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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.
Recent News
Professor Long Le-Khac: What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?
Professor Long Le-Khac Long Le-Khac, an assistant professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, just published a 1,900-entry dataset that he hopes will be used to investigate which works are …
Catherine Ceniza Choy Gives Lecture on “Inventor of Magic Food: The Life and Legacy of Filipina Food Scientist Maria Ylagan Orosa”
Photo of Catherine Ceniza Choy On October 15th, 2025, UC Berkeley’s Professor of Ethnic Studies and Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow Catherine Ceniza Choy gave a public lecture at The …
In Memoriam: Jane Singh
Jane Singh, who taught courses on South Asian history, literature, and social issues in the Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies program of Ethnic Studies between 1991 and 2016, passed …
Emerita Professor Elaine Kim Receives Two Honorary Degrees
On May 26, Elaine H. Kim received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Amherst College. A pioneer and professor emerita in the field Asian American and Asian diaspora studies in …
Ethnic Studies PhD alum Daniel K. Woo named Helen Zia Distinguished Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Asian American Studies Program & Center
Image Source: Hunter College Daniel Woo has been named the inaugural Helen Zia Distinguished Lecturer and the Deputy Director of the Asian American Studies Program at Hunter College. Woo, who …
The Graduate Group in Performance Studies presents: Looking for Jackie: Gaysian Archival Fantasies
The Graduate Group in Performance Studies presents: Looking for Jackie: Gaysian Archival Fantasies | A Talk by Nguyễn Tân Hoàng (Associate Professor of Literature & Cultural Studies at the University …
Events
Public Defenders, ICE and Deportations: AAPIs in the crosshairs
Sponsors: Institute of Government Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, Asian American Research Center, Center for Race and Gender How have aggressive, militarized ICE deportation tactics impacted the rights …
The Detours Symposium Series Featuring Detours-Palestine
Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine (co-edited by Jenny Kelly (UCSC), Lila Sharif (Arizona State University), and Somdeep Sen (Rothskilde University)) is the next volume in Duke University Press’s Detours: Decolonial Guide series after the inaugural Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i. Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Palestine showcases how Palestinians across Palestine and in the diaspora reshape forms of tourism to their homeland in order to lay claim to it in the midst of Israel’s settler-colonial project. This panel features the editors and some of the contributors to the Palestine volume and is the second in a five part symposium series.
Job Talks for the AAADS History Professorship
The AAADS Program would like to invite you to the following job talks, where four experts will present their research. Please find the relevant information for each talk below!
Academic Outsider with Victoria Reyes
Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, Asian American Research Center (AARC), Asian and Asian American Diaspora Studies Program (AAADS) About the Talk: Victoria Reyes presents her essential book, Academic Outsider, in this …
Communication and (Dis)Connection in Diaspora: Jean-Baptiste Phou’s ‘Cambodia, Here I am,’ and ‘My Mother’s Tongue’
When: 4 p.m. Where: 370 Dwinelle Hall, South Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720 Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Department of French, Berkeley Language Center, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Center …
Bangtan Remixed: A Critical BTS Reader Book Launch
When: Friday September 13th, 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Where: Multicultural Community Center, MLK Jr. Student Union, 2nd Floor, Suite 220, 2495 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-4520 Sponsor(s): Asian American Research Center, …
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University of California, Berkeley
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