Call for Papers Mellon Emerging Scholars Conference “Creating Diverse and Inclusive Communities” Thanks to generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Queens College has undertaken a three-year project led by faculty and students to advance understanding and formulate plans of action that foster diversity and inclusion in urban communities and higher education. As part…
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TRAINING TO ENGAGED TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH: PROPOSAL WRITING AND RESEARCH DESIGN SEMINARS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR JUNIOR FACULTY IN EGYPTIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES FALL 2016 – SPRING 2018 ARAB FAMILIES WORKING GROUP http://arabfamilies.org Lead Presenter: Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 15, 2016 DATE FIRST SEMINAR: October 13, 14, 15, 2016 LOCATION FIRST…
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International Workshop, 12 – 13 December 2016 Date: 12 – 13 December 2016 Venue: Orient-Institut Beirut This workshop aims at shedding light on the transnational dynamics in which Arab left-wing trends have been embedded, especially during the 1960-70s, the glorious period of left-wing revolutionary movements throughout the world, in one word: the Tri-Continent moment. The radical left…
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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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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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The Board of the Arab American Studies Association (AASA) would like to invite interested current AASA members to run for election to fill two open positions on the AASA Board. One position is for a Member-at-Large, and one is for Secretary. The term for Member-at-Large is two years, and will run from November 2015 to…
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The Palestinian American Research Center is pleased to announce this year’s fellowship competitions, which offer excellent opportunities for scholars to do research on Palestine and for professors not familiar with Palestine to make their first visit there. Please see the detailed information and links to our website below. http://parc-us-pal.org Call for Applications PARC is pleased…
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The AASA Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new feature of the AASA website: Arab American Studies Directory of Scholars. This directory is populated by scholars and researchers whose work aligns with the objectives of the Arab American Studies Association: “to stimulate academic research in Arab American Studies and advance the study of…
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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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