Past Events


Wednesday Night with ASAM Alumni

Feb 2, 2022 at

Wednesday Night with ASAM Alumni: Ji-Yeon Yuh, Grad'99; Ellen Somekawa, Grd'99; and Scott Kurashige, CAS'91…


Asian America Across the Disciplines Series: Race and the Law in conversation with Vinay Harpalani, J.D., Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law

Feb 1, 2022 at

Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2022 presents Vinay Harpalani, J.D., Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Law, University of New…


ASAM Food for Thought in conversation with Piyali Bhattacharya, Artist-in-Residence Creative Writing Program at Penn

Jan 28, 2022 at

Please join us for the Food for Thought Speaker Series in conversation with Piyali Bhattacharya, Artist-in-Residence Creative Writing Program at Penn

Talk title: "Making It: How to navigate the fine arts as…


Wednesday Nights with ASAM Alumni

Jan 26, 2022 at

This Spring 2022 semester commemorates 25 years of Asian American Studies at Penn. Join us every Wednesday evening to learn about our history through the personal experiences of our ASAM alums in our new speaker…


The Chinese Question The Gold Rushes and Global Politics by Mae M. Ngai Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and History, Co-director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race at Columbia University

Jan 26, 2022 at

Prize-winning historian Mae Ngai (Columbia University) traces the origins and consequences of the "Chinese Question.”

Live virtual event organized by Wolf Humanities Center and co-sponsored…


2021 Annual Kessler Lecture & Award: Honoring David L. Eng

Dec 2, 2021 at

Join CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, in honoring Dr. David L. Eng, 2021 annual Kessler Award recipient. The Kessler…


Migration and Asylum: the Kyrgyz Muslim Community in Philadelphia

Nov 23, 2021 at

Please join the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies External Speaker Series in conversation with Jengishbek Karagulov, asylee and community activist who will be serving as a…


Building an Asian American Studies Program: A Roundtable with Current and Former Directors

Nov 17, 2021 at

Critical Responses to Anti-Asian Violence presents Building an Asian American Studies Program: A Roundtable with Current and Former Directors:

Ji-…