Events

Literally Displaced: Writing the Southeast Asian Diaspora – Exhibit ♥

Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center

Literally Displaced: Writing the Southeast Asian Diaspora – Exhibit Thu, Feb 3, 2022 8:00 AM –Thu, Mar 31, 2022 8:00 AM PST (GMT-8) Details Literally Displaced: Writing the Southeast Asian Diaspora centers the voices, memories, experiences, and desires of writers from the Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese diaspora. Exploring their selected published works alongside materials from…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen by UCI Illuminations ♥ ★

Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center

Join us for a stirring and provocative evening of fiction, history and commentary with Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen Date and time Thu, February 3, 2022 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST Add to calendar Location Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center 311 W Peltason Drive A Irvine, CA 92697 View Map About this…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen by UCI Illuminations ♥ ★

Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center

Join us for a stirring and provocative evening of fiction, history and commentary with Pulitzer-Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen Date and time Thu, February 3, 2022 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST Add to calendar Location Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center 311 W Peltason Drive A Irvine, CA 92697 View Map About this…

Dean’s Equity and Inclusion Series: “The Challenges and Possibilities of Southeast Asian American and Black Solidarity” ♥

Zoom

The UCI School of Education Brown Bag series presents The UCI School of Education Dean’s Equity and Inclusion Series “The Challenges and Possibilities of Southeast Asian American and Black Solidarity” Presented by Stacey J. Lee Associate Dean for Education, School of Education Frederick Erickson WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies University of Wisconsin Monday, March…

Teaching for Justice Conference: A Spotlight On Teaching Asian American Studies Across the Curriculum ♥

Hybrid

Teaching for Justice Conference: A Spotlight On Teaching Asian American Studies Across the Curriculum Friday, April 29 – Saturday, April 30, 2022 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Online/In-Person RSVP Here The UCI Center for Educational Partnership and UCI Teacher Academy formally invite you to a 2-day conference for K-12 educators and all stakeholders interested in…

Students Activating Social Innovation Conference 2022: Love Letters to Liberation ♥ ★

Anteater Learning Pavilion

The SASI student group, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, is very excited to be hosting its first annual student-led social justice conference on April 2nd, 2022 to highlight the work of students and professors on campus. The conference is called "SASICon22: Love Letters to Liberation"; as the title…

Leading for Change with Dr. Gina Garcia ♥★

Virtual

Fireside chat with Dr. Gina Garcia, leading expert on Hispanic Serving Institutional framework. This event is for students and is marketed UC-wide and co-hosted with 5 UC Chicanx/Latinx Student Centers: Berkeley, Riverside, Santa Cruz, San Diego & Irvine.

Global Conversations: Japanese Cart Puppetry: “Kuruma Ningyō” ♥

Virtual

Japan boasts a rich heritage of diverse forms of puppetry that include exquisitely crafted figures, unusual forms of manipulation, and poetic dramatic texts. Derived from bunraku, possibly the most known Japanese puppetry to the world, kuruma ningyō shares some similarities with bunraku but also has its unique features. In kuruma ningyō, or “cart puppetry,” performers,…

An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration ♥

Zoom

The UCI Center for Medical Humanities hosts a virtual celebration of Dr. Adria L. Imada’s new book, An Archive of Skin, An Archive of Kin: Disability and Life-Making during Medical Incarceration (University of California Press, 2022). We are delighted to convene a convivial gathering with door prizes and reflections by a team of feminist scholars. Dr. Eleana…

CI Author Sam Choi ’91, “The FortySomething Fanboy”★

Zoom

CI Author Sam Choi '91, "The FortySomething Fanboy" Description Meet Sam Choi ‘91, who self-published his first novel in 2021. After a brief sojourn in academia, where he specialized in the study of new media, Sam entered the corporate world and is now Vice President of Digital Design at CVS Health. Learn about Sam’s book…