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
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Book Talk: Anne Cheng
Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 6:00 pmLocation: Labyrinth BooksSpeaker(s): -
Asian American Studies Lecture Series: Kandice Chuh
Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: East Pyne Hall, Room 010Speaker(s): -
Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Rachel Rubinstein
Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: McCormick Hall, Room 101Speaker(s):Rachel RubinsteinProfessor of American Literature and Jewish Studies, Hampshire College“The Yiddish Columbus: Critical Counter-History and the Remapping of American Jewish Literature” -
Asian American Studies Lecture Series: Janelle Wong
Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 4:30 pmLocation: East Pyne Hall, Room 010Speaker(s):