Asian American Studies (AAS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign was founded in 1997. It is currently one of the largest AAS programs in the Midwest, with 14 core and 10 affiliated faculty members. The program offers a minor in AAS and has proposed an interdisciplinary major and a graduate minor. The program has hosted such national conferences as the Bodies & Spectacles: a Conference on Asian American Performance (Fall 2006), South Korea's Education Exodus (Chogi yuhak): Risks, Realities, and Challenges (Spring 2008), Philippine Palimpsests: Filipino Studies in the 21st Century (Spring 2008), and
Southeast Asians in the Diaspora (Spring 2008).
We welcome you to come visit us and hope you will take advantage of what this exciting program offers.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS/NEWS
Fall 2009
Asian American Studies Program Statement of Support for the GEO. Issued on November 09, 2009.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Kimberly Alidio public lecture
12:00 -1:00 PM, AACC Lounge. Title: The Child as Self and Nation: Stories of Dependence in Early Twentieth-Century American Juvenile Travel Literature and the American Indian Day School Movemen
AAS Statement on the October 2 Event at Assembly Hall
The Asian American Studies Program fully endorses the American Indian Studies Program's opposition to the event planned for October 2 to revive the "Chief." Two and a half years after the University's long overdue, official removal of "Chief Illiniwek" as its symbol, this event has been approved by the University to be held in a University building and is sponsored by a student organization that is officially registered with the University and continues to use the "Chief," including in its name and on its website, presumably with the University's knowledge and consent.
We urge the University to be consistent and vigorous in carrying out its policy of "retiring" the "Chief" and to extricate itself immediately and completely from the October 2 event.
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Spring 2009
Several AAS faculty have been recognized with fellowships for the 2009-2010 academic year. Soo Ah Kwon, Fiona Ngô, Mimi Nguyen, and Junaid Rana won the Humanities Research Board fellowships. Esther Kim Lee received the Illinois Program on Research in the Humanities Fellows. Martin Manalansan was awarded a fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study.
Fall 2008
Kent Ono received the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award given by the National Communication Association for 2008. The award recognizes excellence in scholarship, specifically for a published essay that has continued to be influential and innovative over time. The award was given for his 1995 essay with John M. Sloop titled, “The Critique of Vernacular Discourse,” which was published in the journal, Communication Monographs, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 19-46.
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