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General Information
about the American Historical Association's
2003 Annual Meeting

The Association's 117th annual meeting will be held in Chicago at the Hilton Chicago and Palmer House Hilton. Many of the profession's most distinguished members will be present to deliver papers and more than 1,100 scholars, including ninety-seven foreign scholars, will participate in the three-day meeting. In addition, more than four dozen specialized societies will meet in conjunction with the AHA. Each society will hold its own sessions, luncheons, and/or meetings, as well as some joint sessions with the Association. Lynn Hunt of the University of California at Los Angeles will deliver the presidential address the evening of January 3 and the Association's book awards, Awards for Scholarly Distinction, the Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award, the Beveridge Family Teaching Prize, the Gutenberg-e Prizes, the John E. O'Connor Film Award, the Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award, and the Honorary Foreign Members ] will be announced.

*Noted below are the locations of various events:*
AHA sessions	Hilton Chicago and Palmer House Hilton Hotels
Affiliated societies events	Hilton Chicago and Palmer House Hilton Hotels
AHA headquarters/ staff office	Hilton, Private Dining Room 7
Press room	Hilton, Private Dining Room 6
Local Arrangements Committee office	Hilton, Private Dining Room 5
AHA Job Register	Hilton, Southeast and Southwest Exhibit Halls
Book Exhibit	Hilton, Northwest and Northeast Exhibit Halls
AHA meeting registration and meal ticket cashiers	Hilton, Northeast Exhibit Hall
Messaging Center	Hilton, Southeast Exhibit Hall