Check out AASA member Amira Jarmakani’s new book, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror, fresh off the press via New York University Press. From NYU Press: A curious figure stalks the pages of a distinct subset of mass-market romance novels, aptly called “desert romances.” Animalistic yet sensitive, dark and attractive,…
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The AASA is pleased to announce that member Mejdulene B. Shomali will join the department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as a Postdoctoral Fellow. From the UMBC Postdoctoral Fellows page: Mejdulene B. Shomali received her PhD in American Culture at the University of Michigan. She received her master’s…
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AASA is thrilled to announce that member Charlotte Karem Albrecht will begin a tenure-track position in Arab and Muslim American Studies in the departments of American Culture and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, Albrecht will join AASA board member Evelyn Alsultany in supporting the Arab and Muslim American…
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AASA member Stanley Thangaraj’s new book, Desi Hoop Dreams: Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity is out now via NYU Press! It will make a great addition to Asian American, Arab American, American Studies, and Gender Studies syllabi.
Check out AASA Member Stanley Thangaraj’s latest blog post, “Maddening pleasures, subsequent silences,” on From the Square: The NYU Press Blog. Short Excerpt below: March Madness is just kicking off, and ESPN has already predicted that this year’s tournament will see over $9 billion in bets and gambling. From offices to college campuses, March Madness…
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Check out AASA Member Stanley Thangarj’s blog post “Asian men on TV: Waiting for the (onscreen) kiss,” featured on From the Square: The NYU Press Blog. Excerpted below: Popular culture is one important realm where Asian Americans, along with other communities of color, negotiate and manage the representations of their communities. In particular, visibility in…
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Check out AASA Member Kenneth Habib’s 2013 Interview on Fairuz, featured on Afropop Worldwide. You can read the full text here, or listen below: Kenneth Habib is an Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology, Music Theory, and Music History at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He wrote his PhD dissertation on Fairuz, the…
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AASA members have been busy publishing new academic work, bridging multiple fields of study, and fostering rich interdisciplinary scholarship. Please join us in celebrating AASA members Charlotte Karem Albrecht, Kennith Habib, and Stanley Thangaraj for their recent academic publications! The citations below are available via JSTOR. Albrecht, Charlotte Karem. “Narrating Arab American History: The Peddling…
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AASA board member Randa Kayyali recently published an article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) on Fair Trade and Palestine. Check out the article by clicking on this link.
Students and faculty from the University of Michigan’s Arab and Muslim American Studies program, including (AASA board member Evelyn Alsultany) were recently interviewed by the Huffington Post about discrimination on the UMich campus. Check out the full article by clicking this link.
