Christine Lyke Celebrated for Excellence in Administrative Support
Every year, the University of Illinois honors sixteen academic professionals and civil service staff members through the Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award. This award celebrates staff excellence in eight categories: administrative and public engagement, clerical administrative support, crafts and trades, education/extension/CITL, information technology, research, service and maintenance, and student services. Asian American Studies is thrilled to announce our office administrative aide Christine Lyke is one of this year's winners of this prestigious award. With her dedication to the...
- The Jeffrey S. Tanaka Grant for Asian American Studies is awarded to U of I graduate students who are conducting research related to Asian American Studies. This year, the department is pleased to announce our award-winners: Inyoung Jang and Anirban Mukhopadhyay. Inyoung Jang is a PhD... Read full story AAS Announces Tanaka Grant Winners for 2025
- The Department of Asian American Studies invites you to join us for the 17th Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans next Thursday, April 10th, 2025. This year's prestigous talk features Dr. Nayan Shah, Professor of American Studies & Ethnicity and History at the University... Read full story 17th Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans
- AAS honors professor emeritus George Yu, who passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2025.Prof. Yu taught at the University of Illinois from 1965 to 2005 and served as the founding director of the Asian American Studies Program from 1997 to 2002. He also served as director of the Center for East Asian... Read full story AAS Honors George Yu (1931-2025)
Upcoming Events
AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and approaches in Asian American Studies. Surveys the various dimensions of Asian American experiences including history, social organization, literature, arts, and politics.
AAS 200: US Race and Empire
Invites students to examine histories and narratives of U.S. race and empire, drawing upon multiple theoretical and methodological works in Asian American studies and related fields.
AAS 215: US Citizenship Comparatively
Examines the racial, gendered, and sexualized aspects of US citizenship historically and comparatively. Interdisciplinary course taught from a humanities perspective. Readings draw from critical legal studies, history, literature, literary criticism, and ethnography.
AAS 300: Theories of Race, Gender and Sexuality
Explores theories for performing interdisciplinary, intersectional and comparative studies within the field of Asian American studies. Follows multiple genealogies of critical work in ethnic and American studies.