AASA Member Stanley L. Thangaraj has a new publication out: Asian American Sporting Cultures. Edited by Stanley I. Thangaraj, Constancio Arnaldo, and Christina B. Chin Foreword by J. Jack Halberstam Afterword by Lisa Lowe From the NYU Press Website: Asian American Sporting Cultures delves into the American sports arena to explore the long history of Asian…
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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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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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ASA member Michael Malek Najjar has a new book out from McFarland Press, titled Arab American Drama, Film and Performance: A Critical Study, 1908 to the Present. From the McFarland Press website: About the Book Beginning with early Arab American playwright, poet and novelist Kahlil Gibran and concluding with contemporary playwright Yussef El Guindi, this…
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Check out AASA member Amira Jarmakani’s new book, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror, fresh off the press via New York University Press. From NYU Press: A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive,…
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Check out AASA Member Stanley Thangarj’s blog post “Asian men on TV: Waiting for the (onscreen) kiss,” featured on From the Square: The NYU Press Blog. Excerpted below: Popular culture is one important realm where Asian Americans, along with other communities of color, negotiate and manage the representations of their communities. In particular, visibility in…
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Check out AASA Member Kenneth Habib’s 2013 Interview on Fairuz, featured on Afropop Worldwide. You can read the full text here, or listen below: Kenneth Habib is an Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology, Music Theory, and Music History at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He wrote his PhD dissertation on Fairuz, the…
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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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