If you are a member of the MLA, please cast your vote for one of the two nominated candidates in each of the two available positions on the Global Arab and Arab American Executive Committee (GAAM). If you are not a member but know someone who is, please help spread the word! Deadline for voting:…
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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 www.aucegypt.edu/sce and selecting New Applicant Program Features Intensive, five-day per week Arabic program through AUC’s Department of Arabic Language Instruction Flexible schedule that includes visits to touristic…
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New Book Wins AWP Grace Paley Award for Fiction; New from UMass Press The 2014 winner of the Grace Paley Award is A Curious Land, by Susan Muaddi Darraj. This short story collection about the inhabitants of a Palestinian West Bank village, Tel al-Hilou, spans generations and continents to explore ideas of memory, belonging, connection,…
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Call for Papers, March 1, 2016 Late Identity: Outlasting the premises of identity in critical ethnic studies For better or worse, identity has been a dominant preoccupation in ethnic studies, and persists in critical ethnic studies. However, identity is often used in ways that present significant theoretical, methodological, and political problems which – if unaddressed –…
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The Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University announces a call for papers for our upcoming symposium Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa May 13, 2016 At the historic five-year mark of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa region, this interdisciplinary symposium tackles the intersections of culture, politics,…
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AASA – American Studies Association Board Meeting (board members only) Saturday, November 21, 3-4 pm, PC-Plaza Court 7 AASA – American Studies Association Business Meeting (open to the public) Saturday, November 21, 4-5 pm, PC-Plaza Court 5 R4057] Ethnic Minority or White? Social and Economic Lives of Arab Americans (Sunday, 11/22/15 11:00am) According to federal…
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Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for the inaugural post-doctoral fellowship in Palestinian Studies. The position is for one year, with the possibility of renewal to a maximum of two years. The fellowship is part of the ongoing initiative, New Directions in Palestinian Studies, which seeks to critically explore and facilitate innovative lines…
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Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Social Justice Initiative University of Illinois at Chicago The Social Justice Initiative (SJI) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship as part of the 2016-2017 Sawyer Seminar on “Geographies of Justice: A Scholarly and Public Dialogue Series about the Contested…
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ethnic American Literatures and Cultural Productions The University of Oregon’s English Department, in collaboration with the Ethnic Studies Department, invites applications for a 2016-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ethnic American Literatures and Cultural Productions. Applicants should have a demonstrated pedagogical and scholarly investment in the study of race and…
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From Linda Jacobs: Dear fellow AASA Members: I am pleased to offer you a complimentary desk copy of my new book, Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City, 1880-1900. It is the first ethnography of this important center of the Arab diaspora in America, and tells the story of its inhabitants, their origins,…
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