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Events

Mar. 25 | Mid-America American Studies Association Conference– Call for Papers
March 25-27, 2010 - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas New Deadline: Jan. 11, 2010

Apr. 1 | Call for Nominations: Standing and Prize Committees
Nominations for ASA Standing and Prize Committees due. For details, click here

May. 20 | 2010 Gabriel Prize
Nominations for 2010 Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in American Studies due

The American Studies Association is the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. Read more about what the ASA does.

FROM THE EDITORS

Call for Nominations: Standing and Prize Committees

The Executive Committee of the American Studies Association invites self-nominations and suggestions for the committee positions listed below. Candidates must be association members and should possess expertise appropriate to the committee’s work. Applications from minorities and women are particularly invited.

Applicants must submit a brief statement outlining their qualifications and experience and a maximum two page vita by email as a Word, Word Perfect, or PDF document in a single attachment. Do not submit length academic resumes.

Letters suggesting or recommending a candidate should also relate the candidate’s experience to the committee’s work. In addition to the letter, nominations must include the nominee’s brief statement outlining his or her qualifications and experience and a maximum two page vita by email as a Word, Word Perfect, or PDF document in a single attachment for each candidate. Do not submit multiple nominations in a single document.

Materials are due on or before April 1, 2010. Send to the Executive Committee, American Studies Association, e-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Standing Committees:

Committee on American Studies Programs and Centers: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current interests, needs, and professional concerns of American Studies departments and programs, and has the responsibility for special tasks involving the association’s institutional membership. Two positions, three-year terms.

Committee on Ethnic Studies: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current activities, interests, and professional concerns affecting Ethnic Studies programs, departments, and scholars; to act as a liaison among association standing committees; to be responsible for liaison with other ethnic studies organizations, and to have responsibility for special tasks involving Ethnic Studies scholars and scholarship. Two positions, three-year terms.

Committee on Graduate Education: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current issues affecting graduate education in American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and other interdisciplinary graduate-level instruction; to act as a liaison between the association and national organizations concerning graduate education in the field, such as, but not limited to, the National Research Council; to act as a liaison among association standing committees on issues concerning graduate education; and shall have responsibility for special tasks involving the association’s institutional members that have Ph.D. and M.A. degree granting programs concerning graduate education. Two positions, three year terms.

Committee on Regional Chapters: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current activities, interests, and needs of the regional chapters; acts as a liaison between the association and the regional chapters; and has responsibility for special tasks involving the association’s regional chapters. Five positions (one each from the Chesapeake, Great Lakes, Hawai’i, Kentucky-Tennessee, and Southern regions), three-year terms. Nominees are also presented by the chapters.

Committee on K-16 Collaboration: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current interests, needs, and professional orientations of K-16 educators involved with American Studies programs or curricula. Two positions, three-year terms.

International Committee: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the issues affecting international scholars and students in the profession and has responsibility for special tasks involving international scholars and students in the membership. International members of the ASA especially are encouraged to apply. Three positions, three-year terms.

Minority Scholars’ Committee: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the issues affecting minority scholars in the profession and has responsibility for special tasks involving minority scholars in the membership. Two positions, three-year terms.

Students’ Committee: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current interests, needs, and orientations of American Studies students. Four positions, two-year terms.

Women’s Committee: Keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the issues affecting women in the profession and has responsibility for special tasks involving women in the membership. Two positions, three-year terms.

Prize Committees (2011):

The Prize Committees for 2011 start work during the fall of the 2010-2011 academic year and complete their work by September 2011.

John Hope Franklin Publication Prize Committee: Selects the best-published book in American Studies submitted each year to the Committee by authors and publishers. Three positions, one-year terms.

Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize Committee: Selects a person for the best-published first book in American Studies that highlights the intersections of race with gender, class, sexuality and/or nation. Three positions, one-year terms.

Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize Committee: Selects the best completed dissertation in American Studies submitted to the Committee by graduate programs in American Studies, American Ethnic Studies, and American Women’s Studies. Three positions, one-year terms.

Published on March 12, 2010 by ASASTAFF.

Results of the 2010 ASA Election

The voting in the 2010 ASA Election is now completed. The following members have been elected to three-year terms that shall last from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2013.

President-Elect: Priscilla Wald, Duke University

Council:

Evelyn Alsultany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jennifer Doyle, University of California, Riverside
Robert Lee, Brown University
Nayan Shah, University of California, San Diego
Cynthia Young, Boston College

Student Councilor: Sarah Melton, Emory University

Nominating Committee:

Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Meredith Raimondo , Oberlin College

The Council extends its appreciation to all those who agreed to run for office, congratulates the new leaders of the Association, and wishes them success in their undertakings over the next three years.

The Council also extends its gratitude to those who are completing their term of service.

The councilors whose terms expire on June 30, 2010 include Carolyn T. de la Peña, University of California, Davis; Philip J. Deloria, past president, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Roderick Ferguson, University of Minnesota; Alvina Quintana, University of Delaware; Carisa Worden, student councilor, New York University; and Henry Yu, University of British Columbia.

The Nominating Committee members whose terms expire on June 30, 2010 are María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, New York University and John Howard, King’s College, University of London.

Published on March 11, 2010 by John F Stephens.

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WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY

DEADLINE EXTENDED: CFP, “American Empire in the Age of Globalization,” Abstracts due March 19th

We have extended the deadline for abstracts for our upcoming graduate conference on “American Empire in the Age of Globalization.” Please send 250-500 word abstracts to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by March 19th. The conference will be at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY on April 23-24. Our keynote speaker will be Donald Pease.

Published in Students Committee on 3/08/10 by Matthew Brophy.