in an unstructured space. The conversations have a session MESA’s website at http://mesa.arizona.edu/ leader and discussants who set the agenda for the conversation. They are (un)structured annual-meeting/roommates.html. MESA to provide for maximum participation from those in attendance, and there are no formal maintains a “roommates wanted” page on its presentations. Seating is limited to 30 people. website where those wanting to share rooms can find each other. Roundtables promote informed discussion and debate concerning the current state of scholarship in particular fields, work currently in progress or the particular problems Child Care involved in the employment of new approaches, new models, etc. The roundtable format lends itself to open discussion in an atmosphere where participants provide their points of view and engage the audience in active discussion. Participants do not prepare papers and MESA can help parents find a local provider do not lecture to the audience. Seating is restricted to 25-30 maximum. and will reimburse half of the cost of day care services up to a maximum of $200 for the conference. Upon request, the Secretariat will be happy to post contact information of parents who want to share sitting services Panel Chairs Invited during the meeting. For further information, please contact Shirley Nellson at snellson@ Volunteers are invited to chair non-preorganized panels at the MESA 2012 annual meeting. email.arizona.edu or 520 626-7133. For a list of available panels, please visit MESA’s website at mesana.org, click on the 2012 logo, and then on “panel chairs.” Email your choices to Mark Lowder at mlowder@email. arizona.edu. Before you volunteer, please note that MESA membership and annual meeting pre-regis- tration are required of all meeting participants. Page 2 u MESA 2012 Preliminary Program MESA Members Meeting Monday, November 19 v 1:00pm-2:30pm v Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Room TBA The members meeting is an annual meeting of the membership open to all members Sample Agenda and guests. Voting is restricted to full and student MESA members. The meeting mainly consists of reports (see agenda at right). Where members play an important role is in voting for the Nominating Committee and on any resolutions that are being presented. I. Call to Order A member in good standing can add names to the list of people who will be invited to II. Report of the Executive Director run for the Nominating Committee, to augment those proposed by MESA’s Board. III. In Memoriam and Moment of Silence IV. 2012 Election of Officers Results Quorum V. Nominating Committee Vote and Call for A minimum of 35 voting-eligible members must be in attendance for votes to be taken. Names Failing that, the meeting can be held but votes cannot be taken. VI. IJMES Report VII. RoMES Report Resolutions VIII. Committee on Academic Freedom Report When important issues are before the membership, resolutions are sometimes presented IX. Unfinished Business (if tabled from last at the business meeting. Resolutions can originate from MESA’s Board or from the meeting) membership. For resolutions to be acted upon at the 2012 Members Meeting, they X. New Business must be in the hands of the MESA Secretariat by October 21, 2012. Instructions for XI. Adjournment submitting resolutions can be found in MESA’s Bylaws which are posted on MESA’s website at mesana.org. Tools for Paper Presenters Upload Your Paper to myMESA by Oct. 15 Planning for Your Presentation Please upload a copy of your paper to the myMESA system so that The best way to combat nerves is to be prepared. Remember, the your co-panelists, especially the chair/discussant, will have access people in the audience are there because they want to hear what you to it. No one else will be able to view your paper except for your have to say. Prepare a summary of your paper for your presentation, co-panelists. Papers need not be the final copy; drafts are fine. There which should last for no more than 20 minutes. Typically, 10-12 is no suggested paper length. Your topic and your depth of coverage double-spaced typed pages will take 20 minutes to read.
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