2027 Humanities Research Lab Courses Announced

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Humanities Research Lab (HRL) courses are existing semester-long humanities classes that are refashioned to include a significant community-based research component. A partnership between HRI and the Office of Undergraduate Research, HRLs are both a community-based curricular transformation project...

AAS Faculty & Graduate Student Receive HRI Fellowship

Please join us in celebrating AAS Faculty Member Junaid Rana and Graduate Student Anirban Mukhopadhyay on their acceptance into the 2026-27 HRI Fellowship. Rana and Mukhopadhyay are joining a cohort of seven faculty members and seven graduate students from all across the UIUC campus to explore the...

2026 Tanaka Grant Open for Applications

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The Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce the availability of a graduate student research grant. The grant is designed to assist a graduate student with their research in areas directly relating to Asian American studies. ...

AAS Faculty Member Susan Koshy awarded prestigious Sawyer Seminar Grant

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Mellon Foundation awards Sawyer Seminar grant to Illinois faculty At Risk U will examine challenges to democracy and academic freedom in U.S. universitiesA multi-disciplinary team of faculty researchers from the University of Illinois has been awarded a Sawyer Seminar...

Soo Ah Kwon wins Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

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AAS is thrilled to announce that Dr. Soo Ah Kwon is a recipient of this year's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. The College of LAS has selected 19 professors, graduate students, lecturers, and advisors as recipients of this year's awards, and it is no surprise to see Kwon's name among...
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