Past Events


ASAM Fellows Colloquium in conversation with Kingsley Song

Oct 22, 2021 at

ASAM Fellows Colloquium in conversation with ASAM fellow Kingsley Song

Title: "Political suppression in…


ASAM Fellows Colloquium in conversation with Sabrina C. Tian

Oct 8, 2021 at

ASAM Fellows Colloquium in conversation with ASAM fellow Sabrina Tian.

Title: Asian Migration: Emotions & Personal Narratives through Contemporary Art


Asian America Across the Disciplines Series: Screening of "Vincent Who?" in conversation with Director Curtis Chin

Oct 6, 2021 at

Screening of "Vincent Who?" with Writer and Producer Curtis Chin, hosted by Rob Buscher in ASAM 208.


ASAM Welcome Back Lunch

Sep 17, 2021 at

Please join us for the Asian American Studies Welcome Back Lunch 2021-2022, and meet our faculty and students.
Free boxed lunch will be available to take away.

Please RSVP…


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

Sep 10, 2021 at

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…


Songs of Dissent: Poetry and Antiracist Solidarity with Herman Beavers, President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies and Josephine Park, Professor of English and ASAM Director

May 20, 2021 at

Expert faculty from Penn Arts & Sciences shed light on their research at the virtual Penn Lightbulb Café. Join for an hour of engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following the talk…


Against the Grain Spring Speaker Series: The Things We Carried: A People's Archive of Guyanese migration to the United States by Gaiutra Bahadur, essayist, journalist, and critic.

Apr 15, 2021 at

Asian American Studies Spring Speaker Series, "Against the Grain" presents:

"The Things We Carried: A People's Archive of Guyanese migration to the United States." By Gaiutra Bahadur, essayist,…


Against the Grain Spring Speaker Series: in conversation with Sayeeda Rashid, Resource Director, Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition

Asian American Community

Apr 15, 2021 at

Against the Grain Spring Speaker Series presents Sayeeda Rashid,