CFP: BrANCA Panel at BAAS Conference 2017 (Canterbury Christchurch University)

Please note this event has been re-scheduled from May 26 to June 6 Ellen Wu (Indiana University, Bloomington) - This talk places Asian Americans at the center of the intersecting histories of race-making and policy-making in the late-twentieth century United States. Contemporaries saw Asian Americans as an 'overrepresented' (as opposed to 'underrepresented') minority in a double sense: first, as an economically privileged minority racial group that did not need new rights and programs to guarantee equal opportunity, and second, as too successful and therefore a threat to whites. How and why did this racial logic gain traction, and what were its consequences?  The presentation will share preliminary findings as a new way to think about the fundamental importance of Asian Americans and Asia to the recalibration of the nation’s racial order and political alignments in the post-civil rights era. Dr Ellen Wu (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is associate professor of […]

Registration is now open for the Marilynne Robinson Symposium. The full programme and further information, along with the registration link, can be found on the symposium website here: https://robinsonsymposium.wordpress.com/ The day's events will culminate in a roundtable discussion featuring Prof. Bridget Bennett, Prof. Sarah Churchwell, and Prof. Richard King. Places should be booked by June 1st.

The Folio Academy Sessions Saturday 18 June - Sunday 19 June, British Library Conference Centre, book online: http://www.bl.uk/events/the-folio-academy-sessions For the third year running, the Folio Prize Foundation and the British Library host some of the world’s finest writers and their guests. Sponsored by The Eccles Centre for American Studies, this year’s line-up includes a range of authors for eight panel discussions including Richard Francis on Utopias, Tracy Chevalier on historical narratives, Caryl Philips on 'A Place Called Home', and Roger Roberts on 'The Authenticity Paradox.' Over eight sessions each programmed by a different member of the Folio Prize Academy, the weekend will explore how stories have the power to transform us: how they can impact individuals and effect social change. Tickets can be purchased for individual events or day and weekend passes.