Past Events


Last Boat Out of Shanghai Reading with Helen Zia

Feb 5, 2019 at

Please join us for a reading and discussion with Helen Zia, author of Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution—who will be in conversation with Tiffany Chang Lawson…


Food for Thought: Daniel Woo

Dec 7, 2018 at


Evening Shadows Film Screening

Nov 28, 2018 at


PA Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs Town Hall

Nov 9, 2018 at

Please join us for our Philadelphia Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Town Hall held in partnership with the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. This year's Philadelphia AAPI Town Hall will focus on pathways to…


Food for Thought: Dr. Rupa Pillai

Arch 108, 12-1pm

Oct 26, 2018 at

Join us for FREE lunch and conversation with Dr. Pillai! 

The C-Word of Asian American Studies?

The word “coolie” denigrated and racialized Chinese and Indian labor in the Americas in…


ASAM Welcome Back Lunch

Sep 7, 2018 at


Asian America Across the Disciplines: Rupa Pillai

Mar 27, 2018 at

Rupa Pillai is a lecturer in the Asian American Studies program at Tufts University. She earned her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Oregon in 2017. Her research focuses on the intersection…