Re-Posted from MLA Members for Justice in Palestine: MLA 2017 Call for Papers, Panels and Palestine Looking for MLA 2017 panels to submit Palestine-related papers? Below is a selection of CFPs on topics that might include papers related to Palestine, BDS, settler colonialism, apartheid, dispossession, transnational justice, orientalism, etc. Deadlines for submission of paper abstracts are…
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Please take note: these CFPs were arranged by the Global Arab and Arab American forum at the MLA for the 2017 convention. Beyond Bounds: The Refugee in Global Arab/Arab American Studies. Interrogating concepts of cosmopolitanism, exile, globality through the figure of the Arab refugee across historical/epistemic/disciplinary/geographical boundaries. 250-word abstracts and bios by 15 March to Pauline Homsi Vinson at…
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Dear Friends and Colleagues, As you know, the Khayrallah Center is dedicated to documenting and preserving the history of the Lebanese community in the US. Over the past six years we have gathered oral histories and historical material to produce the first documentary about the Lebanese in NC. We were fortunate to have been able…
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Enjoy a fun Arabic and Egyptian cultural experience for high school students. Immerse yourself in Egyptian culture and get credit for it! Complete the online application by visiting http://bit.ly/1RFxNKY , selecting New Applicant and Selecting New applicants applying for the Arabic Language and Culture Program Program Features • Intensive, five-day per week Arabic program through…
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An Exploration of Coping with Childhood Sexual Abuse of Arab American Women We invite female survivors of childhood sexual abuse who are from Arabic ancestry, between 18-40, sexually abused before turning 18 years old, and read and speak English to participate in a research study about Arab-American women’s experience of being a survivor of childhood…
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AASA member Stacy Fahrenthold has published a new article, “Former Ottomans in the ranks: pro-Entente military recruitment among Syrians in the Americas, 1916–18″ in the current issue of the Journal of Global History. Using the press writings and memoirs of Syrian American recruiters and immigrant enlistees, the article tracks the enlistment process that led an estimate 10,000 Syrian…
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AASA President Louise Cainkar was nominated to run for the MESA Nominating Committee. If you are a member of MESA, please consider casting a vote for Louise. She is in a position to raise the profile of Arab Americanist scholars within this larger organization. The deadline to vote is March 18th. http://mesana.org/elections/2016-nominating-committee-election.html
Call for Proposals: Islam of the Global West A New Book Series by Bloomsbury Press Islam of the Global West is a pioneering series that examines Islamic beliefs, practices, discourses, communities, and instituions that have emerged from ‘the Global West.’ The geographical and intellectual framing of the Global West reflects both the role played by…
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This post introduces readers to the rich resources of the Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center at the Arab American National Museum, a research destination for Arab American scholars. Interested in visiting the collections yourself? Apply for the Museum’s 2016 Evelyn Abdalah Menconi Travel Grant. The Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Mich. –…
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Call for Abstracts After the Uprisings: Political, Economic, and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa 31 May 2016 – Edinburgh Deadline for submissions: 29 February 2016 The Call For Papers is available to view here: http://www.arabtrans.eu/edinburgh-conference-2016/ Please send an abstract (max. 300 words) to p01kv4@abdn.ac.uk. Important Dates Paper titles and abstracts…
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