Stop by Young Research Library on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 12pm to attend the public lecture by Candace Fujikane on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 as she covers the topic, "Elemental Cartographies: Mapping Winds in Indigenous Economies of Abundance in the Era of Climate Change.” This event is cosponsored by the UCLA Department of English, […]
📚Educational Talk📚 Death & Dying in Diaspora, a talk by Allan P. Isaac Event Date & Time: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 4pm Event Location: 10383 Bunche Hall Event webpage & RSVP: https://www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/15834
Interested in the history of football🏈? Learn from author Lisa Uperesa as she discusses how a “Polynesian Pipeline” brought football players from American Sāmoa to Hawai'i and the mainland United States to play Gridiron Capital: his high stakes game in her book, American football became a Samoan Game. 🗓Save the date: Tuesday, November 15th, 3-5pm […]
The Asian American Studies Department, in conjunction with the Pilipinx Studies Minor, invites you to the Winter 2023 Undergraduate Check-In on January 25th, 12PM-2PM at Rolfe 2125. This is a great opportunity to meet other Asian American Studies Majors and Minors, as well as department faculty and lecturers. Come join us free food, drinks, and […]
Film screening ALERT!🚨🎥 Come to this screening of award winning documentary Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust! Learn the story of how these women came together to protect their land and water in LA. Support this amazing documentary!🎬 When: February 13th, 2023 📆 Time: 6-9pm 🕦 Where: James Bridges Theater 📍 Register at: https://tinyurl.com/mrysahfh or […]
Want to learn more about race and environmental justice in LA? Come to this event with Professor Kim from Loyola Marymount University to talk about the book "Refusing Death"! Dive deep into discussions of race, class, gender, and more! When: March 1st, 2023 Time: 3:30-5 PM (reception 5-6PM) Where: Bunche Hall/ Zoom RSVP for Webinar […]
Join us for this upcoming book talk panel that will engage new directions in Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Studies! It will discuss two recent edited volumes: Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963 (2022) and Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory (2023). Panelists include: Nguyễn Thị Minh, Thuy Vo […]
Who’s ready for this series of research talks?!🤩 First up is Dr. Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar’s presentation on Settler Colonial Science and Kanaka ʻŌiwi Resistance at Mauna a Wākea. Learn more about decolonization, self-determination, and so much more! Come to ask him about his past research on social movements in and beyond Hawai’i! Stay tuned for more on […]
Please join us for the virtual UCLA Book Launch for The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives! The 38 chapters included in this collection encompass a range of forcibly displaced subjects, a mix of geographical and historical contexts, and a variety of storytelling modalities. This book launch will feature presentations from 8 of the volume's authors. […]
The UCLA Asian American Studies Department will be hosting our second Pacific Islander Studies Research Talk by Dr. Alfred Flores: In 1944 the US military began occupying privately owned land throughout Guåhan as part of its reinvasion strategy. The US government facilitated this process through the creation of the Land and Claims Commission (GLCC), which […]
Throughout Ferdinand Marcos’s 21-year reign over the Philippines, resistance movements took shape, continued, and developed alongside and against the regime. While these movements formed in opposition to the brutality of Marcos’s rule (tortures, disappearances, and killings; political corruption and crony capitalism; censorship of the press; support for and advancement of imperialist programs), they also functioned […]
We are excited to welcome Professor Kēhaulani Vaughn for our next Pacific Islander Studies Research Talk! Her talk is entitled, "Moompetam: Trans-Indigenous Recognitions and Futurities." See the flyer below for more information!
