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ALA 2013 Photos

CAALS had well-attended panels, a roundtable, and an author reading at ALA 2013 (Boston). Below are some photos from the highly successful Geographies of Asian America double panel. Thanks to everyone for participating!  

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Panels for ALA 2013, Boston

From the draft program. Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:40–2:00 Session 10-E Humanities Under Attack: Roundtable on Teaching Asian American Literature (St George D 3rd Floor) Organized by the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies Chair: Lynn Itagaki, The Ohio State University 1. Betsy Huang, Clark University 2. Jinah Kim, Northwestern University 3. Ju Yon Kim, …

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Panels for ALA 2012, San Francisco

(From the draft program.) Thursday, May 24, 2012, 9:00 – 10:20 am Session 1-A Afro-Asian Connections I: 20th C. Intersections among African-American and Asian Americans Organized by the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies and the African American Literature and Culture Society Chair: Jennifer Ho, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1. “Annexation in …

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CALL FOR PAPERS: American Literature Association–May 24-27, 2012

1.) Panel: “Afro-Asian Intersections in the Americas” Joint session between the African American Literature & Culture Society and the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies We are seeking papers examining intersections, influences, and intimacies between African American culture and Asian American culture in any and all genres within American literature—with “American” being understood broadly to …

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ALA 2011 PANELS (BOSTON, MAY 26-29)

(From draft program.) Thursday, May 26, 3:00-4:20 pm Session 5-I Aliens and Allies: A Roundtable on Latina/o and Asian American Literary Studies in Contemporary American Politics Organized by the Latina/o Literature and Culture Society and the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies Moderator: Catherine Fung, Bentley University 1. Sharada Balachandran-Orihuela, University of California, Davis 2. …

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CFP: JNT special issue “Historicizing Narrative Theory” – July 15, 2011

The Journal of Narrative Theory (JNT) seeks submissions for an upcoming special issue, “Historicizing Narrative Theory.” Essays (max. 10,000 words) should address themselves to the relationship(s) of contemporary narrative theory to ethnic and/or postcolonial studies, and may examine both literary and cultural texts (visual and digital mediums, music, ethnographies, tourism guides, etc). Structuralist, or classical, …

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