AAS Associate Professor A Naomi Paik has been featured in the most recent edition of the LAS Experts column. Check it out to learn about her research, recent book, and how she believes we can move forward into a more just and hopeful future. LINK TO ARTICLE
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- Are you interested in topics related to diversity and social justice? Do you have experience leading or facilitating difficult conversations?
- Leland Tabares is AAS's new visiting assistant professor, who is teaching AAS 120 and 200 this semester. In order to get to know him a little better, I conducted a brief virtual interview with Dr. Tabares to ask him about his teaching, research, and why he is at Illinois.
- Dr. A. Naomi Paik's new book, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary, was published this year and is available for purchase from the University of California Press.
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AAS 100Interdisciplinary 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 200Invites 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 215Examines 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 300Explores 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.
