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. ...
News
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...
05/03/2021 - AAS Assistant Professor Lila Sharif was recently interviewed by the Daily Illini for an article on anti-Asian violence....
04/28/2021 - Just under four years ago, a freshman named Julia Son signed up for AAS's Federal Work-Study program. She worked a few hours every week, helping with scanning, filing, and transcription, as well as...
04/19/2021 - Kat Fuenty, AAS Office Support Associate has been awarded an LAS Impact Award for providing outstanding support and genuine personal attention to the students, staff and faculty of the Department of...
03/18/2021 - With heavy hearts, the Departments of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies send strength and love to the eight victims, including six Asian women, murdered at three massage parlors...
01/27/2021 - The Women's Resources Center will be offering confidential advising services to students and staff. Our students need us now more than ever as we continue to navigate the multiple, ongoing...
12/02/2020 - AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies Leland Tabares • MW 1:00 – 1:50 pm • CRN 30106 • Online Lecture (Friday Online Discussion Sections) Interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and...
11/16/2020 - AAS Associate Professor A. Naomi Paik was featured last week in a News-Gazette article discussing the future of US immigration policy under the Biden administration and the damage done by the current...
10/14/2020 - AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies Leland Tabares • MW 1:00 – 1:50 pm • CRN 30106 • Online Lecture (Friday Online Discussion Sections)...
10/02/2020 - Lila Sharif, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joins host Lee Artz, Ph.D. to discuss Palestine’s struggle to be recognized and...
09/21/2020 - Are you interested in topics related to diversity and social justice? Do you have experience leading or facilitating difficult conversations? I-Connect Facilitators are university students who lead...
09/18/2020 - 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...
09/11/2020 - Dr. A. Naomi Paik's new book, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary, was published this year and is available for...
