On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 16:19:23 -0700 (PDT) Critical Asian Studies 
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> 
> Dear eastasia-research:
> 
> Please disseminate the following information if at all possible.  It
> is an announcement and a call for proposals for a new fellowship
> program in Critical Asian Studies at the University of Washington.  Thank
> you for your help! 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ms. Tasia Asakawa
> Program Assistant
> 
> 
>  
>  			PROGRAM IN CRITICAL ASIAN STUDIES
>  			    University of Washington
>  
>  			     (E-mail Distribution)  
>  
> > > > > The University of Washington is pleased to announce that it has been
> > > > > awarded a Rockefeller Institutional Grant in the Humanities to support
> > > > > preliminary work for an interdisciplinary UW Program in Critical Asian
> > > > > Studies.  The grant funds a three-year period during which we can focus
> > > > > our attention on developing innovative research and theoretical resources
> > > > > for considering how "Asia" as an object of study is being reconfigured in
> > > > > the processes of late twentieth-century economic and cultural
> > > > > transformation and what role the humanities ought to play in shaping
> > > > > critical thinking about this historic movement.  Below, you will find a
> > > > > basic outline of our project which will give you a better idea of our
> > > > > objectives.
> > > > > 
> > > > > PROJECT PROPOSALS
> > > > > 
> > > > > Proposals are invited for projects seeking to explore one or more of the
> > > > > following areas that have been identified as emergent scholarly
> > > > > problematics:  1) the internationalization of scholarship on Asia; 2) the
> > > > > contemporary role of racialization, ethnicization and gendering in
> > > > > structuring the movement of population through North American-Asian
> > > > > circuits; 3) changes affecting the historical tension of the disciplinary
> > > > > boundary between Asian Studies and Asian American Studies; and 4) the
> > > > > ethics and politics of building productive relationships among academic
> > > > > scholars and community interests (e.g. ethnicized American communities,
> > > > > Asian communities in diaspora outside the United States, refugee and
> > > > > migrant communities and so on).
> > > > > 
> > > > > TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIP
> > > > > 
> > > > > Illustrations of the kinds of scholarship we are seeking might be, for
> > > > > instance, a study that examines how International Studies historically has
> > > > > been marked by exclusions based on race, ethnicity and gender and how
> > > > > theoretical production within the discipline has authorized these
> > > > > exclusions.  Another example could be a study that examines the relation
> > > > > of literary genre theory, migration patterns and gendered subject
> > > > > formations in a specific kind of linguistically or socially subordinated
> > > > > writing.  These examples provided here are intended merely to suggest but
> > > > > not to limit the kinds of projects we hope to see proposed.
> > > > > 
> > > > > FELLOWSHIP TERMS
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fellows will be in residence for one academic year of three quarters and
> > > > > will be expected to contribute to a quarter-long weekly seminar open to
> > > > > faculty and graduate students.  They will also be expected to teach a
> > > > > graduate seminar funded separately by the University of Washington.  The
> > > > > ongoing seminar series will establish theoretical resources and
> > > > > substantive research that will help to build a foundation for Critical
> > > > > Asian Studies at the University of Washington and elsewhere..  The
> > > > > objectives of the weekly seminar are:  to help students incorporate
> > > > > cultural critique into their course of study, to offer faculty an
> > > > > opportunity to explore theoretical approaches outside international
> > > > > studies as it is currently institutionalized, to rethink Asian Studies at
> > > > > the level of the undergraduate curriculum, and to produce innovative
> > > > > scholarship for publication.  Fellows will receive a basic stipend
> > > > > totalling $40,000 (including stipend for the graduate seminar) plus up to
> > > > > $5,000 to cover costs of relocation, health, and other benefits.
> > > > > Applicants are encouraged to seek supplementary support from their home
> > > > > institutions (e.g. fellowships may be combined with a sabbatical or with
> > > > > other institutional funding).
> > > > > 
> > > > > APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
> > > > > 
> > > > > In the application, please include the following:  1) a 5-page narrative
> > > > > proposal; 2) 2 recommendation letters; 3) a brief course description of
> > > > > the course that you want to teach; 4) a curriculum vitae, and 5) a
> >       list of publications.
> > > > > 
> > > > > APPLICATION DEADLINE
> > > > > 
> > > > > January 15, 1997
> > > > > 
> > > > > ANNOUNCING A NEW WEB SITE
> > > > > 
> > > > > We now have a Web page which you can visit at the following address:
> > > > > http://weber.u.washington.edu/~critas/.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > If you have any inquiries or comments, please contact Tasia Asakawa,
> > > > > Program Assistant, at <[log in to unmask]>.  Thank you!
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tasia Asakawa
> > > > > 
> > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________
> > > > >                   *PROGRAM IN CRITICAL ASIAN STUDIES*
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> > > > >                    Box 353910  Seattle, WA 98195-3910  
> > > > >    Tel:(206) 616-8590  Fax:(206)685-4080  E-mail:<[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tani Barlow                             Ann Anagnost
> > > > > Assoc. Professor, Women Studies         Assoc. Professor, Anthropology
> > > > > University of Washington                University of Washington
> > > > > Box 354345  Seattle, WA 98195           Box 353100 Seattle, WA 98195
> > > > > Tel:(206) 616-1769, (206) 616-1566      Tel:(206) 543-4793, (206) 543-5240 
> > > > > Fax:(206) 685-9555                      Fax:(206) 543-5240
> > > > > E-mail:<[log in to unmask]>        E-mail:<[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Tasia Asakawa
> > > > > Administrative Assistant
> > > > > Critical Asian Studies
> > > > > University of Washington
> > > > > Box 353910 Seattle, WA 98195
> > > > > Tel:(206) 616-8590
> > > > > Fax:(206) 685-4080
> > > > > E-mail:<[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________





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