Past Events


Penn Museum Second Sunday Culture Films: Mu and the Vanishing World

Cosponsorship

Nov 13, 2022 at

Second Sunday Culture Films is an independent documentary series connecting the Wolf Humanities Center’s annual topic to a cultural theme. Folklife is the 2022-2023 series theme.…


Graduate Asian American Studies (GASAM) Writing Retreat

Nov 12, 2022 at

GASAM writing retreat on Saturday, November 12th from 10am-2pm. 

Please RSVP: 


Food for Thought in conversation with ASAM Fellow Ella Yang

Food for Thought Fall 2022

Nov 11, 2022 at

Understanding Asian Americans’ Psychosocial Wellbeing and Community Qigong Exercise through an Anthropological Lens by Ella Yang

Abstract: Qigong is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)…


Migration and Asylum in conversation with Jengishbek Karagulov, hosted by Fernando Chang-Muy, Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at Penn

Cosponsorship

Nov 9, 2022 at

Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies External Speaker (CLALSES) Series presents  Jengishbek Karagulov, an asylee and community activist who will be serving as a guest in the course: Global Human…


Food for Thought in conversation with ASAM Fellow Yuting Zhu

Food for Thought Fall 2022

Nov 4, 2022 at

Please join us for a presentation by ASAM Fellow Yuting Zhu who will share her research on Asian American women's wellbeing.

Title: Improving Asian Americans' physical and mental…


AAPI Women in Writing: Academia and Fiction

Oct 28, 2022 at

This event is meant to act as a window into the American publishing industry through the speakers’ experiences—spanning from academic texts to young adult fiction—and will allow students to view writing,…


Food for Thought in conversation with ASAM Fellow Vernon Wells

Oct 28, 2022 at

Please join us for a presentation by ASAM Fellow Vernon Wells, who will share their research on neocolonialism's impact on Indigenous Filipino lifeways. Lunch will be provided for all registrants!


ASAM x Rice Up, a conversation with Wei Chen

Oct 28, 2022 at

 

Wei Chen, Civic Engagement Director at Asian Americans United, will talk to us about efforts in Chinatown regarding the 76ers stadium. Moderated by…


Asian America Across the Disciplines in conversation with Sayeeda Rashid

Oct 27, 2022 at

Asian America Across the Disciplines in conversation with Sayeeda Rashid, Director, Center for Gender Resources and Sexuality Equity (…


Food for Thought in conversation with ASAM Fellow Jennifer Kang

Food for Thought Fall 2022

Oct 21, 2022 at

Abstract: The Woori Center is a grassroots nonprofit organization that works with the Korean and Asian community in Philadelphia. Community organizing, youth leadership programming, and civic engagement work are…