Arab American Studies Association 2020/2022.0 Conference: The Politics of Refusal and Impossibility in Arab American Studies AASA 2022.0 welcome: Welcome to the postponed, re/planned iteration of AASA 2020. Just days after I wrote the welcome letter for AASA 2020, we started to receive news of COVID-19 and its potential to become a global pandemic. In…
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The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies just released at the Khayrallah Center, Turath, a path-breaking virtual exhibit that maps the rich mosaic of early Arab American culture through music, literature, poetry, art, performance, and journalism. Coinciding with the centenary of al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyya, Turath offers a broad and momentous collection of material culture, for general interest…
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New Documentary–The Romey Lynchings The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is committed to preserve and share the history of the Lebanese in America. As part of this effort, The Khayrallah Center just released a new documentary–The Romey Lynchings–to the Center’s YouTube channel so that it will be accessible for free to faculty, students and…
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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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