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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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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Call for Panel Proposals The Executive Committee of the Global Arab and Arab American Forum welcomes proposals for panels that we could sponsor at the 2016 MLA convention in Austin, TX. We welcome ideas for panel topics related to the forum’s focus on cultural and literary production by global Arab and Arab American writers, artists,…
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2015 Kahlil Gibran “Spirit of Humanity” Awards Gala Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert Street, NW Washington, DC 5:30 Reception | 6:30 Gala Please be sure to mark your calendar for the Arab American Institute Foundation’s Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards Gala. Our annual black-tie dinner honors individuals and organizations whose…
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ARAB/MUSLIM AMERICAN AND WOMEN’S STUDIES The University of Michigan’s Departments of American Culture and Women’s Studies seek qualified applications for an open rank tenure-track or tenured appointment in Arab and Muslim American studies. Candidates with scholarly expertise and teaching interests using feminist approaches to Arab and Muslim American studies (such as frameworks of race, gender,…
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One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor, Ethnic American Literatures The English Department at Syracuse University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professorship, starting in fall semester of 2014. The candidate should have a PhD in hand, a commitment to teaching excellence, and a research specialization in U.S. ethnic literatures (African American, Native American, Asian American, Latino,…
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My name is Stacy Holden, and I am an Associate Professor of History at Purdue University. I will be editing an anthology on American Representations of the Middle East and North Africa, and one chapter (of ten) will focus exclusively on Arab-American writing on the Arab world. This is not my forte, and I am seeking…
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