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

Date: Monday, September 20, 2021 Time: 11:00AM - 3:15PM Location: Online via Zoom

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Time: TBD Location: 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 […]

Queer Dis/inheritance Talk with Professor Ly Thuy Nguyen Date: Monday, November 1, 2021 Time: 9:30AM Location: Online via Zoom Zoom registration link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUude2grDgsGt3-EgjCOcRHkP9ujAYB8M2e   Co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Department and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

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 […]

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 […]

Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with us Week 7 Wednesday, May 11th from 4-6pm in the Rolfe Hall Quad! RSVP for  the 🌸Asian American Studies Undergrad Spring Check-In🌸 here:tinyurl.com/AASspring22 We invite AAS majors, minors, and prospective students to mix and mingle during our check-in! We will be serving Thai food 🇹🇭 and Filipino dessert 🇵🇭 to all […]

You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring the 2022–23 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 experts, followed by a live Q&A. “Unsettling Domesticity: Native Women and the […]

Looking for a mentor in the Asian American Studies community? Seeking advice on which courses to take and went to take them? Well you’re in luck! This year, you can sign up for our Mentorship Program and get matched with another student in the Asian Am community! The deadline to sign up is this Friday, […]

Love listening to podcasts🎧? Interested in beginning your own🤔? Professor Sangalang’s AAS M161 class invites you Week 5 Monday, October 24th at 11am to an online Zoom talk “Podcasting as a Tool for Social Change” with creator and host, Rita Phetmixay, of “Healing Out Lao’d.”🇱🇦 RSVP by Sunday, 10/24: https://tinyurl.com/rita1024 *This event is hosted by […]

📚Educational Talk & Giveaway🎉 The Southeast: A Curatorial Atmosphere, a talk by Dr. Patrick D. Flores Event Date & Time: Thursday, November 3, 2022 @ 12pm noon Event Location: 11372 Bunche Hall Event webpage & RSVP: www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/15833 *Giveaways for the first five students who rsvp to the event! Prizes will be distributed after the event. […]