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Events

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

Mar. 1 | 2010 Community Partnership Grants
Applications for the 2010 Community Partnership Grants Program to assist American Studies collaborative, interdisciplinary community projects due

From the Editors

Welcome to Crossroads!

As Crossroads celebrates more than a decade of online innovation and collaboration, the Crossroads team has redesigned the site to better reflect the range of resources and information available to students and educators of American Studies. We hope you enjoy the changes.

http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/

Published on February 1, 2010 by John F Stephens.

Encyclopedia of American Studies Online

http://eas-ref.press.jhu.edu/

The term American studies encompasses a vast range of disciplines, all of which, in one way or another, are trying to describe the cultures of the United States. In recent years American studies has also incorporated comparative studies of Canada and Latin America; and indeed a transnational, global perspective on American culture has become one of the leading currents in the field as we begin the twenty-first century. Where, after all, do the borders of America stop, when its influence was, throughout the twentieth century, so pervasive on world cultures?

This month’s featured articles include American Studies in China; American Studies in France; American Studies in Germany

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Published on February 1, 2010 by John F Stephens.

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.

Vote in the 2010 ASA Election

Published on February 1, 2010 by ASASTAFF.

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.

Vote in the 2010 ASA Election

Published on February 4, 2010 by John F Stephens.

ACLS Humanities E-Book

The American Studies Association is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies. The ACLS offers individual annual subscriptions to ACLS Humanities E-Book to current American Studies Association members. By early 2010 HEB will be offering unlimited access to nearly 3,000 full-text, cross-searchable titles across the humanities and social sciences, from the 1880s through the present.

Individual subscriptions are an attractive option for those whose institutions don’t already have a subscription to HEB or for American Studies Association members who might not be affiliated with a subscribing institution. Individual annual subscriptions are $35.00. Please visit http://www.humanitiesebook.org/subscribinginsts.html to see if your institution subscribes.

You may purchase an individual subscription to HEB at http://www.humanitiesebook.org/subscription_purchase.html. Please choose American Studies Association from the “Society Affiliation” pull-down menu and, in the space that says “Society Membership Number,” provide your American Studies Association membership number. If you do not know your membership number, you may request it here http://asa.press.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/member_number_lookup.cgi

You may also call the Johns Hopkins University Press at 1-800-548-1784 for your membership number, or email JHUP Customer Service at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). For inquiries about HEB, please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).