Speaker Series

The speaker series brings to Emory campus prominent scholars and rising stars in the field of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies. The speaker series is administered through the James Weldon Johnson Institute, which serves as a co-sponsor for many of the events.

Past Events

Asian American Feminisms: From Campus Activism to National Politics

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

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16 September 2024

Rethinking U.S. Feminisms: Patsy Takemoto Mink, the Pacific, and Congressional Activism

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

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16 September 2024

Empowering Voices: A Symposium to Remember the Live Lost in the 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings

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

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28 March 2025