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Events

Jan. 26 | 2010 Annual Meeting
Proposals for the 2010 annual meeting due

Mar. 1 | 2010 Franklin Prize
Nominations for 2010 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize for the best-published book in American Studies due

Mar. 1 | 2010 Romero Prize
Nominations for 2010 Lora Romero Publication Prize for the best-published first book 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.

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

Crisis, Chains, and Change: American Studies for the 21st Century,” Nov 18-21, 2010, San Antonio, TX

The 2010 ASA Program Committee invites colleagues in American Studies and all related disciplines to submit proposals for individual papers, entire sessions, presentations, performances, films, roundtables, workshops, conversations, or alternative formats described below on any topic dealing with American cultures, including topics in disciplines that have been under-represented in American Studies research and teaching.

Proposals must be submitted through the ASA’s online submission system http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/theasa/theasa10/index.php? The online submission site will open on December 1, 2009. Deadline for submission of proposals is 11:59 PM (Pacific) on January 26, 2010.

Published on November 20, 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.

Published on November 18, 2009 by John F Stephens.

More From the Editors

WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY

NYU Press: North American Religions Series

Published in Religion and American Culture Caucus on 11/17/09 by Matthew Hedstrom.

CALL FOR PAPERS—Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas, Volume III

A new publication opportunity for graduate students studying American art and visual culture. Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas is an annual publication produced by graduate students affiliated with the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico.

Deadline for Submissions: January 16, 2010

Published in Visual Culture / Art History Caucus on 11/09/09 by Catherine Zuromskis.

A Great American Thing: A Symposium in Honor of Wanda Corn

November 13 and 14, 2009

Please join us for a weekend celebrating Wanda Corn, the Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita in Art History. During her nearly thirty-year tenure at Stanford, Professor Corn not only reshaped the field of American art history but served a term as Director of the Stanford Humanities Center and another as Acting Director of the Stanford Museum (now called the Cantor Arts Center). This free, two-day symposium, led by friends and the many art historians she trained, honors her scholarship, her pedagogy and her countless contributions to both art history and the university.

http://art.stanford.edu/news-events/events-calendar/view/482/?date=2009-11-13

Sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History

All events are free and open to the public.

No registration or tickets are required.

Published in Visual Culture / Art History Caucus on 11/09/09 by Gwendolyn Shaw.