American Studies Association Conference

If anyone is interested in this, Jeannie and I will be going. Let us know if you want to tag along!

-d

THE UNITED STATES FROM INSIDE AND OUT: TRANSNATIONAL AMERICAN STUDIES

October 12 - 15, 2006• Oakland, CA

Link to program:
http://asa-dev.press.jhu.edu/program06/index.html

Fellowships and other funding opportunities

There was an earlier email asking about fellowships info. Here are some resources for you all to browse through:

UCD's list of external databases: http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/search_engines.html

Other general databases (high chance you will begin to see some redundancy in listings, but you should be persistent because there is some variation):
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/fininfo/gigs.html
http://cgi.sfu.ca/~dgsit/cgi-bin/Award1.php
http://research.uiowa.edu/dsp/main/?get=graduate_professional_student_funding&q=&action=
http://researchfunding.duke.edu/list.asp?Posted=new
http://gradschool.missouri.edu/fellows/index.php
http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/fellowships/findFellowship/lookup/index.php
http://www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp

http://www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource/index.cfm

Specific websites:
http://www.hluce.org/
http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/language.htm
http://www.kccjee.org/
http://www.vef.gov/chanel.php?id=1
http://www.pdsoros.org/

Happy hunting!

Welcome to the Asian American Studies Graduate Student Group (ASAGSG)!

This blog is a space for all ASAGSG members to read and post information relevant to the ASAGSG.

If you currently do not have access to post but consider yourself an ASAGSG "member," feel free to send me an email and request access. I will send you an invitation. Once you receive the invitation, you will be required to set up a blogger username and password. Don't worry- you won't have to set up a blog in order to get access. Once you've set up your username and password, you can post away!

Please feel free to notify me if you need any help with posting or if there are any other techincal difficulties. I hope this Team Blog is useful to everyone.

-dawn

Welcome Mixer

Kick off the new school year with the....


Asian American Studies Graduate Student Group (ASAGSG)

Welcome Mixer
Wednesday, October 4th
12-130p
DeCarli Room, 2nd floor, MU

Refreshments will be served

- Find out how you can get involved in the ASAGSG
- Meet other grad students with similar research interests
- Learn about professional development opportunities
- Learn how you can get the support you need right now

The Asian American Studies graduate students group offers cross- and trans- disciplinary connections for graduate students whose research interests relate to the field of Asian American Studies. Your connection to Asian American Studies can be broadly defined by research interests (postcolonial, globalization, transnational, all are welcome), program/department (social sciences/humanities/sciences/all are welcome), or by race/ethnicity (Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander/multiracial or mixed heritage). We welcome all who feel that this group can be a "home" or a support network. The goals are, very broadly, to create a sense of community and collegial support, provide a space for graduate students to openly discuss concerns, interests, and issues in general, and to organize grad students for self-empowerment.

Can't make the event, want to get involved or learn more about ASAGSG?
Please contact Dawn at dtlee@ucdavis.edu

This event has been generously supported by Asian American Studies.

CFP + Conference at UCD: The Curious Lives of Documents

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Curious Lives of Documents

One-Day Graduate Student Symposium

University of California Davis

Friday, March 2, 2007

Documents are pervasive artifacts: sought after, collected, venerated, hidden, depended on and fabricated by intellectuals of all paths of life. They are more than the inscribed papers that circulate in economies of information and decay in archives. Passports, financial bulletins, official government papers, maps, scientific reports and judicial verdicts-they are networks in and of themselves, performances surrounded by stories, fed by the social, and empowered to reveal and conceal. The Curious Lives of Documents Symposium seeks to bring documents into focus, to interrogate their textures-their shifting contexts, and the simultaneous practices and relationships that surround them.

The document is a point of friction that operates between what becomes official truth, what is left unsaid and what must remain secret. Technological innovation and social relations affect the materiality of documents, and release them from the surface of paper. As academics we participate in these tensions. Are we, as scribes, too easily seduced by the work of other scribes? From the shifting social life of documents to our role as document makers, this symposium seeks to make visible the curious lives of documents as ethnographic subjects.

The Symposium & Midnight University

This will be a one-day symposium, the intent of which is to provide a space for senior graduate students to present their work and for lively discussions on the symposium theme and panelists' projects. Panel presentations will be limited to 15 minutes (7 double-spaced pages) and each panel will have a discussant. Following the symposium and reception, there will be a Midnight University in which alternative forms of expression and presentation will be explored. The organizers of the Midnight University encourage new forms of presentation-all forms of media are welcome and encouraged.

To best explore the curious lives of documents, we must be willing to investigate the document from various perspectives and with divergent approaches. The symposium and the Midnight University hope to provide various venues for individuals to explore their work in a variety of ways.

Guidelines for Submissions for Symposium and Midnight University:

All presentations should engage the conference theme and abstracts should clearly indicate the argument of the paper (in 200 words) and include title, name of presenter, institutional affiliation, day and evening phone numbers, mailing, email address and indicate if submission is intended for the Symposium or the Midnight University.

Abstracts (200 words) Due: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6pm

Direct all correspondence (and abstracts) to: docu.conference@gmail.com

AAAS Conference + CFP

Crosstown Connections: Asian American Urbanism and Interracial Encounters
2007 Association for Asian American Studies Conference
April 4-8, 2007
New York City, New York, Grand Hyatt

Submissions due by October 31, 2006
Send to: Stephanie Hsu at ssh13@cornell.edu

The theme of the 2007 AAAS Conference is “Crosstown Connections: Asian American Urbanism and Interracial Encounters”. Taking off from the conference’s location in New York City--the largest city in the United States and a historic international crossroads for immigrants, visitors, and commerce--this meeting explores cosmopolitanism in Asian American life, and the multiple and shifting identities, attachments, and worldviews of Asian Americans and those with whom they interact. The metropolitan area is home to approximately 1.5 million people of Asian ancestry, the nation’s second-largest concentration, and Asian American laborers, students, artists, businessmen, and intellectuals form a durable and central core group in the city’s fabric. As the world’s financial center and the hub of the nation’s publishing and fashion industries and artistic scene, New York has drawn both exceptional individuals of Asian ancestry, including writers, scholars, painters, musicians and dancers, and masses of workers. The port of New York serves as a continuing place of welcome for Asian entrants and a point of transnational contact, transit and supply. We seek panels, papers, workshops, roundtables and teaching sessions that explore the presence of Asian Americans in New York City and other urban environments--downtown, boroughs and suburbs alike—and their experience within the various places and institutions that characterize city life: theaters, prisons, offices, museums, factories, streets, mass transit, schools and universities, restaurants, and tourist sites. In keeping with the theme of interracial connections, we especially encourage papers that explore the correlations and interactions between the experiences of Asian Americans and those of other groups and communities that make up the urban landscape, notably African Americans (including Caribbean Blacks); Latinos; Jews; Arab/Muslim Americans; Irish, Slavic, and Italian Americans; Gays/Lesbians; and evangelical Christians. In using New York as a springboard, we also encourage papers that discuss generally the experience of Asian Americans in the Northeast (Mid Atlantic states and New England). In addition to paper proposals, we invite panel proposals as well as workshops, roundtables, and teaching sessions that explore ways of historicizing, contextualizing, and critiquing the impact of urban life and interactions on the Asian American experience.

Suggestions

In order to further dialogue and promote new visions, we are suspending this year our usual emphasis on submission of entire panel sessions. Although we continue to invite proposals for full panel sessions that meet the goals of the conference, we likewise encourage the submission of individual paper proposals, which the Program Committee will then match together to form group sessions. Furthermore, we warmly invite applications from specialists in Immigration, Ethnic Studies or Religion to present papers on the history or experience of non-Asian American groups, thus contributing to larger comparative discussions across both ethnic and disciplinary boundaries.
Submissions that explicitly include interdisciplinary perspectives and/or connections with community organizations are particularly encouraged, as are submissions related to K-12 education. Submissions focusing on teaching issues are also encouraged. The Association for Asian American Studies is committed to presenting an annual meeting in which sessions and participants reflect the pluralism of our campuses and communities.

All proposals must be submitted to the Secretariat no later than October 31, 2006. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged; please visit the link below to complete the on-line submission form and upload abstracts and CVs.

General Guidelines for Submissions

Membership in AAAS
It is Association policy that all conference participants must be members of AAAS. If you are not yet a member, you must join the Association by April 4, 2007 in order to present at the conference.

Limited Submissions and Panel Preference
In order to be able to present a diverse program with multiple voices and topics, it is the policy of the Association that participants are limited to presenting only one paper per meeting. If you plan to submit more than one paper and/or panel proposal, please indicate your preference and priority. It is allowable to present one paper and participate in one other session in a different capacity (Roundtable facilitator or Chair or Discussant of a second panel session).

Completed panels are strongly preferred over individual paper submissions. Although individual paper submissions will be considered, acceptance will depend on the ability of the program committee to create a cohesive panel from independent paper submissions and to identify an appropriate discussant. If you are submitting a single paper, please indicate whether you would be willing to chair the session in addition to presenting your paper.

Session length, submission guidelines and enclosures: All sessions
Each session is limited to one and a half hours. All submissions should be typed and double-spaced. All submissions should be accompanied by the submissions form (“Form for All Conference Submissions” downloadable from the AAAS website: www.aaastudies.org, or via on-line submissions process) and a brief, two-page vitae for each participant. All notifications and announcements will be made by e-mail. Please make sure each presenter’s contact information is included with your submission.

Teaching Sessions
Sessions focusing on teaching issues are encouraged and will be identified in the conference program. Please be sure to indicate on your cover page whether your session is directly related to teaching (curriculum, pedagogy, classroom issues, etc.). Any type of session (panels, papers, workshops, or roundtables) may be designated as a Teaching Session.

Panels
The aim of panel submissions is to share knowledge with the audience through the presentation of three to four related papers and a brief consideration of them from a discussant. Panel proposals should include:

1. The Form for All Conference Submissions described above. The chair and discussant of the session should be clearly identified. Panel proposals will not be accepted without an identified chair.
2. A brief abstract/description of each paper in the panel (not to exceed 250 words for each).
3. A brief two-page CV for each presenter. Panels must include a chair, and usually have three paper presentations followed by a discussant. The suggested division of time is five minutes for introductions, fifteen minutes for each paper, ten minutes for commentary from the discussant, and thirty minutes for questions and answers from the audience. The main idea is to give each paper presenter an equal amount of time, while ensuring time for audience participation.

Chairs: Chairs are responsible for introducing panel members, ensuring that presenters keep within the time limits, and facilitating discussion. Paper presenters and discussants may chair a session in which they are presenting.
Discussants: Discussants should offer critical comments on each paper or on the papers as a group with an eye toward stimulating discussion. Discussants may also serve as the session chair. Discussants must send to the chair a brief biography for the purpose of introductions.
Paper Presenters: Paper presenters must send to the chair a brief biography for the purpose of introductions, and must send a copy of their paper to both the chair and discussant at least a month before the conference. Giving the discussant time to read papers in advance of the session is not only courteous, but also will help to guarantee a more substantive and stimulating session.

Individual Papers
The aim of individual paper submissions is to share knowledge with the audience through the presentation of a paper.
Paper proposals should include:

1. The Form for All Conference Submissions described above. If the paper submitter is willing to also chair the session, this should be clearly indicated on the cover page. (See description of Chair in Panels, above).
2. A brief abstract/description of the paper (not to exceed 250 words).
3. A brief two-page CV.

Individual paper presentations are organized by the committee into panels (see description of panels above). After acceptance, paper presenters must send to the identified chair a brief biography for the purpose of introductions, and send a copy of their paper to both the chair and discussant at least a month before the conference. Giving the discussant time to read the paper in advance of the session is not only courteous, but also will help to guarantee a more substantive and stimulating session.

Workshops
The aim of workshops is to actively engage participants in learning new skills and activities.
Workshop proposals should include:

1. The Form for All Conference Submissions described above.
2. A description of the workshop, including brief description of the goals for participants and the ways these goals will be met (not to exceed 700 words total).
3. A brief two-page CV for each presenter.

Roundtables
The aim of roundtables is to facilitate a discussion amongst presenters and audience participants about a particular topic or issue.
Roundtable proposals should include

1. The Form for All Conference Submissions described above. The chair of the roundtable should be clearly identified on the cover page.
2. A description of the roundtable, including a brief description of the topic and its relevance or importance to Asian/Pacific American Studies, and a description of each presenter’s contribution (Not to exceed 700 words total).
3. A brief two-page CV for each presenter.

Presenters usually introduce the topic, briefly contribute their expertise or viewpoints, and frame discussion questions to focus audience participation. As roundtables are meant to encourage conversation and to model speaking across boundaries and experiences, roundtable submissions should include multiple viewpoints and diverse voices. In a roundtable, the majority of the allotted time (~one hour) should be devoted to discussion involving audience members.

Questions?
For specific questions regarding type of sessions, submission guidelines, or other programmatic issues, or to share ideas for plenaries, please contact the Program Committee Co-Chairs, Greg Robinson (robinson.greg@uqam.ca), Sandhya Shukla (srs52@columbia.edu) and Robert Ji-Song Ku (jku@binghamton.edu.

Submission Deadline and Instructions
Abstracts must be received by October 31, 2006. No late proposals will be accepted. We will accept proposals via postal mail and online submission. Faxed submissions will not be considered. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged.
Please visit http://www.aaastudies.org/call.tpl to complete the on-line submission form and upload abstracts and CVs.

A cover page submitted on-line without attached abstracts or CVs is NOT considered complete. We will not accept or consider submissions that are lacking information. All notifications and announcements will be made by e-mail by the end of December.

UIC Conference

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students
Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University of Illinois at Chicago.

For this conference, we invite papers and panel proposals from across the different disciplines in arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences to engage with issues of immigration, transnationalism, and diaspora and their relevance for Asian/American communities. The conference especially encourages papers that adopt comparative or interdisciplinary approaches.

We want to explore how the modalities of immigration, transnationalism and diaspora can be productively engaged with precisely through interdisciplinary and comparative means. How are traditional ways of understanding Asian/American immigration, transnationalism, and diaspora being reimagined in diverse disciplines? What are the emerging contours of Asian/America at the conjuncture of these issues? This conference hopes to be a venue where faculty and graduate students can address Asian/American scholarship across disciplinary and methodological boundaries! .

We welcome paper or panel proposals by graduate students at any stage of their research and in any discipline. The proposal should include an assessment of where this scholarship fits within the current literature of the chosen field and how the work contributes to and/or expands the
knowledge of Asian/American experiences.

Paper Submissions should include (1) contact information (including university, year in school, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address); (2) a 250 word abstract; and (3) a curriculum vitae and a brief biography for each presenter.

Panel Proposals should include (1) a cover sheet with contact information for the chair and each panelist (including university, year in school, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address); (2) a one-page rationale explaining the relevance of the panel to the theme of the conference; (3) a one-page abstract for each proposed paper; and (4) a curriculum vitae and a brief biography for each presenter.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit individual paper proposals or full panel proposals via e-mail attachment by November 3, 2006 to apagsocfp@uic.edu with the subject line, "APAGSO Conference Submission."

Attachments should be in word, pdf, or rtf formats.

Submissions should be one document (i.e. include all required information in one attached document).

Submissions may fall under the purview of the following disciplines/subject fields. This list is not exhaustive:

* Asian American Studies
* Critical Race Theory
* English
* History
* Sociology
* Anthropology
* Public Health
* Medicine
* Psychology
* Education
* Urban Studies
* Gender Studies
* Comparative Literature
* African American Studies
* Latino Studies
* Postcolonial Literature
* Art History


Limited support for graduate student travel to attend the conference may be available. For more information, contact apagsocfp@uic.edu