Policing Asian Massage Work And Abolitionist Possibilities: A Conversation with Red Canary Song

Yves Tong Nguyen is a queer disabled abolitionist organizer with Red Canary Song and Survived and Punished NY. Elena Shih is the Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University and she received her PhD from the Department of Sociology, UCLA. Her forthcoming book, "Manufacturing Freedom: Trafficking Rescue, Rehabilitation, and the Slave Free […]

Diasporic Micronesians: Chamoru and Marshallese Communities in California and Washington

Online via Zoom

"Chamorus and Marshallese comprise two of the six largest Pacific Islander ethnic groups living in California and Washington. As Micronesians, they share similar cultural and historical experiences, all of which have shaped their diasporas to the continental United States. By featuring Chamoru and Marshallese activists and scholars in California and Washington, this roundtable will highlight […]

Healing from Within: A Workshop on Radical Care and Abolition in the Midst of Anti-Asian Violence

This workshop will focus on radical care in the midst of anti-Asian violence through tangible practices for self-preservation and communal healing. Recognizing the intersections of interpersonal and state violence, this workshop will also underscore the importance of abolition as a central part of the healing process for activists during these moving times. Join us for […]

Asian American Studies Department Virtual Commencement 2021

Online via Zoom

Please join the Asian American Studies Department for this momentous event as we celebrate our graduating students of 2021, which will be taking place virtually via Zoom. Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021 Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm (PDT) Location: Virtual Event using Zoom

Empire’s Mistress: Gender, Sex and Imperial Intimacies by Vernadette Gonzalez

Online via Zoom

Vernadette Gonzalez is a Professor of American Studies and Director of the Honors Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is the author of Empire’s Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper (2021) and Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai‘i and the Philippines (2013) and co-editor of Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i (2019). Talk Abstract: How does attention to […]

Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Fall Forum

IAC Fall Forum: Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 3–4 PM (PST) Brief description: You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring the 2021–22 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Featured speakers will be interviewed by faculty […]

Playing with No Consequences: A Conversation with Michelle Krusiec

Online via Zoom

Actress and filmmaker Michelle Krusiec has sustained a 25-year career working as a woman of color in an industry that has both tokenized her and given her visibility. In this frank, funny and transparent discussion, Dean Brian Kite speaks with Krusiec about the lessons of invisibility and how it forces us to delve deeper into […]