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    An Interview with AAS Major Shivani Bhogaraju

    What started your interest in Asian American Studies? How long have you been a major? I took AAS 100 my freshman year and found the material really interesting. I was especially fascinated by the ways the course connected a lot of the historical events that my parents and grandparents lived through to current social problems that we are facing today. I declared my AAS major...
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  • Dr. Lila Sharif Publishes New Co-Authored Book
    AAS's Dr. Lila Sharif has participated in authoring a new book on critical refugee studies: Departures: An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies. The book is available now for pre-order from the University of California Press. From the...
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  • Asian America Otherwise Conference
    Organized by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the Department of Asian American Studies, "Asian America Otherwise" is the culminating conference of the "In Plain Sight" Research Initiative funded by the University of Illinois Chancellor's Call to Action to Address Systemic Racism...
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  • AAS Office Support Specialist Kat Fuenty Wins LAS Staff Award
    Kat Fuenty, the Office Support Specialist for the Department of Asian American Studies, was presented with the LAS Staff Award on Tuesday, March 8. The LAS Staff Award honors staff members at the University for particularly noteworthy efforts in advancing the mission of the College of Liberal Arts...
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  • AAS 100
    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.
    Course Description for AAS 100
  • AAS 200
    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.
    Course Description for AAS 200
  • AAS 215
    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.  
    Course Description for AAS 215
  • AAS 300
    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.
    Course Description for AAS 300

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