The Department of American Studies & Ethnicity, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, California, is seeking to hire a part-time or full-time lecturer able to teach American Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies and/or Latina/o Studies during the 2016-2017 Academic Year. American Studies…
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The English Program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn is seeking to hire a lecturer in American Literature. The job announcement and application procedures can be found here: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/126366/leo_lecturer_iii How to Apply Interested candidates are asked to apply online to this posting and send a CV, cover letter, and at least three references to: Elisa Madrigal,…
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2017 Conference The Middle East and North African Migration Studies in a Time of Crisis The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies will host an international conference—titled The Stakes of Middle East and North Africa Migration Studies—at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) on April 21 & 22, 2017. This conference will consider the…
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Call for Conference Papers: Rethinking Media Through the Middle East Organized by the Media Studies Program at the American University of Beirut and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences American University of Beirut January 12 & 13, 2017 Within the field of media studies, Middle Eastern media is often treated as a domain of…
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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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The Arab American National Museum (AANM) cordially invites you to our 11th annual Arab Film Festival (AFF), which kicks off June 3rd-12th! The AFF is part of the larger Cinetopia International Film Festival, so we’re a festival inside of a festival. This year’s lineup is bigger and better than ever! The AFF will showcases 8 Arab &…
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Professorship in Migration and Integration pursuant to Section 98 of the Austrian Universities Act UG 2002 Donau-Universität Krems, Austria Job Description: The advertised professorship belongs to the Department for Migration and Globalization at the Faculty of Business and Globalization. The Department for Migration and Globalization is engaged in research into the influence of migrations on…
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Dr. Evelyn Alsultnay was recently featured on NPR discussing representations of Muslim women in television. Check out the interview by clicking the link below: “In 2015, TV Broke Ground By Showing Relatable Women in Hijab,” Interview by Neda Ulaby, NPR, January 1, 2016.
Please join us in congratulating AASA board member Evelyn Alsultany for publishing three new articles this spring. Mabrouk, Dr. Alsultany! “Reclaiming Identity Online: An Interview with Evelyn Alsultany, Jane Abell, American Anthropologist, Vol. 118, Issue 1, March 2016, 161-165, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.12518/epdf “Representations of Arabs, Muslims, and Iranians in an Era of Complex Characters and Storylines,” Film Criticism Journal,…
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Type: Call for Papers Date: May 10, 2016 Location: Qatar Subject Fields: Arabic History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Literature, Middle East History / Studies, Popular Culture Studies Transcultural Identity Constructions in a Changing Arab World Edited volume by Eid Mohamed and Ayman El-Desouky Introduction: The idea of this edited volume starts from the…
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