Program in American Studies
American studies offers the promise of a sustained education in what it is to live in this twenty-first century American world. Knowledge about this world, this country, about how diverse and varied peoples make their lives in it and call it America, depends on open conversations that are alternately serious, playful, fun, and painful.
“Japanese/America” symposium explores art, literature, place, music
The Feb. 15 symposium “Japanese/America: Transpacific and Hemispheric” is free and open to the public, and includes lectures, discussion, and musical performance exploring the participation of people of Japanese descent in the societies and politics of the Pacific Rim and the Americas.
“The Asian American Family” makes a zine
Program in American Studies Postdoctoral Research Associate Paul Nadal, teaching ASA 347, “The Asian American Family,” led his students in finding story forms for reimagining Asian American kinship.
Upcoming Events
-
Asian American Studies Lecture Series: Janelle Wong
Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: East Pyne Hall, Room 010Speaker(s): -
AMS Workshop: Adria Imada
Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 12:00 pmLocation: McCosh Hall, Room 40Speaker(s):Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Irvine“An Archive of Skin, an Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-making during Medical Incarceration” -
Anschutz Lecture: Brittney Cooper
Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: McCormick Hall, Room 101 -
AMS Workshop: K-Sue Park
Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 12:00 pmLocation: Dickinson Hall, Room 210Speaker(s):Critical Race Studies Fellow, UCLA School of Law“The Racial Legal Infrastructure of Real Estate”