Empowering Voices: A Symposium to Remember the Live Lost in the 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings
2025-03-28
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

Erica Kanesaka
2025-09-22 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Jon Osaki, Director of Making Waves (2025), and Roland Sintos Coloma, Professor of Teacher Education and Associate Dean of Faculty and Staff Affairs, Michigan State University
2025-10-11
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Matthew Chin
2025-10-27 11:00 - 13:00

Sameer Pandya, Chair and Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2025-11-17
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!

Esther Kim Lee, Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies, International Comparatives Studies, and History, Duke University
2025-11-20
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 (Q & A with Nobuko Miyamoto and Director Quyên Nguyen-Le)
2026-03-01 19:00 - 21:00
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!

Meeting the Moment: A Dialogue with Helen Zia
2026-03-05 17:00 - 19:30
Meeting the Moment: A Dialogue with Helen Zia
Presented by Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV)

Date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
Time: 5-7:30pm
Location: Tull Auditorium @ Emory Law (1301 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322)

Ms. Zia will be joined by Dr. Chris Suh, who teaches Asian American history at Emory University, to discuss how our communities’ experiences with gender-based violence, anti-AAPI hate, and policies remain more relevant than ever.
This is a public event. Community members and students are encouraged to attend. Student tickets are free of charge. Click on the “Get Tickets” button to reserve your ticket today.
