The American Studies Association is the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history.

Chartered in 1951, the American Studies Association now has 5,000 individual members along with 2,200 library and other institutional subscribers.

* Together these members represent many fields of inquiry, such as history, literature, religion, art and architecture, philosophy, music, science, folklore, ethnic studies, anthropology, material culture, museum studies, sociology, government, communications, education, library science, gender studies, popular culture, and others.

* They include persons concerned with American culture, such as teachers, researchers, and other professionals whose interests extend beyond their specialty; faculty and students associated with American Studies programs in universities, colleges and secondary schools; museum directors and librarians interested in all segments of American life; public officials and administrators concerned with the broadest aspects of education.

* They approach American culture from many directions but have in common the desire to view America as a whole rather than from the perspective of a single discipline. Read more about what the ASA does.

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FROM THE EDITORS

Call for Proposals: Change and Power: Comparative US-Japan Perspectives

The American Studies Association and the Japanese Association for American Studies, with support from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUFSC), are pleased to announce a competition open to ASA members (U.S. citizens). We plan to select two ASA delegates for participation in the annual JAAS conference to be held June 5-6, 2010, at Osaka University, Japan. We invite proposals for workshops at the 2010 conference of the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS), with the participation of ASA delegates, and for two post-conference pro-seminars: I. “Change and Reconciliation” and II. “Cultural Strategies in Time of Change: Minority-Majority Relations. Due October 1, 2009.

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Published on June 13, 2009 by John F Stephens.

American Studies Journals: A Directory of Worldwide Resources

http://www.theasa.net/journals

This website provides scholars with a one-stop shop for the latest research published in American studies journals throughout the world. Organized by the International Initiative of the American Studies Association and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this site is the outcome of a collaboration between numerous journal editors around the world.

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Published on June 11, 2009 by John F Stephens.

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WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY

Call for Papers—Exploring Childhood Studies, A Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers—Exploring Childhood Studies, A Graduate Student Conference
Department of Childhood Studies
Rutgers University, Camden

Published in Children and Youth Studies Caucus on 6/15/09 by William Bush.

Symposium What’s Modern about American Art, 1900-1930? June 19-20, 2009 Chicago and Milwaukee

Featuring both established scholars and new voices in the field of
American art and visual culture, this two-day, two-city symposium will
address the question of American modernism. Through an innovative,
interactive format consisting of a series of brief “keyword” talks, panel
discussions, and exhibition gallery talks, the many manifestations of
American modernism in progressive painting and design between 1900 and the
early 1930s will be investigated. Sample keywords include museums,
transatlantic, realism, and authenticity, among others. Pulitzer Prize
winning historian Michael Kammen will deliver the keynote lecture, “Visual
Culture in Progressive America: Anomalies and Achievements.“

The symposium coincides with two exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum
(MAM): The Eight and American Modernisms, organized by the Terra
Foundation for American Art (TFAA) in collaboration with the New Britain
Museum of American Art and MAM; and The Artistic Furniture of Charles
Rohlfs, organized by MAM, the Chipstone Foundation, and American
Decorative Art 1900 Foundation (ADA1900). The symposium is being convened
by TFAA in collaboration with MAM and ADA1900.

For more information or to register, call 312.654.2278 or visit
http://terraamericanart.org/modernism-symposium.

Published in Visual Culture / Art History Caucus on 5/29/09 by Elizabeth Hutchinson.