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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 2h

Second up in our shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize is Kency Cornejo’s VISUAL DISOBEDIENCE: ART AND DECOLONIALITY IN CENTRAL AMERICA from @dukepress.bsky.social. We will announce the winner at this year’s conference in Houston, TX. Please join us!

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 2d

First up in our shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize is Sarah Dimick’s UNSEASONABLE: CLIMATE CHANGE IN GLOBAL LITERATURES from @columbiaup.bsky.social. We will announce the winner at this year’s conference in Houston, TX. Please join us!

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lindsay thomas @lindsaythomas.net · 2d

All of these books are FANTASTIC. I was blown away — in different ways — by each one and they were each a joy to read. The world is dark but scholarship continues to amaze

Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

We are so excited to announce the shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize!

Congratulations to all the nominees! We’ll announce the winner of the prize at the annual conference in a few weeks in Houston! See the ALT ID and thread for more information.

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Sarah Dimick- Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures (Columbia UP)

Kency Cornejo- Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America (Duke UP)

Brooke Belisle- Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation (University of California Press)

Steven Swarbrick & Jean-Thomas Tremblay- Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction (Northwestern UP)

Amber Jamilla Musser- Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined (Duke UP)

Christopher T. Fan- Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP)

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Christopher T. Fan- Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Steven Swarbrick & Jean-Thomas Tremblay- Negative Life: The Cinema of Extinction @nupress.bsky.social

Amber Jamilla Musser- Between Shadows and Noise: Sensation, Situatedness, and the Undisciplined @dukepress.bsky.social

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

Sarah Dimick- Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures @columbiaup.bsky.social

Kency Cornejo- Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America @dukepress.bsky.social

Brooke Belisle- Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation @ucpress.bsky.social

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 5d

We are so excited to announce the shortlist for the ASAP/16 Book Prize!

Congratulations to all the nominees! We’ll announce the winner of the prize at the annual conference in a few weeks in Houston! See the ALT ID and thread for more information.

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 8d

Watch this space! We'll be dropping the shortlist for the 2025 ASAP Book Prize TOMORROW, October 1! 👀

The winner will be announced at the ASAP/16 conference in Houston.

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 26d

ASAP Members! Are you a grad student who presented at our conference last year in NYC? Submit for this year’s Grad Student Paper Prize! Swipe to see the guidelines! Submissions due OCT 1!

RULES FOR COMPETITION
Only current ASAP members in good standing can submit work for consideration for the graduate student paper award.
Papers considered for the prize must have been presented at the previous year’s ASAP conference.
Papers may be self-nominated or nominated by members of the association who attended the conference at which the paper was presented.
The paper must be the paper presented at the conference. It should not be in any way revised or edited for consideration by the prize committee.
Longer papers submitted to seminars are eligible, but submissions longer than 12 double-spaced pages (works cited excluded) will not be accepted.

Papers must be submitted electronically to the chair of the prize committee by the deadline.

The paper must be the same version as the presentation at ASAP/15. It should not be revised or edited in any way.

Papers pre-circulated to seminars are eligible, but submissions longer than 12 double-spaced pages (works cited excluded) will not be accepted.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 26d

Grad students, please submit!!!

Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 26d

ASAP Members! Are you a grad student who presented at our conference last year in NYC? Submit for this year’s Grad Student Paper Prize! Swipe to see the guidelines! Submissions due OCT 1!

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · 26d

ASAP Members! Are you a grad student who presented at our conference last year in NYC? Submit for this year’s Grad Student Paper Prize! Swipe to see the guidelines! Submissions due OCT 1!

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Aug 29

REMINDER! The deadline to register for ASAP/16 in Houston, TX is SEPTEMBER 1! Register here: asap.press.jhu.edu/membership/c...

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Aug 4

Happy August! As we get ready for the ASAP/16 conference in Houston, TX, don't forget to register:

asap.press.jhu.edu/membership/c...

ASAP Membership - Conferences

asap.press.jhu.edu

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · May 7

The ASAP/16 Book Prize, awarded to a scholarly book written by an ASAP member that has made the most significant contribution to the study of the arts of the present during the year 2024. The submission deadline for this year is May 15.

Please find more info here: www.artsofthepresent.org/prizes/

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · May 3

Due to technical issues, we have extended the deadline for the Grad Student Papers in Progress Workshop to May 5 at 11:59pm EST.

If you continue to have issues with Ex Ordo on Monday evening, please send abstracts and bios to [email protected].

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · May 1

Deadline is TOMORROW! Submit to the Grad Student Papers in Progress Workshop!

Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are you grad student interested in workshopping a paper? Apply to the Grad Student Papers in Progress Workshop, which allows students to pre-circulate longer pieces of in-progress writing (article-length or approx. 15-25 pgs).

Submissions are due MAY 2! Please send submissions to asap16.exordo.com.

Speakers’ Options

The ASAP/16 Conference will feature four types of sessions: panels, roundtables, seminars, and workshops. Panels feature 3-4 papers or presentations, moderated by a session chair.One of those present...

artsofthepresent.org

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 30

Are you grad student interested in workshopping a paper? Apply to the Grad Student Papers in Progress Workshop, which allows students to pre-circulate longer pieces of in-progress writing (article-length or approx. 15-25 pgs).

Submissions are due MAY 2! Please send submissions to asap16.exordo.com.

Speakers’ Options

The ASAP/16 Conference will feature four types of sessions: panels, roundtables, seminars, and workshops. Panels feature 3-4 papers or presentations, moderated by a session chair.One of those present...

artsofthepresent.org

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Apr 28

Who's the cutest doggo in the whole world?

In the new ASAP/Journal, the authors of the article "Puppy Power" look to the soft power of canine cuteness as a significant modern means of engaging patriotism and nationalism

S2O Open Access at @ProjectMUSE

tinyurl.com/2rfzabee

S2O Open Access
Puppy Power:Mapping Modes of National Canine Cuteness and Patriotism
Illustrated with cover art from the latest issue of ASAP/Journal and an illustration from the article: A street art mural of Irish President Higgins's Bernese Mountain dogs. Credit: Eleanor O'Leary.

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 25

The acceptances for ASAP/16 are out! Comment below or tag us to let others know what your panels/seminars/roundtables are about! Stay tuned for some upcoming info about registration. We're so excited for ASAP/16 in Houston!

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 24

As the Motherboard continues to prepare for ASAP/16 in Houston, now is the perfect time to follow and share ASAP's BlueSky! We're trying to build up the same following we had on Twitter.

Thank you all!

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 18

Are you an ASAP member who published a book in the 2024 calendar year? Submit to the ASAP/16 Book Prize! The deadline to submit is May 15! You can find more information here:

www.artsofthepresent.org/prizes/

Prizes

ASAP promotes the best scholarship concerning the literary, visual, performing, and media arts, and we are committed to promoting the work done by members of the association.

www.artsofthepresent.org

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 18

Are you an ASAP member who published a book in the 2024 calendar year? Submit to the ASAP/16 Book Prize! The deadline to submit is May 15! You can find more information here:

www.artsofthepresent.org/prizes/

Prizes

ASAP promotes the best scholarship concerning the literary, visual, performing, and media arts, and we are committed to promoting the work done by members of the association.

www.artsofthepresent.org

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Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present @asapartsnow.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hello, BlueSky! We're happy to be here!

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