The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presents a multi-panel discussion highlighting the specific intellectual and pedagogical routes, new research agendas and the community and activist formation that created and continues to form the field of Asian American Studies.

Friday, April 6, 2018

Opening Remarks
1:45—2:00 pm
Room 180 Bevier Hall

Plenary Panel: FOUNDATIONS AND FUTURES
2:00—3:30 pm
Room 180 Bevier Hall

Current faculty and former members of the founding Asian American Studies Committee will discuss retrospective and prospective reflections about the Department of Asian American Studies.

Pallassana Balgopal • Kent Ono • Clark Cunningham
Martin F. Manalansan IV • Augusto Espiritu • Soo Ah Kwon


Panel 2: RESEARCH, TRAINING AND PEDAGOGY A
4:00—5:30 pm
Room 180 Bevier Hall

Former postdoctoral research associates, former graduate students, and current undergraduate majors and minors will share experiences and reflections in order to track the Illinois legacy in undergraduate and graduate training and research in Asian American Studies.

Chris Lee • Joyce Mariano • Anita Mannur
Min Hyoung Song • Long Bui

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Panel 3: RESEARCH, TRAINING AND PEDAGOGY B
9:30—10:30 am
Room 180 Bevier Hall

Constancio Arnaldo • Genevieve Clutario
Tessa Winkelmann • Tommy Shee • Lin Mei


Panel 4: ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT CAMPUS LEADERSHIP: CURRENT AND PAST
10:30 am—12:00 pm
Rm 180 Bevier Hall

Featuring a group of Asian American alumni who were active during the late 90s and current students from the Asian Pacific American Coalition, the panelists will engage in a cross-generational dialogue that focuses on the importance of activism and the future of Asian American Studies.
Ho Chie Tsai • Vida Gosrisirikul • Rebecca Yee • Gordon Liao • Representatives from the Asian Pacific American Coalition

 

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