The CLCS Global Arab and Arab American forum is interested in works of the Arab diaspora, including the cultural production of Arab American and global Arab writers. The category “Global Arab” allows for a broad conceptualization of diasporic and multilingual work situated within the various national, ethnic, religious, and cultural contexts of the Arab world and the Middle East. The designation “Arab American” is linked to the category “Global Arab” yet deserves special attention as a distinct subfield within American literature that engages with the discourses of race and ethnicity in the United States as well as with the history of Arab and Middle Eastern migrations to the Americas.
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Rachel Norman posted an update in the group
CLCS Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoDear Colleagues,
I write to nominate myself for the upcoming election to the forum’s committee. I am an advanced doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and am currently working on a dissertation on Arab diasporic literature in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. I look forward to seeing you all at the social hour…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Please Join us for GAAM's Sessions at MLA 2018 in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 5 years, 2 months agoDear Colleague,
Please join the Global Arab and Arab American forum at the following sessions during MLA 2018. This is a very crucial time for those engaged in Arab and Islamic topics at the MLA – and our solidarity is more essential than ever.
44A: Global Arab Precarity and the Contemporary US Academy: Race, Religion, Profession: Thursday,…[Read more]
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Pauline Homsi Vinson started the topic Deadline Extended until September 30 – Amerasia Special Issue: Arab/Americas in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoHello everyone,
The deadline for submissions to the Amerasia Special Issue: Arab/Americas has been extended until September 30th. Please consider submitting your work and spread the word. Below is the text of the CFP:
Call for Papers for a special issue of Amerasia – Deadline Extended till September 30, 2017
Guest Editors: Dr. Sarah Gualtieri (…[Read more]
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Pauline Homsi Vinson started the topic CFP: Amerasia Journal Special Issue – Arab/Americas: Locations and Iterations in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 5 years, 9 months agoIn her introduction to her path-breaking book, Bint Arab, Evelyn Shakir notes that most of the Arab immigrants and children of immigrants of her generation from the 1910s and 1920s called themselves “Syrian,” then repackaged themselves as “Lebanese” in the 1940s, only to recast themselves in the 1960s as “Arabs.” This special issue of Amerasia ai…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years agoDear Friends,
Time is closing on submissions to the MLA 2018 convention panels organized by the Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature (GAAM). Please review and circulate as may be necessary.
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.
Below are the detailed CFPs:
Environmental…[Read more]
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Pauline Homsi Vinson posted an update in the group
CLCS Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years agoCFP for MLA 2018 in New York City: Session Proposed by CLCS Global Arab and Arab American
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Areas to consider for this panel might include: Global Arab texts/contexts and environmental flashpoints: economy, imperialism, petro-despotism, climate-change, pollution, resource scarcity, war,…[Read more] -
Dina Hassan replied to the topic CFP for 2018 MLA convention collaborative panel – Teaching Global Arab Comics in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoThat makes sense. That you so much for your reply.
Best Regards,
Dina
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Pauline Homsi Vinson replied to the topic CFP for 2018 MLA convention collaborative panel – Teaching Global Arab Comics in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoHello Dina,
Thank you for your interest in our panel. For this collaborative panel between the Global Arab and Arab American Literature forum and the Comics and Graphic Narratives forum, we are looking for work that addresses comics/graphic narratives written by or about Arabs in or outside the U.S.
We hope you can submit something if this topic…[Read more]
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Dina Hassan replied to the topic CFP for 2018 MLA convention collaborative panel – Teaching Global Arab Comics in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoI was wondering if the proposal particularly specifies Global Arab comics or can we include other forms like global Arab fiction?
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Pauline Homsi Vinson posted an update in the group
CLCS Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoCFP for a Collaborative Session with Comics and Graphics Narrative forum at the 2018 MLA in NYC: Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S. Graphic narratives by/about Arabs: circulation, translation, critical/pedagogical reception; aesthetics/politics of representation, counternarrative; figurations of history, occupation, states of belonging.…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil posted an update in the group
CLCS Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 1 month agoThe Global Arab and Arab American Forum (GAAM) is seeking to fill an open position on its Executive Committee. Elected members serve a 5-year term. Eligible nominees should be MLA members and should not be currently serving on another MLA Forum’s Executive Committee. Please check GAAM details at MLA Commons. You may send your nominations (…[Read more]
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Isabelle Hesse replied to the topic CFP – Palestine in the International Imaginary, 1987-2017 in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoYes, it’s going to be a one-day conference, to be held on Friday, 24th February.
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Hania Nashef replied to the topic CFP – Palestine in the International Imaginary, 1987-2017 in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoIs this a one-day conference or longer?
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Isabelle Hesse started the topic CFP – Palestine in the International Imaginary, 1987-2017 in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 3 months agoPalestine in the International Imaginary, 1987-2017
24<sup>th</sup> February 2017
John Woolley Common Room, Level 4, John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney, Australia
Organised by
Dr Isabelle Hesse, The Department of English, The University of Sydney
Dr Ben Etherington, The Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney…[Read more]
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Pauline Homsi Vinson started the topic MLA 2017 Panels organized by Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 4 months agoHello everyone,
We hope you will join us for the following panels organized for the 2017 MLA by the Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum. They are as follows:
Session 200: States of In/Security: Global Palestine in Literature, Culture, Art, and Activism
Friday, 6 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 104B, Pennsylvania Convention Ce…[Read more] -
Pauline Homsi Vinson started the topic Suggest a nominee for the GAAM executive committee in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 4 months agoDear members,
It is time to suggest nominations for a new committee member to the MLA Global Arab and Arab American Literature Forum’s current Executive Committee.
The procedure for nominations is outlined by Anna Chang and posted on 10 August 2016 on the MLA Commons’ “News from the MLA”: https://news.mla.hcommons.org/2016/08/10/nominations-for-t…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Suggest a nominee for Delegate Assembly representative! in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 4 months agoSuggest a nominee for Delegate Assembly representative!
The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive comm…[Read more]
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Keith Feldman started the topic Executive Committee Vision Statement in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 5 months agoAs someone who began working in Arab American Studies in 2001, and has continued to be an active contributor to the field’s research and teaching, it is a real honor to be considered for a position on the executive board of the CLCS Global Arab and Arab American Forum. The scope, importance, and impact of Arab American Studies has grown r…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic CFP: NeMLA Seminar Panel on "Global Arab Literature in the 21st Century in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 6 months agoNeMLA 2017 – Global Arab Literature in the 21st Century: Transformations, Shifts, and Changes (Seminar Panel)
48th Annual NeMLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 23 – 26th, 2017Deadline to submit abstract: 09/30/2016
Categories: World Lit.
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Institutional host: Johns Hopkins UniversityCFP: “Global Arab…[Read more]
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Pauline Homsi Vinson started the topic CFP for 2017 AASA Conference: Waypoints and Watersheds in the discussion
Global Arab and Arab American on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months agoWaypoints and Watersheds: Arab American Activism and Memories
A Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 War
Arab American Studies Association 2017 Conference
March 24-26, 2017
Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI
Several important Arab and Arab American institutions and associations were established in the immediate aftermath…[Read more] - Load More
