AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies Soo Ah Kwon • MW 1:00 – 1:50 pm • CRN 29646 • Online Lecture (Friday Online Discussion Sections) Interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and approaches in Asian American Studies. Surveys the various dimensions of Asian American experiences including history, social...

The Department of Asian American Studies is pleased to announce that the winners of the first Betty Lee Sung Undergraduate Award and the annual Jeffrey S. Tanaka Asian American Studies Grant have been selected. The Betty Lee Sung Undergraduate Award has been awarded to Ireland Flannery, undergraduate minor in Asian American Studies. Ms. Flannery was nominated by her AAS 100...

This is on behalf of the Illinois Student Government’s Helping Others Personal Excellence (HOPE) Department. Last Spring, the student body voted to create the HOPE Fee to support students who do not qualify for federal financial aid. This year, the HOPE Department has been focusing on the creation of the HOPE Fee...

Department of Asian American Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign STATEMENT ON RACISM AND COVID-19 The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign strongly condemns the alarming rise of violence against people of Asian descent that have emerged in the wake of the novel Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19). 1  We...

The following companies are offering free or discounted expanded internet access: Charter Spectrum Charter / Spectrum is offering 60 days of free broadband and Wi-Fi access to households with K-12 and/or college...

The Department of Asian American Studies is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for a new departmental award. The Betty Lee Sung Undergraduate Award honors outstanding undergraduate majors or minors in Asian American Studies who have demonstrated excellent scholarship in Asian American Studies, and who have shown leadership in promoting the understanding of Asian American issues on...

Rubab Hyder is a History major and student in Asian American Studies. She has spent several semesters conducting independent study sessions with AAS professors Dr. Fiona Ngo and Dr. Junaid Rana, and has also worked as a research assistant with Dr. Rana. I sat down with her for a quick interview to ask about her experience in Asian American Studies and her plans for after graduation....

The Illinois News Bureau wrote an article on the Abolition and Immigrant Justice Panel happening tonight (2/6/2020) as part of the CAS Abolition initiative. The initiative is headed by AAS's Naomi Paik and GWS's Toby Beauchamp.

Amerasia Journal has issued a call for papers for a special issue, entitled “Critical Refugee Studies.” The issue will be co-edited by Illinois AAS Assistant Professor Lila Sharif and UC San Diego Professor Yen Le Espiritu. Full details of the issue and submission requirements can be found here. Paper submissions are due by June...

Courses in AAS that fulfill the US Minority Cultures General Education Requirement in Spring 2020: AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies Lecture course: M/W 12:00-12:50 pm | Friday discussion sections Lecture/discussion courses T/R 12:30-1:50 pm T/R 9:30-10:50 am...

This Fall and Spring, AAS Professor Naomi Paik and GWS Professor Toby Beauchamp are spearheading the Abolition initiative in CAS, involving a series of talks in the fall and a graduate seminar course in the spring. From the CAS Initiatives page: Abolition examines the interconnected power dynamics across prisons, police,...

On March 4, 2019, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences presented AAS Admin Aide Christine Lyke with one of three Staff Awards in recognition of her hard work and commitment to the Department of Asian American Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In presenting her award, the college cited Christine's "positive and creative" methods of keeping departmental operations running...

“I shall always remember the STUDENTS  who continued to fight for Asian American Studies since 1974 all the way through the struggles of the early to mid-1990s, when the activists would be threatened with disciplinary action. Finally, the year 1996 saw a turning point. That struggle is what should be celebrated. The university only relented when activism...

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...

  In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Department of Asian American Studies at Illinois, three scholarships of $1000 each are being made available to outstanding students in Asian American Studies. These scholarships have been established through the generosity of an illustrious Asian American alumnus, Mr. Horace Wu, and his wife Kate King Wu in honor of Horace Wu’s father, Ying...