[Discussion] CFP: Cultural Politics of the Middle East in the Americas (12/15/05; 7/15/06)

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From: Evelyn Azeeza Alsultany <alsultan@umich.edu>

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Cultural Politics of the Middle East in the Americas
(Forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press)

Editors:
Evelyn Alsultany, University of Michigan, alsultan@umich.edu
Ella Shohat, New York University, ella.shohat@nyu.edu

We are looking for essays for an edited book volume on the cultural politics of
the Middle East in the Americas, to be published by The University of Michigan
Press in 2007. Essays should focus on representation and diaspora as impacted by
the transnational circulation of goods, ideas, images and sounds. The essays
should be written within an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach. The
volume aims at deconstructing the academic boundaries established between area
studies, ethnic studies, and postcolonial studies. We will also consider essays
written within a comparative perspective, in relation to Middle Eastern
communities in other "Western" spaces such as Europe. While unpublished work is
preferred, some previously published pieces will be considered.

We will accept abstracts, conference papers, and full-length essays. Please
include title, full mailing address, and contact information. All submissions
should be e-mailed to Ella Shohat (ella.shohat@nyu.edu) and Evelyn Alsultany
(alsultan@umich.edu) and longer submissions should also be mailed to: Evelyn
Alsultany, Program in American Culture, University of Michigan, 3700 Haven Hall,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1045. The deadline to submit an abstract for consideration
is December 15, 2005. The anticipated date for final essay submissions is July
15, 2006.

For a more detailed description of the project, see www.middleeastamericas.info


Evelyn Azeeza Alsultany
<alsultan@umich.edu>