The Circle for Asian American Literary Studies is pleased to present a double panel at the upcoming Association for Asian American Studies conference. “Unsettled Fictions I & II: Reassessing the Solidarities of Asian American Literature” will be held on April 8–9, 2021 via Zoom. Details are below. Unsettled Fictions I: Reassessing the Solidarities of Asian …
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Statement by CAALS Co-Chairs Regarding Atlanta Shootings
March 17, 2021 The Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS) is deeply concerned with the social context of literature and literary studies. As Co-Chairs of CAALS and as feminist scholars, we strive to lead according to principles of social justice and equity learned from generations of women-of-color scholars, writers, and artists. Therefore, we write …
Massachusetts Review x CAALS Now Online
Since 2017, CAALS has collaborated with the Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival and the Massachusetts Review to present a series of “Literary Addresses,” public-facing talks on the state of the field by prominent writers and scholars. At the 2017 and 2019 Lit Fests, we had the privilege of convening many of the wonderful Literary Address writers with invited …
CFPs for CAALS@ALA2020 (May 21–24, 2020; San Diego, CA)
Update: The ALA 2020 conference was canceled due to COVID. The next American Literature Association (ALA) annual conference will be held May 21–24, 2020, in San Diego, CA. Below are calls for papers for the five panels sponsored by CAALS, which also holds its annual business meeting at ALA, along with mentoring events and social …
CFP: CAALS@AAAS 2020, April 9-11, 2020, Washington, DC
Graphic Text: Call for Papers: CAALS@AAAS 2020Circle for Asian American Literary StudiesApril 9–11, 2020, Washington, D.C. Troubling Fictions: Reassessing the Politics of Asian American Literature a 2-part panel sponsored by CAALS As the infamous Kingston-Chin debates between cultural nationalism and feminism as well as the AAAS book award controversy around Blu’s Hanging make starkly evident, …
CAALS @ Smithsonian Asian American Literature Festival: Aug. 2–4, 2019, Washington, DC
Please join the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies at the Smithsonian’s 2019 Asian American Literature Festival, to be held August 2–4, 2019 in Washington, DC. The full Festival schedule is available here. See below for details of CAALS@AA Lit Fest events!
Guest Post by Douglas S. Ishii: CAALS@ALA 2019
Guest blogger Douglas S. Ishii writes about his first time at CAALS@ALA 2019. Dr. Ishii is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing, Literature, & Publishing at Emerson College. His scholarship has been published in Camera Obscura, American Quarterly, and the Journal of Asian American Studies, as well as the edited volumes Techno-Orientalism: Imagining …