Call for Proposals Now Open for 6th Annual Travel Grant 2019 Evelyn Abdalah Menconi Travel Grant Support for researchers to visit and use the collections at the Arab American National Museum’s Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center The Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center at the Arab American National Museum is accepting applications…
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From the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD): 1st Annual Summer Data Immersion program Ann Arbor, Michigan: June 10-13, 2019 Applications are open for the 1st annual Summer Data Immersion program hosted by the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD), to be held June 10-13, 2019 at the University…
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Congratulations to Kristine Ajrouch, Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University, on winning two new National Institute of Aging (NIA) and one Michigan Health Endowment Foundation (MHEF) funded projects on Arab Americans and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about each of these projects below: Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD) Funded by the…
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The Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD), a National Institute on Aging funded Alzheimer’s Disease-related Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (AD-RCMAR), announces a research career enrichment program involving seminar participation and mentoring in AD-relevant research. We invite applications from those interested in enhancing their knowledge of contextual factors in Alzheimer’s disease…
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New releases in Critical Arab American Studies from Syracuse University Press Breaking Broken English: Black-Arab Literary Solidarities and the Politics of Language Michelle Hartman Paper $34.95 Hardcover $70.00 Ebook available “Hartman deftly analyzes Arab American work with Black Studies as a critical lens, offering radical reading strategies that fundamentally shift how we understand Arab American…
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Greetings, Arab American Studies Association community, Are you making plans to attend the American Studies Association 2019 Annual Meeting in Honolulu? Are you part of a session that contributes to the field of Arab American Studies? The Board is soliciting proposals from you, our members, to have your session sponsored. As an organization affiliated with…
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Register now for a webinar on the Racial Identity Construction of Arab American College Students on January 30th via the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE). This session will investigate the issues surrounding the U.S. Census categorization of Arab Americans as “White” We’re not White: Racial Identity Construction of Arab American…
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The American Sociological Association is calling for papers on Arabs and Arab Americans. Submission closes on Thursday, January 9, 2019 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Sociological research on Arabs and Arab Americans. Papers that focus on the impacts of US government policies or ongoing racism on Arabs or Arabs Americans are especially welcome. Papers that examine…
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AASA is hosting a joint reception with the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies. Awards will be handed out and refreshments will be served, so please plan to join us! Saturday, November 17, 2018 Casa Rio (on the Riverwalk) 430 E. Commerce St. 8:30 – 11:00 PM
