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Dear Chapter Presidents,
We are excited to inform you that the CALA Conference Travel Grant Subcommittee is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 CALA Chapter President Travel Grant. This grant is specifically designed to support CALA chapter presidents in attending ALA Conferences. All current presidents of CALA chapters for the 2023-2024 term are eligible to apply. One award will be granted for each chapter.
Each selected recipient will receive a grant of $800, provided by the CALA Treasurer upon the submission of the conference report. The final recipients will be determined by the CALA Executive Committee based on the recommendations made by the subcommittee. The announcement of the recipients will be made in early May through the CALA listserv.
To apply, please submit a complete application packet containing the following:
The application deadline is March 31, 2024. The committee will announce the final recipients no later than May 10, 2024.
Please submit the complete Travel Grant Application Form and all required documents via email to the following addresses by March 31, 2023:
Ping Fu (Chair) - fup@whitman.edu
Haiyun Cao (Member) - hcao@yorku.ca
Lucy Gan (Member) - lucy.gan@utoronto.ca
Yingqi Tang (Member) - tang@jsu.edu
Susen Shi (Member) - susenshi@nypl.org
We encourage all eligible CALA chapter presidents to take advantage of this opportunity to attend ALA Conferences and further their professional growth.
Sincerely,
Ping Fu
On behalf of CALA Conference Travel Grant Subcommittee
travel-grant-chair@cala-web.org
Session Description: Heading to ALA Annual Conference in San Diego, CA? Consider presenting a poster! The CALA poster session provides a dynamic and interactive platform for CALA members to showcase, discuss, and share research findings, work in progress, examples of best practices, innovative services, and community development in an informal scholarly setting. An opportunity for researchers at various career stages including students, early-career researchers, and professionals.
Location:ALA Annual Conference at San Diego, CA, Room TBD
Date/Time:June 30, 2024 Sunday, 2 – 2:30 PM Local Time
Selection Criteria: Poster session proposals will be evaluated by the CALA Annual Conference Program Planning Committee using the following criteria:
1. Title and Headings
2. Content Quality
3. Organization & Visual Appeal
4. Originality & Innovation
5. Contribution to the Field
Please submit your poster proposal to the Google Form here.
Proposals are due on April 30. 2024 (Tuesday) at 11:59pm.
Acceptance will be notified no later than May 8 (Wednesday). If accepted, you will need to bring a physical poster to present.
On behalf of CALA 2024 Annual Conference Planning Committee
Dear CALA members,
We have an upcoming CALA webinar coming up: "A Conversation with Chee Wang Ng and Mae Ngai, Co-Editors of "Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice" on May 14th, TUESDAY, 9-10 am PT / 10-11 am MT / 11-12 pm CT / 12-1 pm ET.
Register here on zoom
Join us for this CALA webinar featuring the co-editors of "Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice" (2024). Co-editors Chee Wang Ng and Mae Ngai will discuss the impact of Corky Lee's work and photos documenting Asian American social justice movement. This webinar will be recorded, and is free and open to all to attend. Corky Lee (1947-2021), a native of Queens, New York, was an activist-photographer who documented Asian American communities and movements for social justice for fifty continuous years. For more info on Corky Lee: www.corkylee.org
Speakers:
Mae Ngai is Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and professor of history at Columbia University. She is the author of several books, most recently The Chinese Question.
Chee Wang Ng is a New York-based visual artist and photographer.
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