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Program History & Archived Events

Program History

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Archived Events

  • Asian American Studies Colloquium- past guests include: Dr. Yuri Doolan, Dr. Natalie Masuoka, Chia Vang , Tony Nguyen, 
  • Film Screening Curtis Chin's Vincent Who? 
  • The Asian American Studies Program welcomes artist and memoirist GB Tran. The son of immigrants who fled the fall of Saigon and settled in the United States, Tran explores his family's history in his acclaimed graphic memoir VIETNAMERICA (Villard, 2011). Library Journal declared: “This will be called the MAUS for the Vietnam War, and for good reason. Similar premise: clueless American-born son of immigrants confronts the legacy of family pain predating his birth. Similar outcome: a kick-in- the-gut graphic novel... he purposely fragments the plot, shifting points of view, narrative voices, and settings while the reader—as did Tran—must assemble the pieces to learn how his parents became the people he knew.” Tran will show slides of VIETNAMERICA, discuss his work, and answer questions from the audience. His website is http://www.gbtran.com/. 
  • The Asian American Studies Program welcomes novelist and painter Julie Otsuka, author of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE, about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II, and the National Book Award-nominated THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC, about a group of young Japanese "pictures brides" in the early 1900s.
  • "Crossroads: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Across Disciplines" Asian American Studies Conference in Bloomington, IN 
  • "New Communities" A Symposium on Contemporary Asian American Identity Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Book Reading and Performance Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology  Secret Identities Official Trailer
  • "Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month" display cases 
  • In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the CAAS will have two large display cases featuring the Asian American Studies program, photos, and fun facts. 
  • "commUNITY" Asian American photography exhibition at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette 
  • Fred Ho Afro-Asian Jazz Ensemble -Along with Chamber Music America, the American Studies Program and the Black Cultural Center, the Council on Asian American Studies helped to co-sponsor Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Jazz Ensemble. The Afro-Asian Ensemble is dedicated to producing social relations in the sphere of music. 
  • Reading, Lan Samantha Chang -Author of Hunger and Inheritance and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop 
  • The Asian American Studies Program welcomes novelist and painter Julie Otsuka, author of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE, about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II, and the National Book Award-nominated THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC, about a group of young Japanese "pictures brides" in the early 1900s.
  • "Crossroads: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Across Disciplines" Asian American Studies Conference in Bloomington, IN 
  • "New Communities" A Symposium on Contemporary Asian American Identity Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Book Reading and Performance Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology  Secret Identities Official Trailer