Circle for Asian American Literary Studies (CAALS)

Check out our 3 CFP's for the American Literature Association 2026 conference! We have panels on model minority discourse, materiality, and new directions in Asian American literary studies! Due 1/22/26: caals.org/archives/1622

Calling scholars of Asian American literature 📚 CFP for three #ALA2026 panels on model minority discourse, science & materialty, & new directions in the field. Abstracts due Jan 22, 2026. DM for more info!

Join us Fri, Nov 14, 2:30-3:45pm EST for a talk with @purtybirdie & Chris A. Eng on their new books, Refiguring Race and Risk: Counternarratives of Care in the US Security State & Extravagant Camp: The Queer Abjection of Asian America! Zoom link: bit.ly/4nFc73u

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We have joined Bluesky to maintain connections with those of you who are migrating! 🦋 Come find us there @caals.bsky.social

This is a reminder that paper proposals are due Monday 1/20 for our 3 ALA panels. More info here: caals.org/archives/1487

To celebrate 10 years of publication, Verge is sponsoring a cover art contest. We invite artists to submit their work and the winning image will be showcased on the cover of issue 13.1, our next open issue! All submissions should be sent to verge@psu.edu by February 17, 2025.

JOB POSTING: Lecturer in Asian American Studies at Harvard. Begins 7/1/25, 2:2 teaching load, and review of apps begins 2/7/25. You can apply here!: (academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14593)

Excited to announce our CFP’s for @AmLit_ALA 2025! 1) Asian American Literature after 1965, 2) Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer at 10 & Southeast Asian Diasporic Stories Today, 3) OPEN CALL for any aspect of Asian American lit. & culture! Due 1/20/25: bit.ly/4iKE0pn

#CFP 2025 University at Buffalo Undergraduate Conference on South Asia: "Innovation & Heritage," April 4-5. Submit all proposals by January 31 for consideration. ow.ly/C62H50UuQUw

Coming up this week! AAS Members, please join us on Friday, December 6 for a roundtable discussion of Han Kang's writing and the Nobel Prize in Literature she will receive next week. Register now: asianstudies.org/jobs-professio…

Call for applications: the 2025-26 Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies is now open for submissions! Scholars in Southeast Asia are invited to apply for this opportunity by February 3, 2025. Full details: asianstudies.org/grants-awards/…

#CFA The Linda Hall Library invites researchers to apply for its 2025-26 fellowships in the history of science and related humanities fields - submit materials by January 17 for consideration. lindahall.org/research/linda…

New #AsiaNow post: an interview with David Fedman, Eleana Kim, and Albert Park, editors of the @CornellPress open-access volume FORCES OF NATURE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON KOREAN ENVIRONMENTS. asianstudies.org/forces-of-natu…

Our Caucus just met to discuss preparations for the 2025 AAAS Boston Conference, as well as updates from the faculty and graduate students Research Award and Writing groups! If you are looking for a writing group, feel free to contact our host, Yeeun Hong, at yhong4@albany.edu.

Reminder: Global Asias 7 Conference: We are pleased to announce that Penn State will be hosting the Global Asias 7 Conference in Spring 2025. Panel proposals are due November 1, 2024. For details, see below or visit bit.ly/4guw0HR

Call for Papers – BASAS ECR Workshop: Caste in Practice Deadline: 31 October 2024 Full details available on our website: basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…

The Penn State University Global Asias Initiative (GAI) is soliciting submissions for a new project, The Alien Forms of Global Asias Writing. Submissions for this Asia Shorts volume are due on 9/15/25. Details here: bit.ly/3Yheyj1