Asian American Studies in an Age of Authoritarianism
The research hub features cutting-edge research in Asian American Studies and Asian diaspora studies that addresses one of the most urgent issues of today: the rise of authoritarianism and the erosion of democracy around the world.
Asian American Studies is not simply the study of people of Asian ancestry in the United States. As a field forged in the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, Asian American Studies has been an intellectual enterprise that grapples with the impact of US state violence at home and abroad, the relationship between Asian Americans and people of the “Third World,” and the efforts to forge pan-ethnic and multi-racial solidarity against white supremacy. Therefore, the research hub approaches Asian American Studies as a field that provides a uniquely productive vantage point from which we can examine the rise of authoritarianism.
Led by Chris Suh, the research hub provides opportunities to faculty and graduate students to workshop their works in progress. Works presented focus on research that 1) illuminates urgent issues of state violence, transnational networks of resistance & collaboration, and multiracial struggles for democracy; 2) helps recalibrate the field of Asian American Studies for this new age of rising authoritarianism. In addition to studying how the rise of authoritarianism in the Americas has impacted the lives of Asian Americans, it traces how diasporic Asian communities in the Americas have engaged with authoritarian regimes in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
Workshops
Fall 2025 Schedule: TBA
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