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Two CFPs for MLA: Global Arab Texts and their Publics (due March 13, 2015) & Politics of Solidarities and Cross Racial Alliances (due March 15, 2015)

February 16, 2015

The Global Arab and Arab American MLA Forum invites proposals for the following two panels at the MLA convention in Austin, Texas (Jan 7-10, 2016) Global Arab Texts and their Publics Displaced writers. Deterritorialized texts. How do recent Arab émigré/exiled/refugee writers and their publics redefine the global? Role of gender, religion, language, literary economies. 250-word abstracts, bios…
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RIP Dr. Naseer Aruri

February 16, 2015

The AASA mourns the loss of Professor Naseer Aruri, Chancellor Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Aruri was a leader in the field of Middle East Studies and Arab American Studies. Please see this link for his obituary on the UMass Dartmouth Website. The UMass Press Release is also pasted below:…
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Who Are We and Where Are We Going?: A Critical Look at Arab American Studies

February 2, 2015

By Akram Khater and Rachel Norman   As recently as 2011, Arab American scholar Steven Salaita stated that Arab American Studies is not yet a field. Rather, Salaita suggests, Arab American Studies should be considered an “emerging subject.”[1] As we write this inaugural blog post, we can’t help but wonder if this statement is still…
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Travel Grants for Research at the Arab American National Museum

January 30, 2015

Call for Proposals Now Open for 2nd Annual Travel Grant 2015 Evelyn Abdalah Menconi Travel Grant Support for researchers to visit and use the collections at the Arab American National Museum’s Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center The Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center at the Arab American National Museum is accepting applications…
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CFP: Arab American Studies Roundtable at MESA 2016

January 28, 2015

This is a call to the interested for talking about the state of Arab American activism and advocacy. Please keep in mind the approaching deadline on Feb 12. Roundtable Recent scholarship on Arab/Arab American activism, in addition to undocumented vast experiences of immigrant activists, established the roots and span of collective advocacy by the Syrian and…
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Help us Promote AASA News!

January 20, 2015

The AASA is excited to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website! In the coming weeks we will roll out some new features, including a regular blog (written by members, for members), a directory of scholars in Arab American studies, and a teaching resources database. Help us promote YOU! A new feature that we…
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New Group: MLA Members for Justice in Palestine

January 20, 2015

If you are a member of MLA, please visit the new MLA Commons website, register, and join the new Group MLA Members for Justice in Palestine. If you are not a member of MLA, you can also follow develops by joining the MLA Members for Justice in Palestine Facebook group.  MLA Members for Justice in…
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CFP: “The Critical Turn: Historical & Contemporary Formations in Ethnic Studies” at Cal Poly Pomona (due Jan 30, 2015)

January 20, 2015

“The Critical Turn: Historical and Contemporary Formations in Ethnic Studies” Friday, April 10, 2015 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona As the final installation of a two-year long program series, “The World in Motion,” The Critical Turn: Historical and Contemporary Formations in Ethnic Studies will examine how both the local and global has reshaped the re/production…
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CFP for MESA: “Who’s Arab? Where’s America?: Interrogating ‘Arab American.'” (due Jan 30, 2015)

January 20, 2015

CFP: Who’s Arab? Where’s America?: Interrogating “Arab American” Middle East Studies Association, November 21-24, 2015, Denver The boundaries of Arab American studies have always been fluid. As a relatively young field of inquiry, researchers and scholars from a variety of backgrounds and approaches have been welcomed into the discipline. Sometimes the scholarship has included work…
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Nominations sought for the MLA forum CLCS: Global Arab and Arab American (due Jan 26, 2015)

January 20, 2015

Nominations sought for the MLA forum CLCS: Global Arab and Arab American The Global Arab and Arab American Forum is seeking to fill two positions on its Executive Committee during the 2015 elections. One is a replacement position extending from Jan. 11, 2016 to the close of the Jan. 2020 convention (a four-year term). The…
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