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SUMMARY:Launch Event - Reclaiming Our Narrative: Foundations & Futures
DESCRIPTION:Foundations and Futures is here! Developed by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center\, this Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook includes 50 chapters\, 1\,500+ media assets\, and 250+ ready-to-use lesson plans. This project is designed to transform classrooms into spaces of empathy\, critical thinking\, and change! \nWe are excited to be a community partner for this groundbreaking launch\, please join us for Reclaiming Our Narrative: Presenting Foundations and Futures on May 9\, 2026 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. The program will also feature a keynote by Dr. Maya Soetoro\, who will guide us in exploring the power of peace education. \nAt a moment when ethnic studies faces increasing scrutiny and books continue to be banned\, we hope that Foundations and Futures can empower educators to uplift\, protect\, and preserve Asian American and Pacific Islander histories. \n 🗓 May 9\, 2026\n ⏰10:00am to 3:00pm (Registration check in begins at 9:00am)\n 📍UCLA Luskin Conference Center Ballroom\n🔗Link to register: bit.ly/40LTiT3
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/launch-event-reclaiming-our-narrative-foundations-futures/
LOCATION:UCLA Luskin Conference Center\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to host Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson next month as part of the Department of American Indian Studies’ (DAIS) Special Speaker Series. Hear Leanne speak about her newest book\, Theory of Water (2025)\, and get your signed copy on Tuesday\, May 12 at 2:30 at the James West Alumni Center – Founder’s Room. \nAbout the Author: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg musician\, writer and academic. She is the author of eight books\, including As We Have Always Done (winner of the NAISA subsequent book prize) and the novel Noopiming which was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Dublin Literary Prize. Her collaboration with Robyn Maynard\, Rehearsals for Living is a National Best Seller and was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction. Leanne’s new work\, Theory of Water is a national best seller and won the Writer’s Trust Hilary Weston prize for non-fiction. Leanne has lectured and taught extensively at universities across Canada\, the United States\, Australia\, New Zealand and Europe and has over twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. Leanne is also a musician. Her latest release Live Like the Sky is out now from You’ve Changed Records. Theory of Ice (2021) was named to the Polaris Prize short list\, and she was the 2021 winner of the Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn Award\, presented to a Canadian trailblazer who has demonstrated excellence within the music video production community. Leanne holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba and is a member of Alderville First Nation.
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-leanne-betasamosake-simpson/
LOCATION:UCLA James West Alumni Center\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:UCLA Korean American Studies Symposium Series
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this upcoming virtual symposium featuring insights from leading experts in Anthropology and Asian American Studies. We’ll be diving deep into the historical roots of racial violence and discussing paths toward collective resistance. \nSpeakers:\nJenny Banh (Fresno State University)\nScott Kurashige (The James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation)\nKyeyoung Park (UCLA) \nRegister:\nBIT.LY/UCLA-ANTIASIANVIOLENCE2026
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/ucla-korean-american-studies-symposium-series/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Book Talk & Discussion: Territorial Discontent with Kristin Oberiano
DESCRIPTION:in us on Thursday\, October 29 as Dr. Kristin Oberiano gives a talk exploring the intertwined histories of CHamorus and Filipinos in Guåhan throughout the twentieth century\, examining their resistance to U.S. colonialism and militarism and the limitations of liberalism in anticolonial struggles. In the afternoon\, Dr. Oberiano will share insights into their research\, writing process\, and the development of their book\, Territorial Discontent. \nEvent Details: \nEvent 1: Guest Lecture \nTime: 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM \nLocation: Haines A18 \nTopic: An exploration of the intertwined histories of CHamorus and Filipinos in Guåhan throughout the twentieth century\, examining resistance to U.S. colonialism and militarism alongside the limitations of liberalism in anticolonial struggles \n  \nEvent 2: Author Q&A \nTime: 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM \nLocation: Rolfe 2125 \nTopic: An engaging Q&A focusing on research methodology\, writing processes\, and the development of Territorial Discontent.
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-discussion-territorial-discontent-with-kristin-oberiano/
LOCATION:2125 Rolfe Hall\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Historical Perspectives on Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a speaker series featuring Q&A sessions with leading authors who have recently published books on Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Throughout the series\, speakers will discuss different ways of relating to and narrating a collective past\, focusing on innovative research methods\, feminist archiving practices\, Cold War afterlives\, and relational histories.\nEvent Schedule & Featured Speakers: \nKristin Oberiano (Assistant Professor of History\, Wesleyan University)\nDate & Time: October 29 | 3:30 PM Location: Rolfe 2125\nBook: Territorial Discontent: CHamorus\, Filipinos\, and the Making of the United States Empire in Guåhan (UNC Press\, 2026) \nCrystal Mun-hye Baik (Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies\, UC Riverside)\nDate & Time: November 5 | 3:30 PM Location: Public Affairs 2292\nBook: Before the Fire Dogs Steal the Sun: An Elegy (Duke University Press\, 2026) \nJudy Tzu-Chun Wu (Professor of History and Asian American Studies\, UC Irvine)\nDate & Time: November 12 | 3:45 PM Location: Public Affairs 2292\nBook: Moving Mountains: Asian American and Pacific Islander Feminisms and the 1977 National Women’s Conference (University of Washington Press\, 2026) \nWendy Cheng (Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity\, University of Southern California)\nDate & Time: November 19 | 2:00 PM Location: Public Affairs 2292\nBook: Island X: Taiwanese Student Migrants\, Campus Spies\, and Cold War Activism (University of Washington Press\, 2023)
URL:https://asianam.ucla.edu/event/speaker-series-historical-perspectives-on-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-communities/
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