We invite submissions to the CAALS Second Annual Virtual conference on subjects regarding Asian American literature and literary studies. Individual papers, panel proposals, or roundtables are all welcome. This free synchronous conference, to be held via Zoom, will feature: Panels featuring original scholarly or creative presentations Book Conversations celebrating new books by selected authors CAALS’ …
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CAALS CFP for ALA 2022, May 26-29, 2022 in Chicago, IL
The next American Literature Association (ALA) annual conference will be held May 26-29, 2022, in Chicago, IL.We are pleased to share these two calls for papers for the panels sponsored by CAALS: Panel 1: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée at 40Chair: Rei Magosaki, Chapman University This panel invites a reflection on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s …
CAALS CFP for AAAS 2022, April 14-16, 2022 in Denver, CO
The next Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) annual conference will be held April 14-16, 2022, in Denver, CO. We are pleased to share these two calls for papers for the panels sponsored by CAALS: Panel #1: Asian American Literature and the “American West†Chair: Julia Lee, University of California-Irvine This year’s AAAS conference will …
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, …
CFPs for CAALS Panels at 2019 American Literature Association Meeting
The next American Literature Association (ALA) annual conference will be held May 23–26, 2019, in Boston, MA. Below are calls for papers for the five panels sponsored by the Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS), which also holds its annual business meeting at ALA. Please note that if your proposal is accepted and you …
CAALS CFPs for AAAS 2019
Please consider submitting a paper proposal for one of our two CAALS-organized panels for AAAS 2019 (April 25–27, 2019, in Madison, WI)! Panel Title: Racial Ambiguity and Racial Passing: Reading the Ungovernable Body in Mixed-Race Asian American Literature Chair: Roberta Wolfson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo In her book Partly Colored: Asian Americans …