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May. 20 | 2012 Gabriel Prize
Nominations for 2012 Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in American Studies due
Jun. 30 | 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due
Jun. 30 | 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize
Nominations for the 2012 Mary C. Turpie Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies Teaching, Advising, and Program Development due
The American Studies Association is the nation’s oldest and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history. Read more about what the ASA does.
FROM THE EDITORS
American Studies Journals: A Directory of Worldwide Resources
http://www.theasa.net/journals
This website provides scholars with a one-stop shop for the latest research published in American studies journals throughout the world. Organized by the International Initiative of the American Studies Association and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this site is the outcome of a collaboration between numerous journal editors around the world.
Published on April 12, 2012 by John F Stephens.
ASA Distinguished Speaker’s Bureau
Submit a speaker request | Community Partnership Grant Program
The American Studies Association is pleased to announce the scholars participating in its Distinguished Speaker’s Bureau. Speaking on a wide range of topics, the Distinguished Speakers’ Bureau brings leading scholars to your institution.
Speakers listed here are willing to give at least one lecture in the academic year on behalf of the ASA. Speakers donate their time to the ASA in order to participate. Host institutions pay a $1,000 speaker’s fee directly to the ASA, in addition to the speaker’s travel and lodging expenses.
All speakers’ fees are deposited into the ASA’s Community Partnership Fund. The Community Partnership Fund supports a competitive grants program open to members of the American Studies Association. The Fund encourages projects developed in collaboration with community-based organizations, school districts, public libraries, local historical societies, community museums, and other non-profit entities.
If you or an institution you know would like to arrange a lecture or need further information, please contact the Distinguished Speakers’ Bureau Coordinator at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). In some cases the scholars may be willing to speak on topics other than those listed here. The earlier arrangements are made the better chance you have of obtaining the speaker of your choice. Please do not contact lecturers directly.
Published on April 12, 2012 by John F Stephens.
WHAT'S NEW IN THE COMMUNITY
Food Studies Sponsored Panels at the Upcoming ASA Conference
The Food Studies Caucus will be sponsoring the following panels at the upcoming ASA Conference. Congrats! For those of you that plan to attend the conference, please consider attending these panels.
“Archives of Domesticity and Dissent: Cookbooks, Cooking Culture and the Limits of Culinary Exchange”
Christopher Farrish, Kyla Tompkins, Janet Boyd, Christine Marks, Stephen Vider
“Culinary Occupations: Migratory Identities and the Geopolitics of Public Food Consumption”
Amy Bentley, Heather Ruth Lee, John Burdick, Audrey Russek
Anyone else presenting on food related issues, please forward the panel information to me so it can be shared with all members of the caucus and the larger food studies community.
Also, both a Food Studies Caucus Reception and business meeting are in the process of being organized by a preliminary Food Studies Caucus administrative group. More details to come soon.
Published in Food Studies Caucus on 4/25/12 by John Burdick.
ASA 2012 Sports Studies Panel Lineup
The Sports Studies Caucus is pleased to announce that four affiliated panels have been selected for the 2012 ASA Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! They are listed below (full panel abstracts after the jump). The conference schedule remains TBA.
Examining the Dimensions of Sport within the Empire of American Studies (C. Richard King, Amy Bass, John Bloom, Daniel Nathan, Michael Oriard)
More than a Game: Global Sports, Exotic Bodies, and Contested Spaces (David Leonard, Kathy Jamieson, Thabiti Lewis, Jose Manuel Alamillo, Noah Cohan, Michael Willard)
Sport and Empire: from the Caribbean to MacArthur Park (John Nauright, Rob Ruck, Lara Putnam, Daniel Gilbert, Jennifer Doyle)
Sports, Blackness, and the Body Politic (Adrian Burgos, Joel Nathan Rosen, Roberta Newman, Millery Polyne, Frank A. Guridy)
Published in Sports Studies Caucus on 4/19/12 by Noah Cohan.
THATCamp Caribe and ASA in Puerto Rico
The American Studies Association (ASA) and THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology unconference) are pleased to announce THATCamp Caribe 2012, to be held November 12-14 at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. THATCamp Caribe will immediately precede the November 15-18 ASA Annual Meeting in San Juan. Registration opens April 17th and spaces will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Published in Digital Humanities Caucus on 4/17/12 by Susan Garfinkel.
Organizing the Events for the upcoming ASA Conference
This is an open call for anyone interested in assisting in planning the Food Studies Caucus Events for the upcoming ASA Conference.
Two events need to be organized:
1. A First annual Food Studies Caucus business/planning meeting, which will be held each year at the ASA Conference. At this meeting we will need to plan all of the events/goals for the caucus for the coming year.
2. Food Studies Caucus Annual Reception/networking event. At such an event scholars of food will be able to meet other scholars doing similar work. I envision this being a more low key event, with perhaps some light food and an open/cash bar. (If we need to raise funding for such an event we could possibly require preregistration and charge a small fee per person, say $10 to cover the cost of food).
These two events could possibly be combined and have a planning meeting and networking event at the same time. I was thinking the first or second day of the conference. Also, the ASA informed me that they have the ability to set space aside for such events at the Caribe Hilton and may even have some limited funding for such events (depending on several factors).
If anyone is willing to aid in the organization of these two events please contact me via email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)), post your ideas on this blog or on the ASA Food Studies Caucus Google Discussion Page. Even if you cannot attend the conference you could still help, and any assistance anyone willing to offer would be greatly appreciated.
I think the next step would be to brainstorm ideas via email for these events (or others) and begin to delineate tasks to anyone who is interested in helping.
Let me know.
Thanks and all the best.
Published in Food Studies Caucus on 4/14/12 by John Burdick.
Call for Papers: Association of Historians of American Art at 2013 CAA
CFP: Association of Historians of American Art
The Body of the Artist and the Artist as Body in American Artistic Practice
Published in Visual Culture / Art History Caucus on 4/12/12 by Robin Veder.
American Studies Graduate Program at Rutgers University’s Newark campus
I’m writing on behalf of the American Studies Graduate Program at Rutgers University’s Newark campus—a relatively new program that is not, to our knowledge, currently listed in the ASA’s directory of graduate programs around the country.
I would appreciate it if we could be added to the list and thank you for your time. Do let me know if you have any questions.
My best,
Taylor Black
(http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/americanstudies)
Published in American Studies Programs and Centers Committee on 4/07/12 by Taylor Black.
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