Speaker Series

Speaker: Judy Wu, Associate Dean, School of Humanities, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UC Irvine

Speaker: Judy Wu, Associate Dean, School of Humanities, and Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UC Irvine

Speakers: Sohyun An, Professor of Social Studies Education, Kennesaw State University; Helen Kim Hendrix, Attorney and Activist, and Anna Storti, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University

See the trailer here: RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfINc7hu8oHaTRaclLzONzx11qPWuUenvhT-sfouxNLPFzVQQ/viewform

  Book Talk & Conversation with the Novelist Sameer Pandya Chair and Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, UC Santa Barbara Professor Pandya will be speaking about this new novel, Our Beautiful Boys (2025), which follows the story of three families--one Asian American, one Latino, and one white--to explore the difficulties of raising teenagers in a society that values violent masculinity. Pandya's book has received glowing reviews from several major outlets including the New York Times and the Guardian. For a review of the book written from an Asian Americanist perspective, please take a look at the review in Pop Matters. It will be held on 11/17 (Monday) in Convocation Hall, 5-6pm. Free parking in the Peavine Deck after 4pm!        

Book Talk (Co-Sponsored w/Departments of Theatre & History) Professor Esther Kim Lee, Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies, International Comparatives Studies, and History, Duke University. Professor Lee will be speaking about her award-winning book, Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era (University of Michigan Press, 2022). Her book offers an extensive examination of the practice of yellowface as a historical way through which non- Asian performers portrayed Asian characters in theater, film, and media. November 20 (Thursday), 5-6:30pm White Hall 205    

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement A documentary following the life of visionary musician, dancer and activist Nobuko Miyamoto. Featuring rare archival footage, the film tells the story of a changing community through one of its most beloved storytellers as she reflects on decades of groundbreaking cultural work and a life that has bridged coasts, industries, families and history. Please RSVP here to join the Q&A session with Nobuko Miyamoto and Director Quyên Nguyen-Le!      

  A conference for scholars of Asian American Studies in the Southeast on the five-year mark of the Atlanta Spa Shootings. Open to all Emory faculty, staff, and students. The closest visitor parking lot to the venue is Fishburne.  

Speaker: Jeff Chang Book Talk: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (2025)

  AAADSI will host a meeting with Charlotte Giles, South Asia Librarian at the Library of Congress as well as a GAACAI oral history project, to learn about various archival collections and resources for students and faculty interested in South Asian Studies and Asian American Studies. Location: Bowden Hall 323 (Major Room) Time: Tuesday, 9/15, 1:00-2:00pm. Coffee and pastries will be provided.