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Sociologist Studies Asian and Asian American Labor Issues
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AAS Undergrads @ Undergraduate Research Week

List of Presenters, Times, and Posters

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Origin Story (Documentary) Release

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Faculty Project for EthnoCommunication: Minecraft & WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps

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Asian American Activism: An Activist-Scholar Symposium

Asian American Activism

An Activist-Scholar Symposium

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iGrad Winter 2019 Workshop

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Sinophone Studies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Critical Reflections

Call for Papers

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In Memoriam: David Wong Louie (1954-2018)

September 21, 2018

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Call for Papers: Asian American and Pacific Islander Activism

Call for Papers: Asian American and Pacific Islander Activism

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Asian American Studies Department Solidarity State

Asian American Studies Department Solidarity Statement

We, the undersigned faculty of the UCLA Asian American Studies Department, express our outrage over the series of events that have occurred over the past week, including the university administration’s declaring of the peaceful student protest “unlawful” and “unauthorized” and the subsequent failure to protect UCLA students within the encampment from violent attacks from outside agitators on multiple nights, culminating on the night of April 30, 2024.

We also denounce Chancellor Gene Block’s decision to call in the LAPD, CHP, and LA Sheriff’s Department to disband the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the night of May 1, 2024, which resulted in the use of rubber bullets, batons, and flashbang grenades against our students, as well as the detainment and arrests of at least 200 peaceful protestors. Last night our campus felt like a militarized war zone, akin to, but by no means equivalent to, what Palestinians have endured for decades. We object in the strongest possible terms to all of these actions, which are not reflective of the values of our campus community and of academic freedom more generally.

As faculty, our utmost commitment is to the safety and well-being of our students. We strongly condemn the attacks on our students, from outside agitators as well as UC-condoned police forces. We echo UCLA Faculty for Justice in Palestine’s demand for full legal, academic and disciplinary amnesty for all protesters. We call upon UCLA to stand up for the safety and the rights of the campus community by honoring the students’ constitutional right to peacefully protest without fear of punishment. We insist upon a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Block for endangering our students.

For full statement, hyperlinks, and updated faculty signatures, see link in bio.

Due to this week’s incidents, we will be cancell

Due to this week’s incidents, we will be cancelling our talk with Margaret Lee tonight. We hope to reschedule this event in the near future.

We want to invite you to the World Premiere of NOB

We want to invite you to the World Premiere of NOBUKO MIYAMOTO: A SONG IN MOVEMENT, directed and produced by Tadashi Nakamura and Quyên Nguyen-Le! The film documents 84-year-old Nobuko Miyamoto's epic career as an activist/dancer/singer dedicated to fighting for social justice and building solidarity with other communities through her art. A SONG IN MOVEMENT is a sweeping documentary that changed Asian America forever. The premiere will be on Saturday, May 4th at 6:00pm at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo will include a special live performance by Nobuko! The premiere is part of the VC Film Festival. Hope you can make it out! Please help spread the word to friends, family and networks!

Date & Time: Saturday, May 4th at 6:00pm
Location: Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo

Meet one of the Asian American Studies Department’s summer lecturers: Albert Kochaphum! 🥳🥳 Swipe to learn more about his background and why it’s important for you to take Asia Am 191A during Summer Sessions 2024.

For more information on our Summer Sessions course offerings, visit our page or go through the link in our bio.

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*UPDATED LOCATION* Please join us MAY 2 FROM 5-6:3

*UPDATED LOCATION* Please join us MAY 2 FROM 5-6:30 PM AT ROLFE 2125 for a conversation with journalist Margaret Juhae Lee! Scan the QR or go through the link in our bio to RSVP for the event.

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On May 2, AASD is co-hosting a concert by Asian Am

On May 2, AASD is co-hosting a concert by Asian American musician No-No Boy at the Fowler Amphitheater. The event is free and open to the public. We will be celebrating the release of their new LP, Empire’s Electric. Doors open at 5:30pm and the concert starts at 6:00pm. We hope to see you there!

Interested in getting involved in the Asian Americ

Interested in getting involved in the Asian American Studies Department? We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2024-2025 AASD Undergraduate Leadership Committee🥳🥳

Deadline to apply is Sunday, March 31 at 11:59 PM. See the application through the link in our bio or visit tinyurl.com/ULC2024APP for more information.

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*Updated Location*: Join us APRIL 4, 2024 5-6:20PM

*Updated Location*: Join us APRIL 4, 2024 5-6:20PM AT MS 5200 for a memoir reading of The Manicurist’s Daughter by writer and performing artist Susan Lieu! Please RSVP through the link in our bio! 🥳📖

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Please join us on Sunday, March 3rd at the West LA

Please join us on Sunday, March 3rd at the West LA Buddhist Temple for a Book Talk and Signing with author Tritia Toyota! RSVP with the QR or through the link in our bio. Read below for more on Tritia Toyota and the discussants for the event:

Tritia Toyota is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and is a Research Scholar at the Asian American Studies Center with the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Envisioning America: New Chinese Americans and the Politics of Belonging. She also wrote and produced the documentary Asian America. She is a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring and Teaching from the UCLA Asian American Studies Graduate Student Association.

Discussants for the event are Valerie Matsumoto and Yasuko Takezawa. Valerie Matsumoto is the UCLA George and Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Incarceration, Redress and Community and a Professor of History and Asian American Studies. Yasuko Takezawa is a Visiting Professor serving as the Terasaki Chair in U.S.-Japan Relations with UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies for 2023-2024.

Join us for the 2024 Winter Check-in brought to yo

Join us for the 2024 Winter Check-in brought to you by the Asian American Studies Department Undergraduate Leadership Committee! We’ll have free food, a raffle for prizes, and good company. We hope to see you there!🥳🥳

RSVP through the link in the bio or through tinyurl.com/AASDW24Checkin

Enrollment for Spring 2024 is coming up fast! If y

Enrollment for Spring 2024 is coming up fast! If you’re still looking for classes, swipe through for our undergraduate Asian American Studies course offerings! 🎉🎉

Enrollment for Summer Sessions 2024 is now open! 🥳 If you are looking to stay busy, need major/minor requirements, or interested in Asian Am classes, check out these courses!

The Asian American Studies Center has a variety of

The Asian American Studies Center has a variety of funding opportunities for students looking to support their education! Awards include grants, fellowships, scholarships, and internships, ranging from $500 to $10,000! Interested students should attend an Information Session on January 18th or 19th to learn more about how to apply.

Congratulations to our Asian American Studies 186

Congratulations to our Asian American Studies 186 students for completing their capstone projects! We had some truly remarkable, innovative, and fascinating topics this quarter. Thank you all for such amazing work!

Up next in the Asian American Studies Department S

Up next in the Asian American Studies Department Spotlight Series is Professor Purnima Mankekar! Read through the post above to learn more about Professor Mankekar🎉🎉

Enrollment is still open for Winter Quarter 2024!

Enrollment is still open for Winter Quarter 2024! Swipe through for Asian American Studies winter quarter course spotlights!

AAS 174B: This course is designed to incite student curiosity, foster sense of community, and expand capacity to critically approach familiar assumptions about transnational flows of culture, cultural materials, and goods of various Asian American communities. Students will navigate through vibrant Asian American communities in Los Angeles and beyond to expand their understanding. Students will analyze Asian American community roles in global shifts of various cultural production and consumption (e.g., art, food, media, music, politics, and more) and an examination of how communities are impacted by transnational flows. Students will interact directly with Asian American communities and spaces including those of nonprofit organizations, local artists, and events.

AAS 187C: Though South Asians are currently the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S., they are not new to this nation. From ship-jumpers, to railway builders, to celebrity gurus, to papermill laborers - South Asian American lives are deeply embedded in a rich history of resistance and resilience that is often marginalized and never told. This course will examine the historical and contemporary narratives of how South Asian American identities and communities have formed and how to retell community stories with a re-centered lens. The course incorporates historical and contemporary readings of South Asian communities; guest speakers; podcasts, documentaries and other multimedia content; archival research; interactive in-class discussions; the opportunity to develop your own podcast. Students will develop critical analytical skill of historical narrative and contemporary content. This course is taught by Manjusha Kulkarni and Taz Ahmed!

Scan the QR codes in the flyers for more information!

Join our department and Samahang Pilipino on Decem

Join our department and Samahang Pilipino on December 6th for some Halo-halo while learning more about the Pilipino Studies Minor as well as how to get involved in Pilipinx for Palestine ✊🏽. This event is also sponsored by the Pilipino Transfer Student Partnership, Kappa Psi Epsilon, Anakbayan at UCLA, Asian Pacific Coalition, and Students for Justice in Palestine!
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/Halo-HaloMix

Spotlighting our amazing lecturers for AAS 187C: T

Spotlighting our amazing lecturers for AAS 187C: Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed!

Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed is a political strategist, storyteller, and artist based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of counternarratives and culture-shifting as a South Asian American Muslim 2nd-gen woman. She’s turned out over 500,000 Asian American voters, recorded five years of the award winning #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast and makes #MuslimVDay cards annually. Her essays are published in the anthologies, New Moons, Pretty Bitches, Whiter, Good Girls Marry Doctors, Love Inshallah, and in numerous online publications. She has published two poetry collections Emdash and Ellipses (2016) & The Day The Moon Split in Two (2020), is featured in Tia Chucha’s Coiled Serpent (2016) and her poetry has been commissioned by the Center for Cultural Power, PolicyLink, the Garment Worker Center, KPCC’s Unheard LA, and more. In Spring 2019 she was UCLA’s Activist-in-Residence at the Institute on Inequality and Democracy, in Summer 2017 was Artist-in-Residence at Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art Culture & Design, and in 2016 received an award from President Obama’s White House as a Champion of Change in Art and Storytelling. A protest sign she designed for the 2017 Women’s March sits in the permanent archives of the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

Enroll in AAS 187C today!

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Introducing one of our amazing lecturers for AAS 1

Introducing one of our amazing lecturers for AAS 187C: Manjusha P. Kulkarni! Read about her achievements and background above, and make sure to enroll in AAS 187C South Asian American Communities!📚🎉

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Enroll in Asian American Studies 187C: South Asian

Enroll in Asian American Studies 187C: South Asian American Communities, taught by Manjusha Kulkarni and Taz Ahmed!

South Asians were the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. according to the 2020 census. Yet South Asians still occupy a precarious and constantly shifting space in the American racial landscape. Students will ask and discuss a multitude of questions surrounding South Asian identity, experience, and community formation. This course incorporates readings from ethnic studies, law, and academic journals; guest speakers; documentaries and media clips; in-class discussion; and group projects to explore these questions. Additional outcomes for students include the development of critical and analytical, writing, speaking, and presentation skills.

Scan the QR code for more information!

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