Solidarity: What Love Looks Like in Public
2023 Annual Meeting
November 2-5 // Montreal, QC, Canada
Montreal presents the perfect opportunity to put some pressure on the meaning of solidarity across a number of communities, modes of engagement, and national boundaries. We invite our colleagues in Canada and the Americas, writ large, as well as those beyond to join us as we think through these engagements and actively participate in building a practice (of love, of solidarity, of justice) in the space of contestation and radical difference.
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About the ASA
We Are
Researchers, teachers, students, writers, activists, curators, community organizers, and activists from around the world who are dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of U.S. culture and history in a global context.
We Do
Many things that connect us to each other. We publish American Quarterly; organize an annual international meeting and regional events; provide resources; and collaborate with museums, public institutions, and communities.
We Value
Original research, teaching, critical thinking, public discussion, and dissent. We share a commitment to viewing U.S. history and culture from multiple perspectives and taking a stand on issues of importance and broad consensus.
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Participation in the ASA gives you access to a vibrant scholarly community—at and beyond the annual meeting. You’ll find abundant opportunities for professional advancement, intellectual engagement, and personal development.
ASA Announcements
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American Studies Departments, Programs, and Centers
The Committee on Departments, Programs and Centers keeps the Council and the association’s membership informed of the current interests, needs, and professional concerns of American Studies departments, programs, and centers.
Community Announcements
July 28, 2023
Call for Proposals: Crisis and Urgency: Scholarship in a Shifting World (2023)
Posted for ASA-JAAS Committee in Awards, Prizes, and Grants
June 22, 2023
Nominations Open for the 2023 Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award
Posted for Minority Scholars' Committee in Awards, Prizes, and Grants
August 30, 2022
CFP: ASA-JAAS Japan Residencies for 2023
Posted for ASA-JAAS Committee in Awards, Prizes, and Grants
ASA Calendar
October 22, 2023 to October 23, 2023
Critical Disability Studies Caucus Graduate Student Paper Award
Posted by in Deadline
American Quarterly
September 2023
Volume 75, Number 3
The Body Issue: Sports and the Politics of Embodiment
Editors Joseph Darda and Amira Rose Davis
In their introduction, guest editors Joseph Darda and Amira Rose Davis point out, “the absence of sports from the study of American empire.” This special issue brings these conversations together to show what “the body issue” means today. The editors’ framing and the contributors’ inquiries move beyond existing scholarship, both in terms of specific sports studied, as well as in methodological tools and approaches at the forefront of American studies, e.g., Black studies, critical refugee studies, digital media studies, disability studies, queer and trans studies, and surveillance studies. The essays illustrate that, in the guest editors’ words, “sports are fundamental to how we know our bodies and, therefore, ourselves and the world through which we move.”
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