CAALS is pleased to announce CFPs for ALA 2023May 25-28, Boston MA PANEL 1: Oceanic Orientations in Asian/American Literature This panel invites papers that are invested in exploring the new futures that emerge when centering an oceanic reading practice of Asian/American literature. How does a consideration of the ocean ask us to reframe the field’s …
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2022 CAALS Essay Prize Announcement
Please join us in congratulating this year’s CAALS Essay Prize winner Nancy Carranza for her piece, “The Violent Inheritance of Empire: Narrating and Navigating Contested Psychic and Physical Spaces in Peter Bacho’s Entrys“! The award committee, which is made up of CAALS board members, sent us the message below: The committee felt that this is a sharp paper with solid argumentation and …
CAALS CFPs for AAAS 2023
CAALS is pleased to announce CFPs for AAAS 2023April 6-9, 2023, Long Beach, CA Panel Title: The Sustaining Power of Asian American LiteratureChair: Aline Lo, Colorado College Literature has always played an integral role in the founding and development of Asian American Studies and the field’s commitment to humanizing change and justice. Claiming space for …
CAALS-sponsored panels at ALA 2022
American Literature Association (ALA) Annual ConferenceChicago, IL Please support these exciting CAALS sponsored panels at the American Literature Association conference this year. All panels and events are on Friday, May 27th. Session 7-F: 8:30am (Salon 7): “Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictée at 40.”Michele Janette, Xinyi Wei, and Jennifer Gayoung Lee. Rei Magosaki (Chair) Session 8-F: 10:00am (Salon 7): …
CAALS-sponsored panels at AAAS 2022
AAAS 2022April 14-16, 2022 in Denver, CO Please support these exciting CAALS sponsored panels at AAAS this year. Both panels are on Thursday, April 14 at 8:15-9:45am. T4: Asian American Literature and the “American West” (Denver 2) Patricia Chu (chair and panelist), Alex Howerton, Susan Thananopavarn, Annabelle Tseng (Organized by Julia H. Lee) T9: …
Call for Papers: CAALS Second Annual Virtual Conference: June 10-11th 2022
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’ …
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 …