SASA 2022 Conference: Resistance and (Re)Generation

Posted for Southeastern American Studies Association in Community Updates
Post date: June 11, 2021

With authoritarianism and nationalism on the rise in the US and abroad in recent years, “resistance” has become a keyword for activists, stressing the importance of organized, conscience-based opposition to governmental oppression. Resistance can take many forms, including traditional and...

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Statement of Continued Responsibility of American Studies to Palestine

Posted for ASA Office in Community Updates
Post date: May 26, 2021

The National Council of the American Studies Association condemns the brutal violence inflicted on Palestinians by Israeli state and settler forces in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and across historic Palestine. We understand this violence as continuous with a...

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ASA Living Archive: Addressing Anti-Asian, Anti-Sex Worker Violence

Posted for ASA Office in Community Updates
Post date: March 25, 2021
Friday, March 26, 2021

Dear ASA Community:

On March 16, 2021, Robert Aaron Long targeted three Atlanta-area spas and ultimately claimed the lives of eight people: Delania Ashley Yuan, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park,

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Spring 2021 Virtual Events

Posted for American Studies Departments, Programs, and Centers in Community Updates
Post date: March 1, 2021

To support programs and departments that may be experiencing suspended programming due to pandemic-related budget cuts, the ASA Committee for Departments, Programs and Centers has invited chairs and directors to share their upcoming virtual events of interest so programs...

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New Graduate Certificate Program in Disability Studies

Posted for Critical Disability Studies Caucus in Community Updates
Post date: February 22, 2021

Applications now open!

The University of Toledo's Disability Studies Program launches its Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies Fall 2021. Taught by award-winning faculty, all classes are offered exclusively online, helping you balance work,...

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ASA Sports Studies Caucus Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

Posted for Sports Studies Caucus in Community Updates
Post date: June 22, 2020

As NBA Legend, activist, and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently put it: “Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible — even if you’re choking on it — until you let the sun in. Then you see it’s everywhere. As long as we keep shining that...

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New Members Needed: ASA Standing Committee on Gender & Sexuality

Posted for Gender and Sexuality Studies in Community Updates
Post date: March 29, 2020

The ASA Standing Committee on Gender & Sexuality seeks new committee members.  Please send a brief letter of interest and a CV to asagenderandsexuality@gmail.com by June 1, 2020.

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NYMASA Summer Institute on Abolition

Posted for New York Metro American Studies Association in Community Updates
Post date: March 5, 2020

The New York Metro American Studies Association (NYMASA) seeks participants in a week-long summer Institute on the theme of Abolition to be held from June 26, 2020, to June 29, 2020, at Hunter College, City University of New York.

Drawing on the long and rich histories of...

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CFP: AMERICAN CONTACT: Intercultural Encounter and the History of the Book

Posted for ASA Office in Community Updates
Post date: July 5, 2019

AMERICAN CONTACT: Intercultural Encounter and the History of the Book

April 23-25, 2020
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania

Project...

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Changing of the Guard: New Co-Coordinators of the Early American Matters Caucus

Posted for Early Americas Caucus in Community Updates
Post date: January 16, 2019

As of the most recent A.S.A. conference, November 8-11 in Atlanta, the Early American Matters Caucus has two new co-coordinators. Dennis Moore (Florida State Univ.), who founded the Caucus in 2004, is rotating out of his long-time role as the group’s leader, and Sari Altschuler (Northeastern...

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