Who: Kathy Mouacheupao, Executive Director
Katie Ka Vang, Director of NAVIGATE Artist Services
When: Thursday February 24, 2011, 11:30am-1:00pm
Where: University of Minnesota, Coffman Memorial Union, Room# 303
I write to invite you to attend "Envisioning the Future of Ethnic Studies at the U of M," on Wednesday, April 20, 2pm, Coffman Theatre.
As you know, Ethnic Studies is under threat across the country during these times of fiscal crisis. At the University of Minnesota, we are striving to increase the visibility of Ethnic Studies and continue our academic, research, and outreach missions. Please join us for an important conversation with key university and collegiate officials, students, staff, and faculty on the future of Ethnic Studies at the U of M.
We would especially like a strong showing of support for Asian American Studies, the newest of the Ethnic Studies units, and the only one that is not a department.
Make your opinion heard. Help us plan for the future. Thank you!
"Ethnic Studies: Envisioning the future of Ethnic Studies at the University of Minnesota" is part of the Whose University campaign (Wed. 4/20, 2pm Coffman Theatre).
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Whose University? Campaign. Whose University? Campaign. Whose University? Campaign. .
The Whose University? Campaign is organizing around three core questions regarding our public education system: Who has access? Who is supported? Whose knowledge is valued? Our call: "equal access and resources for underrepresented groups."
This student led initiative is currently based at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. We are hosting a 'Day of Education' April 20th 2011 from 11am-4pm at Coffman Memorial Union. We would like you to attend. Join us in engaging the voices of students, educators, workers, and community members who are invested in the priorities and the future of education within our State.
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What: As[I]Am: Perspectives on Asian American Art and Transformation
Who: Bryan Thao Worra
When: Friday, March 25 · 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: University of Minnesota - Coffman Memorial Union, 323
Bryan Thao Worra is one of the most widely published Lao American writers in the world who uses art to change and transform communities. The award-winning author of five books and numerous short stories, his work appears internationally including Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Iran and Europe in over 100 publications. He has organized national exhibits and performances about the Southeast Asian refugee journey. He will discuss the challenges and opportunities for modern artists and audiences to shape their communities even as students and the intersections between technology, democracy and intellectual thought.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194235720609755
Co-sponsored by The Office of Vice Provost and Vice President for Equity and Diversity, and the Asian American Students for Advancement and Progress (AASAP)
]]>Presents: "Asian Americas": Asian Migration and the Making of the Americas
Featuring: ERIKA LEE
Monday, March 7, 2011
12:00-1:00PM
308 Andersen Library, West Bank
Abstract: Asians have a long and diverse history in the Americas and have played central roles in the distinct national histories of countries in the region. But Asians have also been part of the "Asian Americas," the interconnected and transnational worlds of Asians in the Americas across, beyond, and underneath national boundaries. The Asian Americas were part of a global relationship between Asia and the Americas, but they were also distinctly American; the product of hemispheric histories, discourses, and power relations as well as ongoing connections to the Atlantic and Pacific worlds. Examining the transnational relationships between and amongst Asians in the Americas and their links to the wider world not only helps us revise our understandings of "Asian America," it also inspires us to write new global histories of the Americas.
Erika Lee is an Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies and Director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of, most recently, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America (Oxford University Press, 2010).
"Queering and Transing the Great Lakes: Nice Rodriguez's Throw it to the River, Filipino/a Tomboy Masculinities in Toronto and Manila."
Featuring: KALE FARJADO
Date: Friday, March 4, 2011
Time: 2:00pm
Location: 400 Ford Hall, East Bank
Abstract: The paper focuses on Nice Rodriguez's fiction in Throw it to the River (1993), particularly Rodriguez's transnational and queer imaginaries of Toronto and Manila, as well as how Filipino/a queer genders and sexualities are imagined in this text. The paper suggests that because of global migration and travel, U.S. imperialism in Asia, neoliberal globalization, and the "global gay phenomenon," it is imperative to connect analyses of "a queer Midwest" with international, transnational, transoceanic, and translocal spaces and contexts. Moreover, Fajardo suggests that in Throw it the River, Rodriguez imagines more fluid and expansive understandings of the cateogory "butch," "lesbian," "tomboy," and/or "transgender." In the Manila section of this paper, Fajardo engages the concept of "gulo" ("trouble" or "social unrest") within the context of the U.S.-Marcos Dictatorship (1972-1986) to (re)read tomboy masculinities in Rodriguez's fiction.
Kale Bantigue Fajardo is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He recently finished Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities, and Globalization (forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press, 2011). He's now writing essays that read Filipino lalaki-ness (maleness/masculinity) through interdisciplinary studies of Filipino hydro/water-spaces, masculinities, and literatures situated in places such as Cebu/Mactan/Calamba/Laguna de Bay/Manila Bay (all in the Philippines); St. Malo/New Orleans (Louisiana); Astoria (Oregon); and Toronto (Canada).
]]>Mentors will engage their mentees with teambuilding activities as well as assist them with questions about higher education.
Thank you to Hmong College Prep Academy for partnering with us for this wonderful program. We look forward to building a strong partnership.
]]>Who: Kathy Mouacheupao, Executive Director
Katie Ka Vang, Director of NAVIGATE Artist Services
When: Thursday February 24, 2011, 11:30am-1:00pm
Where: University of Minnesota, Coffman Memorial Union, Room# 303
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We are partnering if local community to provide students with this unique opportunity to mentor the next generation of Southeast Asian American scholars and leaders.
Mentor will also earn a stipend of $350 per semester by participating in this program.
]]>Dear Asian American Studies Students,
Happy 2011! I hope that you had a relaxing winter break.
I wanted to let you know that the Asian American Studies Program will have a new home beginning Wednesday, January 19, 2011. We will be moving out of Scott Hall and into the Social Sciences Building (West Bank). With the start of the semester upon us, the timing is not ideal, but we're excited about the expanded space and other opportunities that this move will give us. We appreciate your patience during the move and transition. We will do our best to help you with any immediate needs you may have during this time. If you have any questions, please contact me at erikalee@umn.edu.
Drop by and see us in our new space after the 19th! We hope to begin hosting gatherings in our new space soon.
Have a good start to your semester!
Sincerely,
Erika Lee