• Still need to fill that US Minority Cultures Gen Ed? Seats are currently open in AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies An interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and approaches in Asian American Studies. Students will survey the various dimensions of Asian American experiences including history, social organization, literature, arts, and politics. Lecture: M/W...
  • The Humanities Research Institute recently announced the selection of their second Interseminars Initiative project. The research project, entitled “Improvise and Intervene,” will be led by faculty members Junaid Rana (AAS), Maryam Kashani (AAS/GWS),...
  • Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Department of Asian American Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time tenure stream faculty position as an Assistant/Associate/Full Professor. We seek an...
  • The Department of Asian American Studies would like to extend a warm welcome to our two new postdoctoral fellows. Welcome to Drs. Vivian Yan-Gonzalez and Emi Sawada! Vivian Yan-Gonzalez Vivian Yan-Gonzalez is a historian of race and politics in the 20th C US. She completed her PhD at Stanford University this year with her dissertation entitled “A Spectrum Apart: Chinese and Japanese American...
  • Dr. Augusto Espiritu has been named Associate Head of Asian American Studies for the 2022-2023 academic year. In addition to serving as Associate Head, Dr. Espiritu will also be the student advisor for AAS. More information is available on his faculty profile.
  • Asian American Studies will be participating in several exciting events next month! On Thursday, September 1, stop by Asiantation at the AACC! Our building will be open, and we will have snacks and beverages along with information about AAS courses. On Thursday, September 15, Interdisciplinary Studies and GWS will be hosting a...
  • 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 and Social Injustice Research Program. This conference is conceived in late pandemic time as a...
  • 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...
  • 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 & Sciences in 2021-22.
  • 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 page.
  • 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 Associate The Asian American Studies Department (AAS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks a postdoctoral research associate for the 2022-2023 academic year....
  • 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 Address Systemic Racism and Social Injustice Research Program. Information on the events is forthcoming and will be posted to the Asian American Studies website and social media pages.
  • 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 & Sciences are planning a new building for ethnic and gender and women’s studies that’s expected to greatly increase and improve teaching, research, and office spaces for several key departments and...
  • 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 HERE.
  • HRI campus fellowships enable faculty and graduate students to develop research projects related to the yearly theme and to participate in the yearlong...