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Summer Sessions 2023 Course Offerings

February 2, 2023

The Academic Senate Faculty of the Asian American Studies Department’s Strike Solidarity Statement on Grading

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December 14, 2022

On November 2, 2022, the Asian American Studies Department released…

UCLA Newsroom: 40 years later, the question remains the same for UCLA professor: ‘Who killed Vincent Chin?’

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December 9, 2022

Q&A with director Renee Tajima-Peña who talks about…

UCLA Department of Asian American Studies Faculty Position in Pacific Islander Studies

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November 21, 2022

The Department of Asian American Studies in partnership with…

Statement of Support for UC Graduate Academic Workers

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November 7, 2022

Statement of Support for UC Graduate Academic Workers Asian…

The May 19 Project, co-founded by AASD professor Renee Tajima-Peña and AASD M.A. alum Jeff Chang, has a new home on @KCET!

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July 6, 2022

The May 19 Project, co-founded by AASD professor Renee Tajima-Peña…

Asian American Studies Professor Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo recognized as UCLA Academic Senate’s 2021-2022 Award Recipient for the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

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July 6, 2022

Congratulations to Thu-Huong Nguyen-Vo, Asian Languages and Cultures…

Dr. Kelly Fong awarded the 2021-2022 C. Doris and Toshio Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies at UCLA

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July 6, 2022

Dr. Kelly Fong, a continuing lecturer for the Asian American…

Congratulations to our 2021 Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA Scholarship Recipient

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October 1, 2021

We want to congratulate our Asian American Studies student who…

The Faculty of the Asian American Studies Department’s Statement of Solidarity with Afghanistan

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September 14, 2021

The faculty of the UCLA Asian American Studies Department stands…

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Looking for classes to take this summer? Then swip

Looking for classes to take this summer? Then swipe through for the Asian American Studies Department’s course offerings for Summer Sessions 2023!

Enrollment for Summer Sessions is now open as of February 1st for UCLA students on MyUCLA. Reach out to the AASD Academic Advisor if you have any questions about enrolling or declaring the Major/Minor.

Want to learn more about race and environmental ju

Want to learn more about race and environmental justice in LA? Come to this event with Professor Kim from Loyola Marymount University to talk about the book "Refusing Death"! 📚Dive deep into discussions of race, class, gender, and more!

When: March 1st, 2023📆
Time: 3:30-5 PM (reception 5-6PM)🕐
Where: Bunche Hall/ Zoom📍
RSVP for Webinar at: bit.ly/Kim-Webinar Event
RSVP for Reception: bit.ly/Kim-Reception

Film screening ALERT!🚨🎥 Come to this screen

Film screening ALERT!🚨🎥

Come to this screening of award winning documentary Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust! Learn the story of how these women came together to protect their land and water in LA. Support this amazing documentary!🎬

When: February 13th, 2023 📆
Time: 6-9pm 🕦
Where: James Bridges Theater 📍
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/mrysahfh or use QR code

Want to learn more about Vietnamese/Vietnamese Ame

Want to learn more about Vietnamese/Vietnamese American Studies? 🇻🇳Love reading books? 📚Interested in learning from a great panel? Go to this book talk panel discussing Building a Republican Nation in Vietnam, 1920-1963 and
Toward a Framework for Vietnamese American Studies: History, Community, and Memory!
🗓Save the date: March 9th, 5-6:15pm
📍UCLA MS4000A

This event is in collaboration with:
UCLA Asian American Studies,
UCLA Asian American Studies Center,
& Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Want to meet great Asian American/Pilipino Studies

Want to meet great Asian American/Pilipino Studies faculty & friends📚 ? Want free food and drinks🍽🥤? To test your luck on a raffle🍀?

Then come on down to our Winter Check-In ❄⛄ where you can do all three! The Asian American and Pilipino Studies Departments are hosting this Winter Check-In❄⛄ for everyone! Come meet friends, grab some Pilipino lunch, and RSVP for some FREE prizes from our raffle!👀🎉 🎟

The event will be in Rolfe Hall, room 2125 on January 25th, from 12-2pm. Please RSVP before then using the link: tinyurl.com/aasdwinter23
See you soon!

Prizes include:
- Weighted blanket 🔩
- Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner📙
- A "Coffee Before Talkie" mug☕

The Academic Senate Faculty of the Asian American

The Academic Senate Faculty of the Asian American Studies Department’s Strike Solidarity Statement on Grading

December 14, 2022

Interested in South Asian and South Asian American

Interested in South Asian and South Asian American Studies? Enroll in AAS 187C: South Asian American Communities for the Winter 2023 quarter!
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The Department of Asian American Studies is seekin

The Department of Asian American Studies is seeking a Pacific Islander Studies Scholar to join our faculty!

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The Department of Asian American Studies in partnership with the Asian American Studies Center (AASC) at UCLA invites applications from Pacific Islander Studies scholars in the humanities, social sciences and/or the arts for an open rank position. We seek an innovative thinker who already is or has the potential to become a leading scholar of Pacific Islander issues in the United States and related diasporas and whose work will play an important role in shaping public narratives and/or public debates concerning Pacific Islander peoples and communities. This position is part of the Chancellor's Native American and Pacific Islander Bruins Rising Initiative that aims to create an ecosystem of support for Indigenous research, teaching and civic and community engagement. We are open to scholars with a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches.

Title, rank and salary will be commensurate with credentials and experience. Candidates at the senior level may be considered for the Morgan and Helen Chu Chair in Asian American Studies. The anticipated appointment start date is July 1, 2023.

To see the full details of the position, and to apply, please visit our website (link in bio) or go to recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF07965

Today’s book talk with Lisa Uperesa! WHEN: Toda

Today’s book talk with Lisa Uperesa!

WHEN: Today! Tuesday, November 15 3-5PM

WHERE: Off-campus at 580 Cafe (580 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024)

RSVP: https://gridironcapital.eventbrite.com/

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Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Game, with author Lisa Uperesa

Since the 1970s, a "Polynesian Pipeline" has brought football players from American Sāmoa to Hawai'i and the mainland United States to play at the collegiate and professional levels. In this book talk, Lisa Uperesa will chart the cultural and social dynamics that have made football so central to Samoan communities. Drawing on fieldwork, archival research, and media analysis, she will also show how the Samoan ascendancy in football is underpinned by the legacies of US empire and a set of imperial formations that mark indigenous Pacific peoples as racialized subjects of US economic aid and development.

Lisa Uperesa is Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland. She holds a BA in ethnic studies and sociology from UC Berkeley and a PhD in anthropology from Columbia University. Her research and teaching interests include transnational mobilities in the Pacific and beyond; sport, gender, and community; and race, culture, and indigeneity.

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