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The big day!
Hey everyone!
I hope you are all as excited as we are about the conference that is kicking off in a matter of hours. Here is the schedule for this afternoon/evening (the full conference program is available under “Conference Info”):
3:00pm – 4:00pm Coffee Talk with Asian-American Poet, Eugene Gloria
“Can Poetry (Re)Construct Identity on the Hyphen?”
Indiana Memorial [...]
Registration is live!
Hi everyone,
Sorry for the delay, but registration is finally up. Even if you have already committed to the conference in some other way (email, personal communication, etc.) I urge you to use the following form to register so that we get an accurate count all gathered in one place.
Please click the link below to go [...]
Notes on Hotel Reservation — RESERVE BY AUGUST 25th!
Dear prospective “Crossroads” participants,
First, we have a block of rooms reserved at Days Inn for conference participants, mostly doubles but also a few singles. If you wish to stay at the hotel, you will need to make a reservation by August 25. This is the release date for any rooms not already reserved by conference participants. [...]
Submission Deadline Extended!
Submission Deadline: Extended to July 31st
There’s still time left! The submission deadline has been extended to Friday, July 31, 2009. We invite all graduate students to submit short proposals (250-300 words) to the 2009 Asian American Studies conference entitled “Crossroads: Asian America/Asian Diaspora Across Disciplines.” Proposals may address research topics, papers, or pedagogical [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Updated Information for Special Guests
Hello everyone! We now have more information on our guests and their respective roles in the conference. Click “Guest Profiles” above to find out more about our keynote speaker Josephine Lee; our panelists for the panel on “Life as an Academic,” Purnima Bose, Fernando Ona, and Carwina Weng; and our guests giving creative readings, Debra [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Call for Papers and online submission forms are up!
You can now visit the Submissions link above to read the Call for Papers and look at the online submission forms. Please contact us at admin@aastudies.org if you have questions! For your convenience, I have also attached the call for papers at the end of this post (click “more”).
Jason Nguyen
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(Minor Update 5/01/2009: I accidentally linked [...]
Minor update: A few profiles and looking forward
We’re still tweaking the look of the site and things may be moved around a bit in the next few days, so watch out for that. Today, I added profiles for some committee members, which can be accessed above by clicking “About Us”. I will update with all conference committee members as soon as I [...]
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