Global Borderlands Speaker: Victoria Reyes, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Riverside. Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 10383 Bunche Hall https://international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13621 Description: The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country’s colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, […]
Bio: Dean Itsuji Saranillio is an assistant professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. His teaching and research interests are in settler colonialism, alternative futures from the settler state, Asian American and Pacific Island histories, and Native Pacific cultural studies. He has published in numerous journals and anthologies and his first book, Unsustainable Empire: Alternative Histories of […]
Wheat a second! Yes, I said wheat for all the sandwiches that FDI makes but wheat a second for real the FDI's 2nd Skidrow event is next week! Yes we are back! Join the FDI (pun intended) on March 1st & 2nd! Ya that's right, it is a two day event and you have so […]
Come celebrate and document Asian American and Pacific Islander history together! The Asian American Studies Center will be hosting a Wiki-edit-thon event for students to edit or create a Wikipedia page that is related to AAPI history. It is an open event, so everyone is welcome to attend. All you need to do is bring in your […]
Raising Awareness Through the Arts: Sulong Theatre Collective and Migrant Filipina Workers in Canada Speaker: Professor Eleanor Ty, Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at UC Santa Barbara, Professor of English & Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario Thursday, March 7, 2019 4:45-5:50pm Kinsey Pavillion 1240B RSVP required: jjchun@asianam.ucla.edu Abstract Launched […]
The sisters of Kappa Psi Epsilon Sorority Inc. at UCLA Delta Chapter would like to welcome you to our annual Pinay Symposium, “Pinay State of Mind"! This year's Pinay Symposium focuses on the intersectionality of mental health on the experiences of Pinays and in the context of our community and personal identity as Asian Americans. […]
The Asian American Studies Graduate Student Association (AASGSA) invites you to the Asian American Studies Graduate Student Symposium on Monday, March 18 Please join us for an afternoon workshop of graduate student research (specifically papers to be presented at the 2019 Association of Asian American Studies Conference). The AAS Graduate Student Symposium is an opportunity for students not only to share our research but to […]
Indigenous Self-Determination in Defense of the Earth/Autodeterminación Indígena en Defensa de la Tierra Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:10 - 1:30 pm UCLA Law School, Room 1357 RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/coKw0JX6BtOxD0Kj2 Join us for an illuminating conversation on Indigenous environmental activism in Central America and Los Angeles. Our panelists include Rigoberto Quemé Chay, a Maya-Kiché leader from […]
On behalf of MSA-UCLA, we invite you to join us during Islam Awareness Week! This week-long event will take place Week 2 (April 8-12) of Spring Quarter. We will have day-time events on Bruin Walk/ Plaza followed by evening discussions relevant to the theme of the day. In the wake of events such as Christchurch […]
Meet Asian American Studies at Bruin Day for Freshmen! This is a wonderful opportunity for the admitted/incoming undergraduate students to get an inside perspective of being an Asian American Studies student and UCLA student, in general. Check out our Department Facebook page for pictures from Transfer Bruin Day 2016, Freshmen Bruin Day 2017, and Transfer Bruin Day […]
