RSVP - UCI Great Big Read: Do More on May 10 The current increases in hate crimes against Asian Americans challenges us to do more. Please join partners for the UCI Great Big Read for conversations and strategies to support wellness and care while confronting anti-Asian racism during the current pandemic. WHAT: UCI Great Big [...]
Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh About this Event Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee and Dr. SueJeanne Koh In Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths [...]
KLC | Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans Wednesday, April 14 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event Please join the UCI Law Korea Law Center for a discussion with esteemed panelists, Professors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Claire Jean Kim, and Sameer Ashar. Our panel will address how Asian Americans can take moments [...]
April 14, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (student Q & A) and April 15, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (book conversation) Cathy Park Hong, author of the best-selling Minor Feelings, fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Cathy Park Hong in conversation with Professor Jerry Lee [...]
Confronting Anti-AAPI Hate in the Pre- and Post-Covid Era with Kevin Nadal Activist and Professor, Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, City University of New York Bill Maurer Dean, School of Social Sciences, and Professor, Anthropology and Law, UCI Jeanett Castellanos Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, and Professor, School of Social [...]
Transnational Reverberations: Recent Works in Ending the Korean War In this collaborative discussion, Clara Han, Crystal Mun-hye Baik, and Monica Kim will discuss the recent publication of their books, which focus on the multiscalar implications of the Korean War, with commentary provided by Jinah Kim. An ongoing 70-year conflict that remains unfinished, the Korean War [...]
In the pandemic, Asian Americans relish the cozy family ritual of hot pot Cousins Jessica Wu and Alice Fang split a hot pot with a metallic divider that separates a mild mushroom soup base from a spicier red-pepper base. Both incorporate lamb, broccoli and mushrooms. Wu favors sweet corn, while Fang does not.(Jessica Wu [...]
Without Asian American Studies, We Can’t Understand American Racism Media response to the Atlanta massacre shows why ethnic studies is so essential. As James Kyung-Jin Lee, [associate professor and] a former chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California at Irvine, recently told me, “I just finished teaching a [...]
Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences for two important webinars focused on anti-Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander racism Action After Atlanta: Organizing Against Anti-AAPI Hate with Judy Wu Professor, Asian American Studies, and Faculty Director, Humanities Center, UCI Bill Maurer Dean, School of Social Sciences, and Professor, Anthropology and Law, UCI Benny Luo '10 Psychology, [...]
Meeting Registration This meeting is for internal users only. Topic: Stop the Hate Social Sciences Listening Sessions | Staff Experiences Description: During these sessions, we invite the Social Sciences community to engage in a facilitated discussion on the impact of the recent uptick of attacks on Asians and Asian-Americans across the nation in [...]