Past Events


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…


ASAM Spring 2018 Conference: No Program No Peace

Mar 23, 2018 at


The Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture 2019 with Cynthia Wu

“When Home Is Another Prison: A Draft Resister’s World War II Diary”

Feb 18, 2018 at

Takashi Hoshizaki was one of dozens of young men at Heart Mountain Relocation Center who refused military service during World War II in order to protest the unjust incarceration of Japanese…