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