University of Virginia, College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Strange Bedfellows?: Asian American Studies & Asian Studies in the 21st Century

January 28, 2021

Many Asian Studies programs in the U.S. find their roots in Cold War area studies, while many Asian American Studies programs were born out of 1960s ethnic studies, and at many institutions, faculty in both fields are separated by intellectual as well as institutional boundaries. Yet, as both fields attend to issues related to transnationalism, globalization, and diaspora, there are many possibilities for collaboration that do not fit into existing disciplinary and institutional structures.
 

Join us for a Zoom roundtable and discussion about histories and futures of Asian American Studies and Asian Studies and their co-existence and potential collaboration, featuring Asian American Studies scholars situated in a variety of departmental and program structures, and coming from a diverse set of institutions “East of California” (away from the epicenters of Asian American Studies program building in the West).

 

Confirmed roundtable participants:
Sylvia Chong, University of Virginia (moderator)
John Cheng, Binghamton University
Nerissa Balce, Stony Brook University
Christine So, Georgetown University
Nayoung Aimee Kwon, Duke University
Francis Tanglao-Aguas, William & Mary

 

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