The 1991 AHA Annual Meeting will be headquartered at the Chicago Hilton and Towers with overflow accommodations at the Palmer House and the Congress Hotel. Although the headquarters hotel is sold out, both overflow hotels are taking late reservations on a space available basis. If necessary, additional hotels in the immediate vicinity of the headquarters will be added to the housing block. Housing forms were included in the September Perspectives but may also be obtained by writing the AHA, 400 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003. Remember that you can FAX your form to the Bureau in Chicago at 312/567-8577. Reservations can also be made by calling the AHA Housing Bureau in Chicago at 1-800-723-2000 and informing the bureau you are attending the AHA Annual Meeting. All changes should be made directly with the hotel the telephone number will appear on your housing acknowledgement from the Housing Bureau. Cancellations should be made directly with the Housing Bureau in writing up to twenty days prior to the meeting; within the last twenty days, cancel directly with the hotel.
For airline reservations on American Air lines, contact American’s toll-free number 1-800-433-1790, and ask for Star file number S.09D1BD. The airline is offering three dis counted fare options that are available only through this number. A pair of transatlantic roundtrip tickets to any American Airlines European destination will be raffled to a meeting attendee booking his or her travel through the toll-free number. Tickets must be issued by the AHA’s designated travel agent, Zenith Travel Inc.—just ask the telephone agent to have Zenith issue the ticket. For information on ground transportation to the hotels from the area airports or Amtrak, see page 9 of the Annual Meeting Program.
As all authors know, glitches can and do occur in the technical production of a publication. This has happened to this year’s program, specifically the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain’s listing on page 14 of the Program. Incorrect days of the week are listed for the AARHMS’s two events, although both dates are correct. The Academy will cosponsor, with the Haskins Society and the Medieval Academy of America, a reception on Saturday, December 28, from 5–7 p.m. in the Hilton’s Conference Room 4M. On Sunday, December 29, the Academy will cosponsor a joint session with the AHA entitled Medieval Spain and the Mediterranean in the Hilton’s Private Dining Room #3. Please see page 73 of the printed Program for complete session details. Following publication of the Program in early October, the AHA headquarters has been informed of the following changes: for the plenary session Alternative Views of the Quincentenary, in addition to papers by Rayna Green, National Museum of American History and Joseph E. Harris, Howard University, Ramón Gutierrez, University of California, San Diego, will present a paper on the Hispanic perspective. In session 8, Ian Christopher Fletcher, Georgia State University, will chair Narrative Authority and Women’s Lives in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain: Middle Class Women’s Representations of Working Class Women. In session 46, On-Line and Off Line: Bibliographical Resources for Historians in the 1990s, Sören Edgren, Research Libraries Group, will speak on finding East Asian sources. Please see page 65 of the Program for complete session details.
The World History Association session on Sunday, December 29, 2:30–4:30 p.m. has a new room assignment. The session will be held in the Congressional Room of the Congress Hotel. Louis Gebhard, SUCNY-Cortland will chair History and Ethnic Autobiography. Papers will be given by Emmanuel S. Nelson, SUCNY Cortland; Gregory H. Maddox, Texas Southern University; and Cary O. Wintz, Texas Southern University. Comment will be provided by Donald Wright and Marilou Wright, SUCNY Cortland.
Finally, the Historians Film Committee will sponsor a session entitled From News to History: The Gulf War that will include screening of both network coverage and Jon Alpert’s “Inside Iraq” as well as commentary concerning instant history by Alpert (on tape), Richard Bartone, William Patterson College, and Lawrence Lichty, Woodrow Wilson Center. Gregory Bush, University of Miami and acting editor of Film and History, will chair. The session will be held in the Hilton’s Private Dining Room #3 on Sunday, December 29 from 5–7 p.m.
Don’t forget the Annual Meeting in Washington in 1992; see earlier issues for the call for papers. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton and Shoreham hotels-this will be the last meeting held on the December 27–30 dates.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.
