Announcements

There’s a lot of good stuff on MLA’s schedule. If you’ll be in New York check out these panels on Arab, Arab American, and Arab diasporic literature: 63 Latin America and the Arab World 104 Edward Said’s Culture and Imperialism at Twenty-Five 163 Speculative Futures in Arab(ic) Literature 361 Insecurity and Dissent in Middle Eastern…
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The American Sociological Association will have 2 panels on Arab Americans–see below for details. If you would like to submit, paper submissions are due 1/11/18 midnight EST. More information here. Panel Details: 1] Regular Session: Arabs and Arab Americans Open call. 2] Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Section Session: Feeling Race: Arabs and Muslims in the United States…
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Scholar Diane Yoong is seeking interview subjects who identify as Asian living the US, women, gender non-conforming, intersex, and/or trans who are 40 years old and older. If you are interested or think you might know someone who would be interested, more information can be found here: https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/call-for-participants-where-are-the-asians-queering-the-archives

The Department of Language, Culture, and Communication, Modern and Classical Languages at University of Michigan Dearborn, invites applications for a tenure-track, associate professor Arabic faculty position, starting September 1, 2018. Note: Consideration will be given to advanced assistant professors with high-level research achievements and qualifications. Funding for this position has been approved.The Department of Language, Culture,…
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From “Mjaddarah” to “Fatti de Luxe”: Food and Middle Eastern Diasporas Location: Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina Date: April 5-7th, 2018   Details about the conference and requirements for paper proposal submissions are provided through the link below. The conference is co-hosted by Dr. Akram Khater…
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The Arab American Studies Association (AASA) is accepting applications for travel stipends to attend the 2017 American Studies Association (ASA) conference in Chicago (November 9 – 12). AASA will award up to three (3) travel stipends to qualified graduate students, adjunct faculty, and/or independent researchers. The Award Travel stipends of up to $250 will be…
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We have one more travel grant for $250 to award so we’re extending the deadline–if you want it, apply TODAY. Instructions for application are here: AASA travel stipend_2017.