Professor Kou Yang and I are soliciting submissions for what will be the first peer-reviewed scholarly anthology devoted to the experiences of Hmong-
Americans published in more than two decades.

Please visit the link for information about the scope of this project
and submission information. Please feel free to contact me if you have
additional questions. I strongly encourage your participation in this
exciting project. I would also appreciate it if you could help us pass
this information along to your scholarly networks.

http://hmongstudies.org/Hmong-AmericansAnthologyCallforPapers.pdf

Mark Pfeifer

AAAS BOOK AWARDS
Call for nominations

The Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is currently accepting nominations for the AAAS Annual Book Awards. The Association offers awards for titles of merit published in 2007. Categories include: Social Science, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, History, Engaged Scholarship, and Poetry/Prose.

The Award recipients receive acknowledgement from the Association for Asian American Studies Executive Board and general membership. Award presentation will be held at our 2009 annual meeting (April 22-26, 2009 at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel in Honolulu, HI). The Committee Chair honoring the recipient with an etched plaque commemorating the author and work. Award winners will also be announced in the AAAS quarterly newsletter and on the AAAS website.

The appropriate Book Award Committee will review titles in consideration for the 2007 awards. Each Committee is selected by the Executive Board of the Association for Asian American Studies and is composed of three members who specialize in Social Science, Literary Studies, Cultural  Studies, History, Engaged Scholarship, and Poetry/Prose.

Decisions from the Book Award Committees will be made in December 2008. The Secretariat will notify Award recipients and publishers by January 2009. The award will be presented to the author at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies in Honolulu, HI.

Books published in 2008 will be awarded at our 2010 conference (Austin, TX).

MEMBERS:
If you would like to nominate a title published in 2007, please contact Stephanie Hsu (ssh13@cornell.edu) with the author and book title no later than June 30, 2008. It is acceptable to nominate oneself or a colleague for the award.

PUBLISHERS:
1. Complete AAAS 2007 Book Award Nomination application (http://www.aaastudies.org/book/index.html)

2. Ship five (5) copies of the nominated title, along with your specification for title category, to the address below:

AAAS Book Awards
Secretariat
Association for Asian American Studies
420 Rockefeller Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-2502

Your completed application and copies of the work must be post-marked no later than June 30, 2008 in order to be considered for the 2007 AAAS Book Award.