Asian American Solidarity from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter

"Asian American Solidarity from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter" November 20, Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm RSVP  to https://asianamactivists.eventbrite.com for Zoom webinar info Speakers are Ed Nakawatase, Marion Kwan, Kabzuag Vaj              Speakers: Ed Nakawatase worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, Georgia from 1963-64. He then went […]

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Winter 2021: Undergraduate Check-In

Declaring your major or minor can be kind of anti-climactic. New and old majors alike, come celebrate it with us! Clear out your schedules-- majors and minors old and new come join us January 19th, 2021 to “renew your vows” as an Asian Am major/minor. It was rough in 2020 but we want to start […]

Imagining the Political: Vernacular Idioms of Sexuality in India

Online via Zoom

Professor Navaneetha Mokkil, the Center for Women's Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, will discuss her new book, Unruly Figures which navigates the pulsating links between subjectivity, political activism and the world-making capacity of cultural practices in a non-metropolitan region in India. It focuses on the non-linear figurations of the sex worker and the lesbian in Kerala, […]

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S’21 Undergraduate Check-In: Spring Forward

Online via Zoom

Join us for our quarterly Asian American Studies Undergraduate Check-In! "Spring Forward" will be an evening focused on moving forward through the guidance of the Asian Am Department's faculty and mentors. Resources to help you develop your academic, research, and career endeavors will be discussed! Don't miss out! RSVP to receive a link to the […]

Department of Anthropology’s “Culture, Power and Social Change” Colloquium

Professor Jennifer Chun, a faculty member in the Department of Asian American Studies and the International Institute at UCLA, will be guest speaking at this event. She will be covering the study of protests and how they call attention to rare events that have changed the course of history. She argues that " the challenges […]

A Book Talk By Joyce Mariano

Join Professor Mariano in a talk inspired by her book, “Giving Back: Filipino America and the Politics of Diaspora Giving.”  The book explores transnational giving practices as political objects that shape the Filipino diaspora. "Giving Back shows how integral this system is for understanding Filipino diaspora formation. The book “follows the money” to investigate the […]

Talk by Professor Kyeyoung Park

Online via Zoom

Please mark your calendars for this upcoming CCIS/CSIM webinar event on Friday, April 30th.  Professor Kyeyoung Park will be discussing her book entitled, "LA Rising: Korean Relations with Blacks and Latinos after Civil Unrest."  Please note that the time listed is Pacific Time.  Please see registration link.

Transferpalooza

The UCLA Asian American Studies Department is hosting its first-ever “Transferpalooza” to offer support and celebrate the transfer student community! This virtual event is open to any student who is interested in learning more about social justice and Ethnic Studies, transferring to UCLA with a major or minor in Asian American Studies, or would like […]

Ethnic Neighborhoods in Asian American Cultural Imaginaries: A Film Screening Event

Join us on May 4th, 2021 at 12:30 PM for the screening of Janet Chen's Phoenix Bakery, Akira Boch and Tad Nakamura's Atomic Cafe, and Jeff Liu's film adaptation of David Henry Hwang's play Trying to Find Chinatown, followed by artists' discussion. If you would like to join us for this event, you can register for the Zoom meeting here.  

Art & Politics: Asian American Artivists in the Movement for Social Justice

"Two generations of artist-activists/ "artivists" will talk about their role as artists who were active in the grassroots social movements of Asian American communities from the 1960's to today. This program connects two filmmakers and two songwriter performance artists who will talk about how they use their medium to tell the stories of and engage […]

“140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother” screening and Q&A with Susan Lieu

Please join us for the screening of Susan Lieu's "140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother," on Friday, May 7, 2021, at 4:00pm (PST). Please register here for the Zoom webinar information.  Please note that while the number of registrants is not restricted, Zoom webinar capacity is capped at 500 participants.  Only the first 500 […]