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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US premiere of Scenes From 71* Years offers epic snapshot of Palestinian life under occupation Award-winning Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil returns to Golden Thread Productions for her first full-length US production. Monday, March 4, San Francisco, CA — Golden Thread Productions, the first American theatre company devoted to plays from or about the Middle East,…
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The 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program competition is now open! A complete list of opportunities available in the region can be found in our Catalog of Awards. Highlights from the 34 awards offered in the Middle East and North Africa include: Featured Awards– Egypt: American University of Cairo– Jordan: All Disciplines – Qatar: All Disciplines – Morocco: All Disciplines Multi-country Awards– Middle East and North Africa Regional…
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The Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS) is happy to announce that its 2019 Book Award competition is open. Details can be found on the AMEWS website here:http://amews.org/amews-book-award/ Eligible books must have been published in 2018 and must be on a topic of relevance for women’s, gender, sexuality and feminist studies in the Middle…
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