[Englecturers] ASA panel opportunity

[Steven Axelrod]

Hi all, an acquaintance of mine named Marguerite, a grad student at UC
Berkeley, is forming a panel for the ASA as described below. If you're
interested in volunteering as participant or discussant, email her at the
address indicated. Feel free to mention that I called this to your
attention. Cheers, SA

Steven Gould Axelrod
Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
President, PAMLA
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
951 780 5653 (home phone) 

Lastly, Marguerite is putting together a panel proposal for the American
Studies Association and is auditioning for presenters and perhaps a
discussant. Feel free to pass along the CFP attached below to anyone you
think might be interested.


ASA 2006 panel proposal

This panel seeks papers examining the topic of transpacific colonialisms /
postcolonialisms.  Questions and concerns can include, but are not limited
to:  how do practices or notions of colonialism or postcolonialism travel
across the pacific?  How do Asian and American travelers, writers,
journalists, expatriates, laborers, filmmakers, etc., represent themselves
within contexts of colonialism / postcolonialism, perhaps even redefining
the relations that constitute those very terms?  How are representations of
seemingly localized colonial or postcolonial contexts affected by
transpacific social, political, and historical relations? Contact
info:mbnguyen at berkeley.edu