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Bruin Day 2023

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UCLA Newsroom: Bringing migrant and refugee stories – and connections – to light

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Undergraduate Leadership Committee Applications Now Open

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King-Kok Cheung Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

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Spring 2023 Course Offering: AAS 88S – Oceanic Filipinx Studies

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Spring 2023 Course Offering: AAS 187B – Special Courses in Asian American Themes: Asian American Foodways

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Spring 2023 Course Offering: AAS M119 – Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues

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Spring 2023 Course Offering: AAS 97 – Vietnamese Medical Terminology

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Summer Sessions 2023 Course Offerings

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On Wednesday, Professor Natalie Masuoka led the la

On Wednesday, Professor Natalie Masuoka led the last department meeting of the academic year! This wraps up her term as Chair of the Asian American Studies Department. We celebrate and thank Natalie for all her dedication and service in leading the department over the last three years!

On Saturday, May 20th, students in AAS 176 (the Ph

On Saturday, May 20th, students in AAS 176 (the Philippines and its Elsewheres) spent the day at the Pilipino Workers Center Historic Filipinotown, where they took a tour of HiFi led by Hannah DeCastro-Abinuman, worked with Professor Burns and artist Tala Mateo installing a timeline of Filipinx migration to the US on walls of the PWC offices in the Larry Itliong Village building, and went for a drive in a 1947 Jeepney model.

Thanks to the Asian American Studies Center and PWC for supporting this project. Congratulations to the spring quarter 2023 AAS 176 students for their fantastic work on this project!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Anothe

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Another Land in Sky show!

A special thank you to @jessxsnow and @treyalam for their beautiful performance, and another special thanks to @apcucla for their work organizing this event!

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Transfer Bruin Day 2023 was a success! Thank you t

Transfer Bruin Day 2023 was a success! Thank you to everyone who came to the best Bruin Day booth and spoke to our wonderful student representatives about Asian American Studies! We hope to see you all again. #uclaaasd #bruinday2023 #TransferBruinDay

Please join UCLA AASD, @uclaaasc and @pwcsc on MAY

Please join UCLA AASD, @uclaaasc and @pwcsc on MAY 20 10AM-4PM at the Pilipino Workers Center for Airing Histories: a timeline installation project!

RSVP through the link in our bio; the first 15 students to RSVP will receive a transportation stipend! Email lmburns@g.ucla.edu for any questions.

Please join us TUESDAY JUNE 6 12:30-1:45PM on Zoom

Please join us TUESDAY JUNE 6 12:30-1:45PM on Zoom for the launch of Never Forget: an online exhibition of archival posters and oral histories from the transnational movement against martial law!

RSVP at neverforgetposters.eventbrite.com or through the link in our bio

We invite you to participate in the UCLA Pandemic

We invite you to participate in the UCLA Pandemic Aftermath survey. Please share your experience of returning to in-person instructions. Thank you!

We, the students in AAS 186 class of Asian American Studies thesis writing course, is currently engaged in a survey aimed at gathering valuable insights into students experiences a year after the return to in-person instructions. The survey seeks to highlight the pandemic's effects on students' educational experiences upon their return to in-person classes.
Link to survey: tinyurl.com/pandemicaftermathucla

*Raffle prize: 10 survey participants will be randomly chosen to receive a $10 gift card!

Come by HAINES HALL 110 on Tues. May 9th at 12:30P

Come by HAINES HALL 110 on Tues. May 9th at 12:30PM to celebrate Angela Peñaredondo's new book with them: "nature felt but never apprehended"

make sure to RSVP through the link in our bio!

Join Samahang Pilipino on May 9th, from 11AM - 5PM

Join Samahang Pilipino on May 9th, from 11AM - 5PM on Bruin Walk to raise funds for their Scholarship Program! Swing by and grab a meal, a new outfit, or just to say hi and learn more about Samahang. They'll have food, drinks, succulents, thrifted clothing, and more! We hope to see you all there!

The application for AASD's Undergraduate Leadershi

The application for AASD's Undergraduate Leadership Committee is now open! We are looking for non-graduating AAS Majors/Minors and Pilipino Studies Minors to join us for the 2023-2024 academic year.

If you are looking to gain greater leadership skills, get to know faculty, and plan Department events, than make sure to apply by FRIDAY WEEK 6 (5/12) 11:59PM.

Please go to tinyurl.com/ApplyULC or to the link in our bio for more info and to access the application!!

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Thank you to everyone who came out to Spring Check

Thank you to everyone who came out to Spring Check-in 🌸🌸!! We hope you enjoyed the food, conversation, and to our lucky winners, the raffle prizes!

We'll see you at the next AASD event!!

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Come to this reading of "Nothing Follows" with Dr.

Come to this reading of "Nothing Follows" with Dr. Duong where she will discuss the mix of her memoir and poetry as well as the themes of racism, objectification, and sexual violence. Don't forget to purchase her book after the event from the UCLA bookstore! Swipe to learn more about the event and Dr. Doung.

When: May 8th, 2023 📆
Where: Royce 156 📍
Time: 3:30-5:00 PM 🕛

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Please join us May 18th for a workshop for Nguyễ

Please join us May 18th for a workshop for Nguyễn Thị Minh, regarding her work entitled "Women's Love in Antigone by Sophocles and The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du."

The paper will be circulated one week in advance, on May 11, and food will be provided!

Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/Workshop051823 or through the link in our bio to receive a copy of the paper.

Bruin Day 2023 was a success! Thank you to everyon

Bruin Day 2023 was a success! Thank you to everyone who came to our booth and spoke to our wonderful student representatives about Asian American Studies! We hope to see you all again. 🐰🐱
#yearoftherabbit🐇 #yearofthecat🐱 #uclaaasd #bruinday2023

Save the dates! Bring a friend or two to these Asi

Save the dates! Bring a friend or two to these Asian American Studies Department and Asian American Studies Center sponsored events.

Tuesday, May 9th, 12:30 p.m.: Spring Fling with poet Angela Peñaredondo. Celebrate their new poetry book--nature felt but never apprehended

Saturday, May 20th: Airing History: a timeline installation. Participate in an installation project at Pilipino Workers Center in Historic Filipinotown

Tuesday, June 6th: Launch of Never Forget, an online exhibition of archival posters and oral histories from the transnational movement against martial law in the Philippines. This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit calhum.org

Want to know what you can do with your major or mi

Want to know what you can do with your major or minor in Asian American Studies🧐🧐? Then please join us April 26th 6-7:30PM on zoom for our Alumni Career Panel!

you’ll have the opportunity to learn about the different career pathways that AAS alumni have taken themselves and be entered for a chance to win a prize in our raffle!

make sure to register at tinyurl.com/AASDAlumniPanel or hit the link in our bio

see you there!

AASD invites you to our Spring Undergraduate Check

AASD invites you to our Spring Undergraduate Check-in!!

We will be catering yummy food from Rutt's Hawaiian Café🍗, hosting fun activities🤸‍♀️(such as scrapbooking, coloring, and mahjong), and raffling off a squishmallow😍 and The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen📚!

RSVP at tinyurl.com/AASDSpring2023 or through the link in our bio, last day to RSVP is 4/26 11:59PM

we'll see you there! #uclaaasd

Please join us May 10th for this book talk of “K

Please join us May 10th for this book talk of “Koreatown, Los Angeles: Immigration, Race, and the American Dream.” Link in the bio to register for this event!

Thank you to @uclaaasc @uclairle for sponsoring this event!

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Looking for an event for later today? Come join th

Looking for an event for later today? Come join the editors and authors of the book “First-Generation Faculty of Color: Reflections on Research, Teaching, and Service”! Learn more about being a first gen student of color in higher education.
RSVP with the QR code!
Where: UCLA Career Center 200
Time: 5-7pm
Date: April 11th, 2023

Join us on April 14th for the next event in our Re

Join us on April 14th for the next event in our Research Talk Series! We are excited to welcome Dr. Nour Joudah and listen to her talk about her research: "Mapping Decolonized Futures: Indigenous Visions for Palestine and Hawai'i."

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