Each panel and roundtable is labeled by a combination of a Roman numeral followed by a letter and Arabic numeral.  The Roman numeral indicates the session: the date and time of the panel.  The letter corresponds to the list of sections above, indicating the section within which the panel or roundtable falls.  The Arabic numeral following the letter indicates the panel’s number within its section.  For instance, panel (I-A1) Romantic Love and Sex, Part I: Transnational Connections and New Technologies, takes place during Session I on Thursday, November 17, 2005, 12:45 P.M. - 2:45 P.M. and it is the first panel allocated in Section A.  An index of participants follows the schedule of sessions, panels and roundtables.  Individuals indicated by an asterisk (*) have been invited by the ASA Board of Directors, the Program Committee, or the Local Arrangements Committee to serve in multiple capacities. The code following each participant’s name corresponds with the session, section, and panel or roundtable number. The Young Scholar Panels are labeled YSP.
 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is Health, Knowledge, and the Body/Politic in
Africa and the African Diaspora. The panels and roundtables for this year’s program have been grouped into 16 thematic sections labeled A through P.  Each section was organized by a member of the Program Committee, which was chaired by Elisha P. Renne, U of Michigan. Each panel has also been assigned a session, indicating the day and time it will be held. The Young Scholar Panels are labeled YSP.

This year’s sections and section chairs are as follows:

A. Gender (Olufunke Okome, CUNY)
B. Arts, Aesthetics, and Beauty (Martha Anderson, Alfred U)
C. Politics of Human Rights and Violence (William Reno, Northwestern U)
D. Knowledge, Measurement, Health Technologies, Internet MDs (Misty Bastian, Franklin and Marshall College)
E. Power, Politics, and Policies: Colonial/Neocolonial (Toyin Falola, U of Texas-Austin)
F. Dangerous Diseases, Disabilities, and Pain (Julie Livingston, Rutgers U)
G. Health and Inequality (Tola Olu Pearce, U of Missouri-Columbia)
H. Production and Reproduction (Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg, Carleton College)
I. Social Context of Health, Past and Present (Nancy Rose Hunt, U of Michigan)
J. Healing and Religion (Brad Weiss, William and Mary College)
K. Illness and Health in Literature (Clement A. Okafor, U of Maryland-Eastern Shore)
L. Legal, Public Policy and National Security Issues (Howard Stein, U of Michigan)
M. Economies (Lillian Trager, U of Wisconsin-Parkside)
N. Development and Education (Victor Agadjanian, Arizona State U)
O.  Environment (Rebecca Hardin, U of Michigan)
P. Histories (Michel Doortmont, U of Groningen)
 

SCHEDULE OF PANEL SESSIONS

The Annual Meeting is divided into eleven sessions over four days:

Session I…………………… Thursday, November 17……………… 12:45 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.
Session II………………….  Thursday, November 17……………… 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Session III…………………. Friday, November 18………………… 8:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Session IV………………… Friday, November 18………………… 10:45 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.
Session V………………… Friday, November 18………………… 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Session VI………………… Friday, November 18………………… 3:15 P.M. - 5:15 P.M.
Session VII………………… Saturday, November 19……………… 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Session VIII……………… Saturday, November 19……………… 11:15 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.
Sessions IX………………… Saturday, November 19……………… 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Session X………………… Sunday, November 20……………… 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Session XI………………… Sunday, November 20……………… 11:15 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.
 

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