Would you be interested in contributing to scientific knowledge about Arab Muslims by participating in a survey? Our goal is to learn about the cultural, identity, and discrimination experiences of Arab Muslims in the United States. If you… Are age 18 or older Are currently in school Are currently living in the United States Identify…
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AASA Roundtable proposal for MESA 2016 Boston, MA, Nov. 17-20. Roundtable Title: “US Presidential Elections: Assessing Arab American Positionalities” As has been the case for the previous 3 or 4 Presidential election cycles, Arabs, Muslims, and other Middle Eastern communities living in the U.S. have been the focus of debate questions, inflammatory rhetoric, and national…
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Job Vacancy: Associate Editor Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research Location: Beirut, Lebanon Application Deadline: Sunday, January 24, 2016 Type of contract: Full-time Starting date: Monday, February 1, 2016 Overview of the position: The…
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Call for Papers for The Gender and Sexuality of Borders and Margins The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies invites feminist scholars working in any discipline or interdisciplinary area in the interpretive social sciences and humanities to submit area-specific manuscripts on any topic related to the theme of The Gender and Sexuality of Borders and Margins. Manuscripts may address…
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Check out Terri Ginsberg’s latest post at Mondoweiss, “Valentino’s Ghost makes comeback after 4 years of suppression.” Excerpt: In the years since the first U.S. bombing of Iraq more than two decades ago, Arab Americans have been producing films that confront the negative portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in Hollywood…
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Congratulations to AASA member Dr. Sarah Gualtieri of the University of Southern California for winning a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Gualtieri’s grant is for her project “Syrian Migrants in Southern California, 1880-1945,” which is a book-length study of Syrian migration to Southern California, 1880-1945, based on archival work and…
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Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum (GAAM) Sessions at the MLA! Below you can find the listing of the first ever sessions organized by the Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum (GAAM) at the 2016 MLA convention in Austin, TX. Hope to see you there! Politics of Solidarities and Cross-Racial Alliances Friday, 8…
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By Louise Cainkar President, Arab American Studies Association Associate Professor, Marquette University Arab American Studies is a strong and growing group of interdisciplinary scholars. Whether our work is about the historical, literary, political, or current social conditions, we have much to contribute to matters of public debate because we are driven by knowledge and the…
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Democratizing Knowledge/Mellon Summer Institute Just Academic Spaces: Creating New Publics through Radical Literacies Syracuse University, 13–18 June 2016 The DK/Mellon 2016 Summer Institute will bring together faculty, advanced doctoral students, and activist-scholars from the humanities and social sciences across the US to examine the current state of US higher education; explore productive…
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The University of Massachusetts Press is offering a 30% discount on AASA Member Susan Muaddi Darraj’s new book, A Curious Land, until December 31st. It is a collection of short stories which won the 2014 Grace Paley Award for Fiction. To place orders: Order online or by phone (800-537-5487). To receive a special 30% discount…
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