Arabic-L:GEN:Arab-American Conference, Dearborn

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1) Subject: Arab-American Conference, Dearborn

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Date: 03 Oct 2013
From: KateC Wilson <wilson.katec at gmail.com>
Subject: Arab-American Conference, Dearborn

Beyond the Label: Arab American Faces, Places, and Traces (Organized by the
Arab American Studies
<http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#>Association) April
4-6, 2014
The Arab American
National<http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#>Museum
Dearborn, Michigan

The label “Arab American” is imbued with layered meanings within both
academic settings and public arenas. Variously embraced, sometimes
contested, often redefined, Arab American identity constructions have been
influenced by historical factors, discourses of self-identification, and
normative processes of data collection. We invite papers that address Arab
American formations or contestations from a variety of disciplines, and we
especially welcome works that explore the impact of historical research on
interdisciplinary and comparative analyses or methodological approaches to
the study <http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#> of Arab
Americans.

At this conference, we aim to explore questions such as: How are Arab
Americans constructed differently in various discourses and in different
historical periods? How do familial, local, ethnic, transnational, class
and/or religious affiliations influence Arab American identity formations?
How are such formations shaped through sexual, ideological, or political
orientations? Who is excluded and who is included in various spaces and
designations, and how do such inclusions or exclusions shape various
narratives about Arab American history and identity formations? How has
Naff’s work impacted Arab American Studies?

Abstracts of 300 words in length, along with brief
bios<http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=206776#>,
should be sent as MS-Word attachments to
conference at arabamericanstudies.orgby September 30, 2013.

Papers submitted will be considered for publication after the conference.
Final drafts should be ready and submitted by January 15, 2014.

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