As the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 continues to register mounting deaths worldwide, the Arab American Studies Association (AASA) denounces all forms of racism and racial capitalism that render migrants, communities of color, and occupied people everywhere more vulnerable to the illness and to its economic aftermath. The metaphor of contagion has…
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Dear AASA 2020 participants, Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on our communities, we have decided to cancel the online version of the conference originally scheduled for April 3-5, 2020, and postpone the entire conference until sometime in the 2020-2021 academic year when we can reconvene. See our statement on COVID-19 here. As soon as it…
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A message from the Arab American Studies Association secretary, Keith Feldman: Greetings, What a year. What a month. 2020 cannot come soon enough… It’s already time to start planning the Arab American Studies Association’s presence at the 2020 meeting of the American Studies Association. As you may know, the conference will be held in Baltimore…
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Check out this important article written by past AASA President, Louise Cainkar, published in Religion and Politics. “Yemenis are not a population well known to Americans, making it important to highlight the stories of the thousands denied family reunification immigrant visas and to contextualize their plight within their long history in the U.S.”
Please join us at the joint reception and book celebration at the annual Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting. We will be celebrating the contributions of Arab American Studies scholars Michelle Hartman and Camilla Pastor. See you Saturday, November 16 in New Orleans! See attached .pdf file for more.
2020 Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarships 23rd Anniversary! Join the 81 previous recipients! Award Amount: $2,500.00 Purpose: To honor Arab-American students who excel in Media Studies.Eligibility: College students enrolled in the 2020-2021 academic year; Juniors, Seniors and Graduate School students who are majoring in Journalism, Radio, Television, and/or Film. Applicants: Hard copy applications only. Send…
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The Politics of Refusal and Impossibility in Arab American Studies Arab American Studies Association 2020 Triennial ConferenceApril 3rd-5th, 2020San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA The Arab American Studies Association invites panel, paper, and roundtable proposals for its 2020 triennial conference on the theme of the politics of refusal and impossibility, to be held at San…
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The University of Michigan’s Department of American Culture seeks qualified applicants for an open-rank tenure-track faculty appointment in AMERICAN STUDIES/ETHNIC STUDIES. The ideal candidate will possess cross-cutting interests and could teach topical courses aligned with Native American and Indigenous studies, and/or Arab American Studies. Find out more here: https://lsa.umich.edu/ac/people/job-openings.html?fbclid=IwAR2Gfl667gSQR89olgbaoiFR6kjLLtRtZ9NHa9sDrK-JbQXM9tfgNKfXImY
The Arab American Studies Association invites panel and paper proposals for its 2020 triennial conference on the theme of the politics of refusal and impossibility, to be held at San Diego State University on April 3rd-5th, 2020. Drawing inspiration from our meeting in Southern California, the conference will attend to questions related to the im/permeability…
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In celebration of International Women’s Day, I am writing to share with you our launch of the Pioneers and Leaders HUB. The Hub was launched by the Women as Partners in Progress (WPP) Project, within the Gibran Chair for Values and Peace at the University of Maryland. It is a knowledge center about Arab women…
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