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Greetings from the Co-Directors

Welcome to the University of Pennsylvania’s Program in Asian American Studies (ASAM).

ASAM aims to prepare students intellectually as well as socially for the opportunities and challenges of their future careers whatever industry or area they choose. ASAM was established in Fall 1996 as a result of collective student, faculty, and alumni action. We are one of a handful of Ivy League institutions with a course of study in this dynamic and growing field, and we recently celebrated our 25th Anniversary!

Events


Existence as Resistance: ASAM Fellows 2024 Spring Symposium

Mar 30, 2024 at

Arch 108

The Asian American Studies Program (ASAM) would like to invite you to participate in the event "Existence as Resistance: ASAM Fellows Spring 2024 Symposium,” which will take place on Saturday, March 30th from 10 am to 4 pm EST.


Asian America Across the Disciplines with Councilmember Nina Ahmad

Apr 3, 2024 at

McNeil 473

Join us for the Asian American Across the Disciplines Series in conversation with Councilmember Nina Ahmad.


Asian American Across the Disciplines with with Jennifer Lee, Professor of Law at Temple University, and Samuel Jones, Eastern Regional Director Restaurant Opportunities Centers

Apr 4, 2024 at

SNF Paideia Program and Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2024 present Race and Labor with


Reading and conversation with Mira Jacob, Author of Good Talk

Apr 8, 2024 at

Kelly Writers House

3805 Locust Walk 

Celebrating South Asian women in conversation with Mira Jacob, novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic.

Monday, April 8, 6:00 PM

Kelly Writers House | 3805 Locust Walk 


Talk-Story Leadership: On Global Asias And Taboo Subjects with Christine Yano, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii

Apr 9, 2024 at

Claudia Cohen Hall 402

Center for East Asian Studies invites you to join Christine Yano, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii for the presentation: "Talk-Story Leadership: On Global Asias And Taboo Subjects"


Asian American Across the Disciplines with Stephen Damianos, president and founder of Penn Undergraduates for Refugee Empowerment

Apr 9, 2024 at

SNF Paideia Program and Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2024 present Health and Sex Work in Greece with Stephen Damianos, president and founder of Penn Undergraduates for Refugee Empowerment (PURE), founder of United Nations “Together.”


Grad Student Lunch hosted by GASAM

Apr 10, 2024 at

McNeil Building 473

The Graduate Asian American Students Association (GASAM) in collaboration with ASAM invite you to join us for a Lunch & Learn gathering with Weirong Guo, PhD, Penn’s Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellow, Asian American Studies.


Documentary screening of “Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Refugee Resettlement in Philadelphia"

Apr 10, 2024 at

Gutmann Multipurpose Room

Please join APSC, Civic House, and ASAM in watching a documentary screening of “Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Refugee Resettlement in Philadelphia.” Vietlead, a grassroots Southeast Asian organization in Philadelphia, will be leading us in engaging with


Asian American Across the Disciplines with Dean Antonia Villarruel, Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at Penn

Apr 16, 2024 at

SNF Paideia Program and Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2024 present Race and Healthcare with Dean Antonia Villarruel, Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at Penn,


Asian American Across the Disciplines with Dian Dian, Activist

Apr 17, 2024 at

Asian American Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2024 present "The (Grassroot) Feminist Activism in (Mainland) China: From the 4th UN Conference on Women to #MeToo and Digital Feminism(s)" by Dian Dian,  Ph.D.