http://aaastudies.org/blog Association for Asian American Studies Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The UCLA Asian American Studies Center is very proud to announce that Professor Lois M. Takahashi has been promoted to Full Professor in UCLA's Department of Urban Planning of the School of Public Affairs. Professor Takahashi has actively participated in the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Asian American Studies Center ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/18/ucla-professor-lois-takahashi-promoted-to-full-professor/ Northeast Modern Language Association 2009 Annual Convention Celebrating NEMLA’s 40th Anniversary Boston, MA February 26th-March 1st, 2009 Panel Title: “The Transnational of National(ist) Discourse in Asian/American Literature” When might national—even nationalist—discourse hold within it the possibilities of transnational dynamics? Is national(ist) discourse sometimes used to express transnational desires and affiliations? How are multiple national(ist) loyalties/affinities/histories ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/18/cfp-nemla-conference-asian-american-literature/ Dear Friends, I would humbly like to post the following information on my book: Legacies of Struggle: Conflict and Cooperation in Korean American politics (Stanford University Press, 2007) for anyone interested in community-based organizations in Koreatown. The manuscript was the product of my Ph.D. dissertation at UCLA and my first ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/15/new-release-legacies-of-struggle-conflict-and-cooperation-in-korean-american-politics/ Assistant Professor (Filipino American Studies Specialist) Department of Ethnic Studies College of Social Sciences University of Hawaii at Manoa Closing Date: Continuous with screening of first applications on August 15, 2008. Position Description: Position Number # 82125, full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position in Ethnic Studies to begin January 1, 2009. Duties: Teach undergraduate courses from a transnational ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/15/job-asst-prof-ethnic-studies-university-of-hawaii-at-manoa/ The Hmong Studies Journal has just printed Volumes 7 and 8 in physical, hard copy editions. Please see the press release at this link: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HSJPrintingsPR08.html The Hmong Studies Journal is a unique and established peer-reviewed Internet-based academic publication devoted to the scholarly discussion of Hmong history, Hmong culture, Hmong people, and other facets ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/15/hmong-studies-journal-print-editions-available/ Please distribute widely and encourage your students to apply: UC Riverside is pleased to announce a new Ph.D. Program in Ethnic Studies. Beginning September 1, 2008, the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside will accept applications for new students seeking admission into the Ph.D. Program in the Fall of 2009. The UCR Ethnic ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/15/new-phd-program-in-ethnic-studies-at-university-of-california-riverside/ new book: Amalgamation Schemes Antiblackness and the Critique of Multiracialism Jared Sexton Despite being heralded as the answer to racial conflict in the post–civil rights United States, the principal political effect of multiracialism is neither a challenge to the ideology of white supremacy nor a defiance of sexual racism. More accurately, Jared Sexton argues in Amalgamation Schemes, multiracialism ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/13/new-release-antiblackness-critique-of-multiracialism-jared-sexton/ UCLA AASC Releases 10th Edition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Directory for Los Angeles and Orange Counties August 7, 2008 For Immediate Release Media Copies: Contact Letisia Marquez lmarquez@support.ucla.edu; (310) 206-3986 General Info: Contact Meg Thornton meg@ucla.edu; (310) 825-1006 The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has released the 10th Edition of its Asian American and Pacific Islander ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/13/ucla-aasc-releases-10th-edition-of-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-community-directory-for-los-angeles-and-orange-counties/ The Department of Sociology and the International Studies Program invite applications for a tenure track assistant professor position with a cutting-edge research program in any of the following three areas: global environmental sociology, global social movements, and immigration. Scholars with expertise in any geographic area of the world are invited to apply, particularly those with ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/13/job-asst-prof-sociology-and-international-studies-boston-college/ Creighton University Division of Student Services Assistant Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs The Assistant Director reports to the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and is integral in assisting all staff in the overall daily operations of the office. A primary expectation is the creation and administration of new retention initiatives/strategies/programs ... http://aaastudies.org/blog/2008/08/11/job-asst-director-of-multicultural-affairs-creighton-university/