BROWN BAG: "Collective Historicizing with Filipino Communities in Chicago," Professor Anna Guevarra

March 8, 2012: IRRPP, 12 - 1 p.m.

330 CUPPA Hall, 412 S. Peoria St.

RSVP to Meg King @ mking11@uic.edu

 

BROWN BAG: "Engaging Filipinos in Chicago through Collective Historicizing: A community-based research with AFIRE and CIRCA-Pintig"

Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE)

March 14, 2012: 110 CUPPA, 12 p.m.

 

ASAM BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES: Tania Unzueta: "Sample of a Lesson Plan on Immigration"

 

This lesson plan is designed for junior or senior high school students in a social studies, civics, or history class. It is an exploration of the experiences of undocumented immigrant youth living in the United States (U.S.), with a focus on Asian-American youth and Chicago.

March 16, 12 - 1:30; UH 850

RSVP requested to mohanraj@uic.edu; lunch will be served.

 

ASAM's brown bag colloquium series takes place every second Friday of the month from 12 - 1:30 p.m. (bring your own lunch!), where faculty, staff, and students present and lead a discussion on their research. More info

 

FILM: PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE SCREENING AND DISCUSSION

Film screening of the new documentary film, "Precious Knowledge: Arizona's Battle over Ethnic Studies," followed by a discussion with producer Eren McGinnis and Tucson public-school teacher Jose Gonzales.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

 

LECTURE: "Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community since 1870" by Professor Huping Ling

Friday, March 30, 10 - 11 a.m.

208 Burnham Hall

A leading scholar in Asian American studies, Executive Editor of Journal of Asian American Studies, and award-winning author of eleven books and over one hundred articles, Professor Huping Ling of Truman State University will present her newly published book Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration and Community since 1870 (Stanford University Press, 2012), from the three Moy brothers in the 1870s to the present Chinese Chicagoland. In her presentation, Ling will highlight the differences between the Midwest and coastal Asian American history.

 

PANEL DISCUSSION: Surprising Revelations about Asian American and Pacific Islander College Students

 

A panel discussion on:

 

- National research from the new book, "Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education," by Drs. Doris Ching (University of Hawai'i at Manoa), Anna Gonzalez (University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Robert Teranishi (New York University)

 

- Campus research and preliminary analysis of the 2011 AANAPISI Demographic Survey of Asian

American and Pacific Islander Students at UIC by Dr. Sharon S. Lee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

 

Thursday, April 5, 2012

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

African American Cultural Center (Addams Hall 207)

 

Refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Amina Chaudri, ashafi4@uic.edu

 

CHANDRA TALPADE MOHANTY

 

ASAM Spring Lecture Series is pleased to present:

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "Neoliberal Academies, Insurgent Knowledges, and Pedagogies of Dissent: Reflections on Anti-Racist Feminist Practice"

Location: Student Center East, Room 302, Univ. of IL at Chicago

750 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60607

Date: April 26, 2012, 4 p.m., lecture to be followed by a reception.

Free and open to the public.

 

 

Chandra Talpade Mohanty is Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Dean’s Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University. Her work focuses on transnational feminist theory, anti-capitalist feminist praxis, anti-racist education, and the politics of knowledge. Full bio and more information here.

 

NEW ASAM COURSES

 

We've added new courses to our curriculum for spring and summer 2012.