Call for Submissions: Growing Up Filipino

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

This is a call for submissions of short stories for an anthology tentatively titled, GROWING UP FILIPINO II - Stories for Young Adults. The book will be edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and will be published by both Anvil and PALH. Contributors will receive copies of the book as compensation for the use of their work.

The manuscript should be approximately 8-10 pages long, typed, double-spaced (approximately 1,800-2,300 words). This should be emailed to CBrainard@aol.com . You may also send it by air mail to:

Cecilia Brainard
c/o PALH
PO Box 5099
Santa Monica , CA 90409
USA

This book project is a follow-up of an earlier short story collection entitled Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults (published by PALH 2002, and Anvil). The following review describes the 2002 collection:

>From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-These 29 short stories offer a highly textured portrait of Filipino youth and an excellent sampling of creative writing. Thematically arranged, most of the pieces have been written since the turn of the 21st century. Each story is introduced by a thumbnail sketch of the author and a paragraph or two about some element of Filipino culture or history that is relevant to the story. Authors include those born and continuing to live in the Philippines, emigres, and American-born Filipinos. Tough but relevant topics addressed include a gay youth's affection for his supportive mother, the role of religious didacticism in the formation of a childhood perception, consumer culture as it is experienced by modern teens in Manila, and coping with bullies of all ages and stations in life. The high caliber and broad but wholly accessible range of this collection, however, makes this title a solid purchase for multiple reasons.

The 29 stories in the 2002 edition of Growing Up Filipino were written before 9/11 ( September 11, 2001). The editor would now like to collect a second volume that continues to address the young adult audience. The stories in the collection will still be about the Filipino experience in the Philippines or any part of the world. But in this second volume, the editor is seeing contemporary stories, or post 9/11 stories. The editor is seeking the best stories about growing up Filipino. The editor is not looking for stories written by young adults, but about Filipino young adults. The editor envisions the stories dealing with relationships, family, falling in love perhaps, and other issues that the young adults deal with. Character-driven stories are encouraged. Those interested in submitting are encouraged to read the first volume of Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults, to get an idea of the kind of stories the editor is looking for.

Deadline for submission is September 30, 2007. Early submissions are welcome. Please send your bio (approx. 150 words) in people-friendly narrative form.

ABOUT THE EDITOR : Cecilia Manguerra Brainard is the author/editor of over a dozen books. She has a website at www.ceciliabrainard.com and a blog at cbrainard.blogspot.com

CFP: Gender Issues in International Migration (Asian Women)

Call for Papers
Asian Women
2007 Winter Issue, 2008 Spring Issue

Asian Women seeks submissions for recent gender issues such as women and welfare, women's rights, eco-feminism, health, women and bio-technology, women and history, men's studies, and other relevant themes in gender studies, slated for publication in 2007 issues. Asian Women is accepting submissions for 2007 Winter issue with a special theme of War, Women, and Military, and Women in Conflicts and for 2008 Spring and Summer issue with a theme of Gender Issues in International Migration.

Please visit http://asianfem.sookmyung.ac.kr/issue/k_issue.htm?type=b for more specific information about submission.

Asian Women, an interdisciplinary journal covering various Women's Studies, Men's Studies, and Gender Studies themes, hopes to share intelligent original papers as well as case studies with you. Also, any contributions of theoretical papers, regional reports, or case studies based on feminist studies and Asian studies will be welcomed. The editors welcome submissions that are based on either collaborative or independent scholarship. They also receive submissions from a wide variety of Asia and other countries. Contributors need to send their manuscripts to the Research Institute of Asian Women any time. However, for the prompt evaluation procedure and publication for 2007 Winter issue, contributors should send their manuscripts by 30th of September 2007. For more information, contact the Managing Editor, Research Institute of Asian Women, Sookmyung Women's University, 52 Hyochangwon-gil, Youngsan-ku, Seoul, Korea 140-742 or e-mail her at asianfem@sm.ac.kr.

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Williams College

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian American Studies

Williams College invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian American Studies, to begin in the fall of 2008, preferably with a specialization in cultural history, cultural studies, film studies, contemporary politics, and/or social movements, although other specializations may be considered. New Ph.D.s are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate will have an appointment in the American Studies Program and will teach one course per semester, including lower-level courses such as the Introduction to American Studies and upper-level courses from his or her area of specialization. The successful candidate will also advise students conducting research in Asian American Studies and American Studies.

The Mellon Fellows at Williams are included in the activities of The American Studies Program and of other related departments and programs as regular junior faculty members. They work closely with a faculty mentor; they participate in Williams’ Project for Effective Teaching; and they receive feedback on pedagogical skills and teaching effectiveness through our standard evaluation procedures.

The fellowship includes a salary of $36,000 plus benefits and funds to support research and travel.

Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States, or expect to pursue a teaching career in the United States.

Please submit a letter of application, c.v., a graduate school transcript, three letters of recommendation, and a brief description of teaching interests. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2007 and continue until the search is completed. Send application materials to:

K. Scott Wong
American Studies Program
Stetson Hall
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267


Williams College is a coeducational liberal arts institution, offering undergraduate education to its 2,000 students. The College has built its reputation on a long tradition of outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its students. Among the opportunities that Williams offers its students and approximately 260 faculty members are interdisciplinary programs and centers, including the Multicultural Center, the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Center for Environmental Studies as well as extensive library and museum collections, state-of-the-art theatre and dance facilities, a center for information technology, and well-equipped laboratories. See also Williams College website (http://www.williams.edu).

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, Williams College especially welcomes and encourages applications from women and minority candidates.

CFP: East Of California panels @AAAS in Chicago

CFP: Annual Association of Asian American Studies Conference (AAAS)
Chicago, IL, April 16-20, 2008 [http://www.aaastudies.org/index.tpl]
East of California / Roundtables and Panels

Brief Overview:
Taking advantage of this year’s conference theme, “Where is the Heart of Asian America?: Troubling American Identity and Exceptionalism in an Age of Globalization and Imperialism” and location (Chicago, IL), the East of California caucus proposes two roundtables and two academic sessions that consider new directions for the field with regard to professionalization, further institutionalization, and academic practice. Mindful that Asian American Studies was founded on both theory and practice, the proposed roundtables and panels acknowledge the extent to which the field continues to grow and expand, particularly East of California.

“Centering the Margins: Revising and Re-envisioning East of California” (Roundtable)
Asian American Studies has historically been focused on work and scholarship in California. However, as the emergence of programs across the country suggests, geographic considerations of the field no longer adequately accommodate for the heterogeneity of scholarship in Asian American Studies. Nor does such a location – “east” of California – immediately enable conversations of the field outside of simple geographic designation. This roundtable brings together administrators, faculty, and graduate students whose work reflects the need for further dialogue about the future of Asian American Studies. What are struggles that exist on the institutional or programmatic level? What about the issue of resources and the often lack of resources with regard to faculty numbers and student demands? How do these struggles suggest a potential for a larger Ethnic Studies collaboration in various sites? Additionally, we are interested in hearing from scholars whose main field of inquiry may not be Asian American studies but who nonetheless have an academic and/or activist interest in Asian American issues and in teaching Asian American subjects.

“Surviving in Academia: From First Year Graduate Student to Tenured Faculty Member” (Roundtable)
This roundtable is focused on the multiple levels of professionalization that occur from the graduate to the post-graduate level. Given that the field has grown considerably and that positions and programs are in new locations, how does thinking in terms of East of California shift the conversation about professionalization? How does one select a program? What about the job market? How does one negotiate a postdoctoral position? What about the ever-pressing need to publish? How does one broker a contract or negotiate an often complicated terrain of politics and missions? The experiences of graduate students to tenured faculty will allow this roundtable to present shared knowledge as a means of negotiating and surviving Academia as Asian Americanists.

“Re-Centering Asian American Narratives” (Panel)
As reflected in the larger field of Asian American Studies, Asian American scholarship about narrative is often located on the West Coast. However, as demographic shifts occur with regard to APA populations, and as more and more Asian American bodies move to locations like the Midwest (and the South), what is the impact on cinematic or literary narrative between the two coasts? In other words, how do narratives that take place outside of both the West Coast and the Eastern Seaboard , M. Evelina Galang’s collection of stories set largely in Chicago, Her Wild American Self, Ruth Ozeki’s second novel set in Idaho, All Over Creation, Susan Choi’s The Foreign Student, which moves between Sewanee, TN, Korea, and Chicago, the newly released memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, set in Grand Rapids, Michigan, or films like Renee Tajima-Pena’s My America or Honk if You Love Buddha or the groundbreaking documentary by Tajima and Rea Tajiri Who Killed Vincent Chin? force a reconsideration of narrative that brings us as scholars and academics back to Lisa Lowe’s now famous assertion of heterogeneity, hybridity, and multiplicity? What is the unique shape of narratives that take place in the heartland, away from the coasts, and how does a repositioning of Asian American narratives influence our understanding of where Asian America exists?

“Alternative Spaces in Asian America” (Panel)
EOC was founded as an alternative space to discuss issues of Asian American studies outside of the West Coast. Similarly, the internet, with its proliferation of blogs, social sites like Facebook and MySpace, and a growth of on-line journals, has become yet another alternate space to discuss Asian American issues. This panel brings together scholars, activists, and intellectuals, whether formally trained or home grown, to discuss the internet as an alternative space to explore Asian American identity, epistemology, pedagogy, activism, and social networking. What are the limits to using different spaces (blogs, on-line journals, social networking sites) to explore Asian American identity? What are the pleasures, perils, and pitfalls of doing Asian American studies in these alternative spaces? How can “traditional” academics make effective use of the internet to engage with more “organic” intellectuals to promote social justice and change as well as to create networking across the blogosphere and internet communities?

Requirements for Submission:
*Roundtable
--1 page cv
--1 page outline for 5-7 minute remarks

*Panel
--1 page cv
--1 page abstract (250 words) for 15 minute paper/presentation

Please send electronic copies of all materials to both Cathy Schlund-Vials (schlundvials@gmail.com) and Jennifer Ho (hojennifer@earthlink.net) by Monday, October 1, 2007.

American Studies Association Ethnic Studies Prize: Call for Papers

The Committee on Ethnic Studies calls for submissions for the 2007 Comparative Ethnic Studies Prize, awarded to a participant in the annual meeting of the American Studies Association. Any paper given at the meeting is eligible for consideration, provided that it does not exceed 15 pages, including the notes. The author of the winning paper will receive a $500 award at the Comparative Ethnic Studies Seminar at the annual meeting, to be held October 11-14, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.

Relevant submissions will contrast or connect the process of race-making or the experiences of communities of color with similar processes or experiences inside or outside the United States. All essays must be global and/or comparative, focusing on the power of race to shape the lives of diverse groups of people.

Papers should be submitted electronically by September 1, 2007 to Sarika Chandra, chair of the committee, at: schandra@wayne.edu. Late submissions will not be accepted.