Arab American Aesthetics (edited collection) This edited volume takes as its main question, how might we define Arab American Aesthetics? The impetus that undergirds this query is two-fold. First, the field of Arab American Studies contests the idea that Arab Americans and their various art(s) define themselves and their creations based on a set of…
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AMERICAN REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014 Indianapolis, IN JW Marriott Indianapolis Deadline: April 30, 2014 Submissions.mpcaaca.org Topics can include–but are certainly not limited to–any historical or contemporary representation of the Middle East in American popular culture, including sermons, songs, plays, paintings, travel…
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ARAB-AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES 2014 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 3-5, 2014 Indianapolis, IN JW Marriott Indianapolis Deadline: April 30, 2014 Submissions.mpcaaca.org Topics can include–but are certainly not limited to–contemporary expressions of identity via cuisine, literature, media representations, museum displays. Historical case studies of Arab-American culture in the United States…
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These panels are seeking proposals for the 130th annual convention of the Modern Language Association in Vancouver from January 8-11, 2015. Arab-Latin American Literary Encounters: Arab-Latin American literary relations, including Arab diaspora, networks of mutual influence, translation, adaptation, representation in literature and popular culture. 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2014; Tahia Abdel Nasser (tgnasser@aucegypt.edu) and…
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This panel is seeking proposals for the 130th annual convention of the Modern Language Association in Vancouver from January 8-11, 2015. Narrating “Arab Americans”: Reflections on the term and its intersections with history, memory, geography, religion, race, gender, and sexuality in narratives by and about Arab Americans. 250-300 word abstract and CV by 10 March,…
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