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Mid-America Chapter
MAASA covers eleven states in the mid-continent area. It publishes a newsletter and a journal American Studies, (currently produced at the University of Kansas American Studies program) three times per year. ASA members residing in the region are automatically MAASA members. Others can become members by checking the appropriate box on the ASA membership form) as well as by subscribing to American Studies. Members joining through ASA are entitled to all membership privileges except for the journal. To receive the journal you must subscribe to it. To subscribe to the journal, please visit http://www2.ku.edu/~amerstud/.
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Mauricio Espinoza-Quesada wins MAASA’s 2008 Katzman-Yetman Prize
Mauricio Espinoza-Quesada has won the 2008 Mid-America American Studies Association Katzman-Yetman Prize for his paper entitled “Dying to be Here(oes): A Semiotic Analysis of the Construction of Latino Heroism Discourses in Post-911 Armed Conflicts and Border Security Rhetoric in the United States.”
Paige Raibmon wins 2007 Stone-Suderman Prize for Outstanding Article Published in AMERICAN STUDIES
University of British Columbia historian Paige Raibmon has won the 2007 Mid-America American Studies Association Stone-Suderman Prize for her article entitled “‘Handicapped by Distance and Transportation’: Indigenous Relocation, Modernity, and Time-Space Expansion.”
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1/01/08: Call for Conference/Symposia proposals
Call for Conference or Symposia Proposals
The Executive Board of the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) invites proposals for conferences or symposia in spring 2009 concerned with American culture and society. As a co-hosting organization, MAASA expects to fund conference or symposia-related expenses up to $5000.
Non-profit organizations, civic groups, public institutions, universities, liberal arts colleges, graduate student organizations, and academic groups located in hosted in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin all are eligible . We especially are interested in proposals that host events to bring together diverse and underrepresented voices and observers of American culture and society that include artists, community activists, public intellectuals, scholars, and teachers.
Proposals must include
* The dates and site for the proposed conference or symposia
* Information about the host organization(s)
* Description of the target audience(s)
* Description of the conference or symposia theme and its relevance to questions integral to studies of American culture and society
* Discussion of anticipated goals and outcomes of the event
* Detailed budget
* Contact information
Proposals should be sent to Jane Simonsen () and will be accepted only electronically and only until the call deadline at 11:59 pm central standard time on January 1, 2008. We expect to announce the winning proposal in October 2008.
After January 1, 2008, please see the website http://www.maasa.net for information. Questions about the application procedure should be directed to .
Submitted by Jane E Simonsen
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2/08/08: Nuestra América in the U.S.? A Latino/a Studies Conference
The Mid-America American Studies Association, along with the University of Kansas Department of English and the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies (OLLAS) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, invites ASA members to attend its conference, “Nuestra América in the U.S.? A Latino/a Studies Conference,” February 8, 2008 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. The interdisciplinary conference adopts Jose Martí’s expansive notion of America to explore implications of the growth of the U.S. Latino population at the cusp of the 21st century. The conference will investigate how shifting demographics are affecting labor, politics, economics, and cultural production in the U.S. Invited speakers include Helena Maria Viramontes, Juan Flores, Emma Peréz, Roberto Suro, Pierrette Hondagnu-Sotelo, and Suzanne Oboler. For conference and registration information, please visit http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/latino_studies/.
Submitted by Jane E Simonsen
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9/01/08: Updated Call for Conference/Symposia Proposals
The Executive Board of the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA) invites proposals for spring, 2009 conferences to groups wishing to organize conferences or /symposia that deal with themes having to do with American culture and society, broadly defined. As a co-sponsoring organization, MAASA will contribute up to $5000 in conference funding to the top proposal.
Non-profit organizations, civic groups, public institutions, universities, undergraduate liberal arts colleges, undergraduate institutions, graduate student organizations, and academic groups located in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin all are eligible to submit proposals. MAASA is particularly interested in proposals that would host events to bring together diverse and underrepresented voices from the community and observers of American culture and society including artists, community activists, public intellectuals, scholars, and teachers. We also welcome proposals that provide opportunities for undergraduate students to learn more about American Studies and that encourage creative presentations as opposed to the traditional panel format.
As co-sponsors of the conference, MAASA requests that a member of its executive board be a member of the conference planning committee, that space be available at the conference for a MAASA board meeting, and that time be allocated for graduate student members of the organization to organize a presentation. MAASA will work with the conference planners to choose the winner of the Katzman-Yetman prize, a $250 award for the best paper/presentation by a graduate student.
Proposals must include
* A date and site for the proposed event
* Information about the sponsoring host organization(s)
* Description of the target audience(s)
* A description of the theme of the event and its relevance to questions integral to studies of American culture and society
* Discussion of anticipated goals and outcomes of the event
* A Detailed budget
* Contact information proposal
Proposals should be sent to Jane Simonsen () and will be accepted only electronically and only until the call deadline at 11:59 pm central standard time on Monday, September 1, 2008. We expect to announce the winning proposal in October 2008.
Questions about the application procedure should be directed to .
Submitted by Jane E Simonsen
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