The AAAS May 2008 newsletter is now out. We have sent the newsletter through email to members who have listed their email addresses on their membership forms. The newsletter is also available on our website: http://aaastudies.org/newsletters/index.html

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 category of Engaged Scholarship is open to various kinds of publications and is not restricted to book publications.

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.

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.

In honor of Anita Affeldt, the Association for Asian American Studies will provide two conference awards to help defray graduate student travel expenses incurred by participating in its annual conference. The award will include three nights (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) at the conference hotel (Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Chicago, Illinois) and waived student conference registration fee. The approximate value of each award is $775. Recipients will be selected on the basis of merit, need, and other special considerations.

To qualify for one of these awards, a student must:

- be a member of the Association for Asian American Studies for the 2008 calendar year;

- have a paper proposal accepted for the 2008 conference;

- complete and submit the Graduate Student Conference Award application below;

- submit a copy of his/her paper proposal and curriculum vita.

Decisions regarding awards will be determed by a committee of the AAAS Board.

Deadline: Applications and supporting materials must be received by JANUARY 15, 2008

To download the application, please click here: aa-grad-trvl-fund-app-2008.pdf

Board Election Update
At the board meeting in October 2007, it became apparent that there were only three positions that were up for re-election this year: New England, southern California, and graduate student representative. This meant that in the following year, 2009, more than 75% of the board members would be changing. Having such a disproportionate number of new members does not facilitate the efficient running of the board and the association. Therefore, the board decided that the southern California and New England regional representatives would extend their terms by one year until 2009. Beginning in 2009, we will structure and stagger the terms so that at any time the board will not have to turn over more than 50% of its existing members.

At this time, therefore, the only board positions up for election are:

Position:President-Elect (2008-2010)

Position: Graduate Student (2008-2010)

The President-Elect will assume the presidency in 2010. Candidates must be current members of the Association. Deadline for nominations is December 15, 2007. Send letter of interest and candidate statement to: AAAS Secretariat, Cornell University, 420 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2502. Announcement of election results will be published in the March 2008 Newsletter. The term of office will begin at the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting (April 16-20, 2008 in Chicago, IL).

Resolutions

The Association for Asian American Studies strives to support and advocate for those issues that are significant to Asian Pacific American communities. The Association urges constructive and critical discussion on these issues. Therefore, the Association encourages submission of resolutions for consideration by the membership during the annual general meeting. The following are the procedures and policies for submission and voting:

1. Submissions:

Any Association member in good standing may submit resolutions for consideration by the Association membership at the annual conference.

a) A resolution submission must be accompanied by a petition signed by 15 Association members.
b) The resolution submission and petition may be sent to any Board member prior to the annual meeting to be voted on during the general membership meeting. A copy must be sent to the Secretariat no later than March 29, 2008.
c) All resolution submissions will be reviewed by the Board prior to the general membership meeting.
d) All resolution submissions reviewed by the Board will be available at the registration table the morning of the general membership meeting for review by the Association membership.

2. Voting:
All Association members in good standing may vote on a submitted resolution.

a) During the general membership meeting (Saturday, April 19, 2008) all other conference participants, in good faith, will not vote on any resolution.
b) The majority vote of all eligible voting persons during the general membership meeting will be accepted by the Association. Limited debate will be allowed for each resolution.

Deadline for resolution submissions: March 29, 2008.

Send to: AAAS Secretariat, Cornell University, 420 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-2502

The AAAS November 2007 newsletter is now out. We have sent the newsletter through email to members who have listed their email addresses on their membership forms. The newsletter is also available on our website: http://aaastudies.org/newsletters/index.html

October 26, 2007

Dear AAAS members:
The September 2007 AAAS newsletter contained an error in the job opportunities section. Due to a mistake in the formatting and laying out of the newsletter, a previous year’s job posting submitted by the University of California, Santa Barbara was inadvertently included. The secretariat sincerely apologizes to the UCSB Asian American Studies Department and to the candidates who unwittingly applied for a no longer existing job opening for the inconveniences and disappointments occasioned by our mistake. We have since put in place a revised formatting procedure to avoid such errors in the future. We sent out a revised edition of the September 2007 newsletter on October 3, 2007. Please consult the job advertisements in this edition for updated information.

Stephanie Hsu
for the AAAS Secretariat