2017 Conference The Middle East and North African Migration Studies in a Time of Crisis The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies will host an international conference—titled The Stakes of Middle East and North Africa Migration Studies—at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) on April 21 & 22, 2017. This conference will consider the…
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Call for Conference Papers: Rethinking Media Through the Middle East Organized by the Media Studies Program at the American University of Beirut and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences American University of Beirut January 12 & 13, 2017 Within the field of media studies, Middle Eastern media is often treated as a domain of…
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2017 Conference The Middle East and North African Migration Studies in a Time of Crisis The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies will host an international conference—titled The Stakes of Middle East and North Africa Migration Studies—at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) on April 21 & 22, 2017. This conference…
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IJMES Special Issue: Forced Displacement and Refugees Guest editor Dawn Chatty with IJMES editors Akram Khater and Jeffrey Culang Forced migration has come to be the defining feature of the contemporary Middle East, a region that is both the source of and host to some of the largest forcibly displaced populations in the world. In…
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The Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University announces a call for papers for our upcoming symposium Listening In: Sonic Interventions in the Middle East and North Africa May 13, 2016 At the historic five-year mark of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa region, this interdisciplinary symposium tackles the intersections of culture, politics,…
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AASA member Linda Jacobs new book, Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City, 1880-1900, is now available from Kalimah Press. You can purchase a copy either on Amazon and or on the publisher’s website. The author will sign all books ordered directly from the publisher, and if anyone orders five or…
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The Moise Khayrallah Lebanese Diaspora Studies Prize recognizes outstanding scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on Lebanese migration and diasporas. Two prizes are given annually. The first prize, in the amount of $1000, is awarded to an established scholar. The second prize, in the amount of $500, is awarded to a graduate student. Submissions are now being accepted for…
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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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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brMSeUhZDgo] On May 5th, 2005, the Arab American National Museum opened its doors for the very first time. Celebrate 10 years with us by becoming a Member today. Student/Senior 59+/Educator $35 Individual Membership $45 Family $75 Museum Supporter $125 Patron $250 Benefactor $500 AANMbassador $1,000 Corporate $2,000 Community Pillar $5,000 Review the detailed descriptions of Membership…
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By Akram Khater and Rachel Norman As recently as 2011, Arab American scholar Steven Salaita stated that Arab American Studies is not yet a field. Rather, Salaita suggests, Arab American Studies should be considered an “emerging subject.”[1] As we write this inaugural blog post, we can’t help but wonder if this statement is still…
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