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The Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies (AAADS) Program, one of the programs under the Department of Ethnic Studies, is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of historical and contemporary experiences of Asian-ancestry groups in local, national, and global contexts. Asian American is a pan-ethnic term designating a racialized population made up of various groups of Asian ancestry, and encompassing both the foreign-born and the U.S.-born.

Reflecting the collective strengths of our faculty, our curriculum offers students a deeper understanding of the histories and contemporary realities of the different ethnic groups that comprise the “Asian American” category. Through classroom-based and experiential learning, our students engage with critical issues such as labor, migration, health, representation and cultural production, education, religion, class, gender, generation, law, public policy, and social activism.

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Summer 2015 Course & Field Research Trip to Japan

Transnational Community and Immigrant Incorporation in Japan and the U.S. June 22 – July 17, 2015 Akita International University – University of California, Berkeley In collaboration with the Akita International …

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Volunteer Opportunity-CAAMFest

Every year, the Center of Asian American Media (CAAM) is the host of CAAMFest- an eleven day festival showcasing new Asian and Asian American films. food programs, and music. The …

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Book Talk: Racial Formation in the United States

Michael Omi and Howard Winant discuss the new edition of Racial Formation in the United States (2015) published 20 years after the release of the previous edition. While the authors have maintained …

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Leadership in Action: A paid summer internship opportunity for students interested in working for the API community in Southern California

The Development Associate at Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP), a national nonprofit organization in Los Angeles, CA, has a paid summer internship opportunity in Los Angeles for students …

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Photos from our national conference on the Lau v. Nichols decision

Happy New Year! Thank you for a wonderful 2014. Please click HERE to view photos from our national conference on the Lau v. Nichols Supreme Court decision that  had a profound …

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Fall 2014 AAADS 20A class “Puppy Dog Prize

Four students in Christopher Chua’s Fall 2014 AAADS 20A class received the “Puppy Dog Prize”–with accompanying Qing-Dynasty scholars’ caps (note the queues)–for their “generous spirit, encouraging presence, and contributions to …

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