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
Spring 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010. k. terumi shorb performance workshop.
7:00-8:30 PM. ARC Multipurpose Room 4. Topic: Marginal Bodies: A Performance Workshop. Free registration required via e-mail at aasp@illinois.edu.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010. k. terumi shorb public performance.
12:00-1:00 PM. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge. Topic: Una Corda (in-progress solo presentation)
Thursday, April 1, 2010. Vincent Pham public lecture.
12:30-1:30 PM. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge. Topic TBA
Thursday, April 22, 2010. Naomi Paik public lecture.
12:30-1:30 PM. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge. Topic TBA
Monday, April 26, 2010. Kimberly Alidio public lecture.
12:00-1:00 PM. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge. Topic TBA
Thursday, April 29, 2010. Constancio Arnaldo public lecture.
12:30-1:30 PM. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge. Topic TBA
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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