Event

Remember Pearl Harbor to Never Forget 9/11: Teaching Japanese American and Muslim American Histories

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Tadaima will present a panel discussion to acknowledge and discuss the similarities and differences between the parallel experiences of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor and Muslim Americans post-9/11.

Moderator:

Rob Buscher, Japanese American media scholar, and ASAM Lecturer.

Panelists:

Dr. Fariha Khan, Co-Director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, Education and Outreach Director at the Philadelphia Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Here is a direct link to the livestream (where a recording will be accessible afterward) https://youtu.be/6N_QKJ8Ru6c 

Topics will include an overview of xenophobia in US history, a discussion of the contemporary racialization of Japanese American and Muslim Americans, and strategies for teaching this difficult content.