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<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1) Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Arab-American Conference, Dearborn</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">


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<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1)</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Date: </span><span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">03 Oct 2013</span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">


<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">From: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">KateC Wilson <<a href="mailto:wilson.katec@gmail.com" target="_blank">wilson.katec@gmail.com</a>></span><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">

<span style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Subject: </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">Arab-American Conference, Dearborn</font><br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">


<br style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Beyond the Label: Arab American Faces, Places, and Traces (Organized by the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Arab American Studies</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><</span><a href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Association) April</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">4-6, 2014</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The Arab American</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">National<</span><a href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Museum</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Dearborn, Michigan</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The label “Arab American” is imbued with layered meanings within both</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">academic settings and public arenas. Variously embraced, sometimes</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">contested, often redefined, Arab American identity constructions have been</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">influenced by historical factors, discourses of self-identification, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">normative processes of data collection. We invite papers that address Arab</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">American formations or contestations from a variety of disciplines, and we</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">especially welcome works that explore the impact of historical research on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">interdisciplinary and comparative analyses or methodological approaches to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">the study <</span><a href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">> of Arab</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Americans.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">At this conference, we aim to explore questions such as: How are Arab</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Americans constructed differently in various discourses and in different</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">historical periods? How do familial, local, ethnic, transnational, class</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">and/or religious affiliations influence Arab American identity formations?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">How are such formations shaped through sexual, ideological, or political</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">orientations? Who is excluded and who is included in various spaces and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">designations, and how do such inclusions or exclusions shape various</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">narratives about Arab American history and identity formations? How has</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Naff’s work impacted Arab American Studies?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Abstracts of 300 words in length, along with brief</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">bios<</span><a href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px" target="_blank">http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">>,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">should be sent as MS-Word attachments to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">conference@</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">arabamericanstudies.orgby September 30, 2013.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Papers submitted will be considered for publication after the conference.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Final drafts should be ready and submitted by January 15, 2014.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><div style="font-size:13.333333969116211px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">

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