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, […]
Join us for the 2021 Asian American Studies Research Symposium, Friday, April 2nd at 10:30 a.m.! RSVP: tinyurl.com/AASRESEARCHRSVP
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
"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 […]
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 […]
Please join us for the first UC-wide, student led research colloquium for undergraduates in Asian American Studies. With support from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Asian American Studies Department, and Asian Pacific Coalition, the colloquium will showcase research and creative projects pertaining to a topic in Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Desi Studies. The […]
