87th Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas (2018)
The 2018 AAPA meetings will be held in Austin, Texas, which has been named the “Live Music Capital of the World.” The main conference hotel, the Hyatt Regency Austin, is located on the shores of the Colorado River and is in a perfect location just across the bridge from downtown. Come and join us for great anthropology, for the eclectic live-music scene centered around country, blues and rock, and for Austin’s many parks and lakes that are popular for hiking, biking, swimming and boating. We also welcome our sister organizations who will be meeting with us in Austin: the Human Biology Association, the Paleopathology Association, the Palaeoanthropology Society, the American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG), and the Dental Anthropology Association (DAA) .
Upload you Podium Presentations to the AAPA Secure Server here.
You must upload your podium presentations to the secure server at least one-half day before your presentation. This remote link will be open until Tuesday, April 10. After that date, you must upload your presentation in the Speaker Ready Room (Big Bend A, Hyatt Regency Hotel).
Please read the Conduct of Ethics for AAPA meeting attendance.
Read the welcome letter from Josh Snodgrass, Vice President and Scientific Program Chair
The Business Meeting agenda and AAPA committee reports are available here.
PDFs of the final meeting program and abstract book are now available. A user-friendly online version of the program is available here.
Download the meeting apps for iOS or Android devices.
Meeting Information
- Dates: April 11-14, 2018
- Scientific Program Chair: Josh Snodgrass
- Hosted by: Tony Di Fiore and Liza Shapiro
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Meeting hotels are the HYATT REGENCY AUSTIN and the JW MARRIOTT AUSTIN. Click here for more information and to make your room reservations at the AAPA discount rates.
- Local arrangements including getting to Austin, city maps, things to do, and places to eat or hear live music.
- Childcare will be FREE at the meetings, but registration is still required.
Important links:
- Important Contact Information
- AAPA Plenary Lecture “In the House of the Piranha: Twenty-Five Years of Field Research in the Ecuadorian Rainforest” given by Tony Di Fiore (University of Texas, Austin), Friday, April 13 @ 1:00 PM in Zilker 4.
- AAPA Presidential Panel: Should the AAPA Change our Name?
- Auction Donations!
- Guidelines for preparation of Effective Oral Presentations and Effective Poster Presentations
- Uploading your podium presentations to the AAPA secure server before your session.
- Meeting Registration Information
- Student Guide to the Annual Meetings
- Meeting Prospectus for exhibitors. For Exhibitor and Sponsorship Information contact Amy Sullivan at aapa@summitexpo.com.
- Workshops
Call for Submissions 2018
August 15, 2017 (submission process has been completed)
- Symposium Proposals
October 16, 2017 (submission process has been completed)
- Abstracts for papers and posters
- Nominations for Executive Committee
- Applications for Early Career Liaison to the Executive Committee
- Applications for Student Liaison to the Executive Committee
- Nominations for the Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award
- Nominations for the Lasker Service Award
November 15, 2017 (submission process has been completed)
- Proposals for Workshops, Discussion Sessions, or Training Events
- Volunteering to help with the Education Committee Teacher Training Workshop
- Applications for the Committee on Diversity IDEAS Workshop for Students
- Applications for the Ethics Committee Fellowship
Other Important Deadlines
January 1, 2018 (submission process has been completed)
- Applications for Pollitzer Student Travel Awards
January 15, 2018 (submission process has been completed)
- Applications for Cobb Professional Development Grants
February 1, 2018 (submission process has been completed)
- Applications for participation in the Committee on Diversity Undergraduate Research Symposium
March 1, 2018 (submission process has been completed)
- Applications for the Student Presentation Awards
- Applications for Student Volunteers to help at the meetings (and have their registration fees waived!)
April 1, 2018
Our sister organizations are also meetOing in Austin!
Palaeoanthropology SocietyAmerican Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG)
Dental Anthropology Association (DAA)