Powder: A Book Signing
Stop by the Union bookstore on Wednesday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m., and meet the contributing writers of Powder: Writings by Women in the Ranks, From Vietnam to Iraq.
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February 25, 2009
Shoot Some Hoops With The ISA
ISA is preparing for its annual 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament!
The tournament will be held on Saturday 4 April 2009.
E-mail the group to learn more. If you're interested in participating, be sure to include: your name, the names of your teammates, and your phone number.
The registration fee is$5 per person.
Prizes will be given :)
February 18, 2009
Jasbir Puar Comes To Campus
Professor Jasbir Puar of Rutgers University, Women's & Gender Studies Department, will present her talk "Prognosis Time: Towards a Geopolitics of Affect, Debility, and Capacity," Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m., 101 Walter Library.
For more information, e-mail American Studies or call 612-624-4190
Dr. Puar's latest book, Terrorist Assemblages Homonationalism in Queer Times, is out now.
February 17, 2009
More Skating Fun...
Miss last week's trip to the ice rink?
No problem.
MISA will be hosting another ice skating event on the 27th. Here's more:
Venue: The Depot (on Washington Ave.)
Time: 12 PM - 3 PM
Admission: $6.00
Skates: $6.00
Chit-Chat-Chai
February 12, 2009
Gran Torino and the Performance of Hmong Masculinity
The Institute of Advanced Studies is hosting a brown-bag presentation next Wednesday, February 18.
Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj bring you the talk "Gran Torino: Perpetual Warriors and the Performance of Hmong Masculinity."
Stop by 235 Nolte at noon and get involved.
More information available here.
February 11, 2009
Postdoc Opportunity At Yale
The Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration at Yale University will appoint at least one Postdoctoral Associate for a renewable one year position in the field(s) of Asian American Studies, Latina/o Studies, Native American Studies, or Comparative Ethnic Studies beginning July 1, 2009.
Candidates who will complete their doctorates by July 1, 2009, or who have completed their doctorates since 2004, will be considered.
Successful applicant(s) will be jointly sponsored by the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Program and the American Studies Program.
Scholars are expected to be in residence throughout the term of their appointment and to contribute to the intellectual life of the University. Postdoctoral Associates will teach one undergraduate seminar per year.
Salary for postdoctoral associates will be $55,000 per year.
Send a cover letter (indicating qualifications and plans for research and writing), a CV, one or more writing samples up to a total one hundred pages in length, a syllabus of a proposed course, and three letters of reference to:
Ethnicity, Race, and Migration Scholars Program,
The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206,
New Haven, CT 06520-8206.
Inquiries may be directed to erm@yale.edu.
All application materials must be postmarked by March 6, 2009.
Ice Skating At The Depot
Ice Skating at the Depot!
When: This FRIDAY, February 13th @ 7 PM
The ASU wants you to come out for a fun night of ice skating.
E-mail them for more.
February 9, 2009
Got Sweet Tooth?
It's a Valentine's Day Celebration!
When: Tuesday, February 10th 2009 @ 6:30 PM
Where: ASU, Coffman room 219
Come learn about the Asian Student Union, make new friends, and nosh on some candy.
Last year turn-out at the Valentine-candy-fest was huge.
Don't miss it this time around...
February 8, 2009
Anne Fadiman Lecture
Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is coming to campus.
She'll be lecturing Monday, March 2, 2009 in the Coffman Memorial Union, Mississippi Room (3rd floor) at 6PM.
A Q&A session and book-signing will follow.
Fadiman's book details the struggles of a Hmong refugee family and their interactions with the health care system in central California.
It won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1997.
February 5, 2009
Space, Place & Health Among Asian Americans
The Psychology Department and the Asian American Studies Program are hosting University of Washington prof. Dr. David Takeuchi.
He'll be delivering a talk on Wednesday, February 25th (1-2pm) in N639 Elliott Hall.
Read on for details....
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*David T. Takeuchi, Ph.D. (University of Washington)
Space, Place, and Health among Asian Americans: Investigating the Health Effects of Residential Areas
February 25, 2009
1:00 --2:00 p.m.
N639 Elliott Hall
Abstract:
Given the increased racial diversity in society and the move away from biological and genetic explanations, how is race and ethnicity linked to mental health outcomes?
Scholars have provided a discussion of the possible social, cultural, and psychological factors that help answer this question such as socio-economic status, discrimination, coping styles, social support, and stress. These writings have provided an excellent understanding of the mechanism that ties race and ethnicity to health. This presentation provides data and a discussion about the social contexts, such as geographic areas, that are also important to consider when investigating the health of Asian Americans.
The data come from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), the first national mental health study of Asian Americans. The presentation ends with a call to examine the construct of ³place² more seriously drawing
upon the literatures in different disciplines including sociology, anthropology, and psychology.
Book Signing
Local author and veterinarian Justine Lee, will be coming to campus Wednesday, February 11, to talk about her new book, It’s a Cat’s World…You Just Live in It.
Stop by the Union Bookstore at 4PM to meet her, and to get an autograph!
Then the following afternoon, make time for UMN professor Nabil Matar. He'll be discussing his new book, Europe Through Arab Eyes 1578-1727, same time, same place.
Here's more.
*Photo via DrJustineLee.Com