ASAO Histories

The papers in this collection were developed through a series of informal and working sessions held at ASAO annual meetings from 2015 to 2018. The authors are former or current ASAO officers or members of the ASAO Board of Directors. To research and recount the histories of various aspects of the organization, they drew on ASAO Newsletters and other ASAO archival sources, interviews with founding or other long-time association members, and their own experiences. The papers were subsequently revised and edited, and a preface has been added to locate this effort in ASAO’s ongoing commitment to document its history. At least one additional paper is in preparation, and more may be added at a later date.
  1.  Preface: Writing ASAO Histories: Preface, by Jan Rensel
  2.  A History of ASAO Sessions: Formats and Topics, by Alexander Mawyer and Alan Howard
  3.  The ASAO Monograph and Book Series, by Margaret Rodman, Andrew Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart-Strathern, Michèle Dominy, Jeannette Mageo, and Rupert Stasch
  4. ASAO Special Publications and Distinguished Lectures, by Lamont Lindstrom
  5. Place Matters: A History of ASAO Meeting Sites, by Michael A. Rynkiewich
  6. Inclusiveness and ASAO Membership Categories, by Juliana Flinn
  7. Jane Goodale and the "Bryn Mawr Mafia": The Origins and Consequences of Including Students in ASAO, by Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi
  8. The Origins and Development of the Pacific Islands Scholars Fund, by Jan Rensel
  9. ASAEO + NEWS = ASAO, by Richard Scaglion
  10. Virtually Initiated: A Personal Account of ASAONET’s Impact on the Life of a Young Anthropologist, by Thorgeir Kolshus
  11. The ASAO Website: A Brief History, 1997–2015, by Alan Howard