04/19/2022 - 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...
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04/06/2022 - 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...
03/24/2022 - 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...
03/10/2022 - 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...
02/22/2022 - The Department of Asian American Studies is currently seeking teaching assistants for the 2022-2023 year. For further details and application instructions, visit our Job Positions...
02/01/2022 - The deadline for applications to the position of Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies has been extended to February 28, 2022. Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research...
11/09/2021 - The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the Department of Asian American Studies present a year-long public speaker series and symposium funded by the Chancellor's Call to Action to...
10/22/2021 - This article was originally posted on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' website on 10/20/2021 by Dave Evensen. The University of Illinois and College of Liberal Arts &...
09/28/2021 - Congratulations to these AAS faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students in the Spring 2021 semester! Results are based off of end-of...
09/15/2021 - The Illinois Club is sponsoring several undergraduate scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. A full list of scholarships and requirements, as well as the application form, can be found...
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08/19/2021 - We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Anantha Sudhakar on August 11, 2021. She was a committed scholar of Asian American Studies and an educator at San Francisco State University. In 2011, Dr...
06/21/2021 - Dr. Lila Sharif co-authored an article for Juneteenth highlighting the relationship between Palestinian and Black issues in Israel and the United States. ...
05/24/2021 - AAS Assistant Professor Dr. Lila Sharif was interviewed on WLS-AM 890 on the Bruce St. James show about the ongoing situation in Palestine....
05/18/2021 - The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign condemns the ongoing seventy-three years of settler colonial violence against Palestine and the Palestinian...
