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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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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
Asian American Student Activism and the Story of Ethnic Studies
Sponsors: Asian American Research Center, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Department of Rhetoric, and Berkeley Teacher Education Program Join us in Room 1102, Berkeley Way West (UC Berkeley) …
Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest
Sponsor(s): Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, Center for Korean Studies, Department of Geography, Department of Sociology, Center for Ethnographic Research, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program Against …
Before the Fire Dogs Steal the Sun: A book talk by Crystal Mun-hye Baik
Sponsors: Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Asian American Research Center, Center for Korean Studies In this book talk, Crystal Mun-hye Baik (sher/her) will read from her forthcoming book …
The Detours Symposium Series Featuring Detours-Korea
Sponsors: Mellon Multivocal Humanities Funds for Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Asian American Research Center, Asian Pacific American Student Development, Center for Korean Studies, Center for …
The Detours Symposium Series Featuring Detours-Guåhan
Sponsors: Mellon Multivocal Humanities Funds for Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Asian American Research Center, Asian Pacific American Student Development, Center for Race and Gender, Department …
The Detours Symposium Series featuring Detours-Puerto Rico
Sponsors: Mellon Multivocal Humanities Funds for Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, The Anticolonial Lab, Center for Race and Gender, Chicanx/Latinx Studies Program, Department of Ethnic Studies, …
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