Asian American Studies Program

2018 Recipient of Dr. Rosane Rocher Prize: Seung Hyun Chung

April 10, 2018

Congratulations to the 2018 recipient of the Dr.
Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium's 2018 Conference

April 9, 2018

Luke Kertcher, an ASAM minor and member of the ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board, will be presenting his paper "Reverberations of American Intervention: Remnants of the Second Indochina Conflict" at the Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium's 2018 Conference this Saturday, April 14th at 10am in Williams Hall.
Luke Kertcher: Leftist Ideology in Asian American Communities

April 9, 2018

ASAM minor and Undergraduate Advisory Board member Luke Kertcher was recently published in the 4th volume of Unfound: The Princeton Journal of Asian American Studies. His essay, "Leftist Ideology in Asian American Communities," identifies the key organizations representing radical leftist ideology of different forms in disparate Asian American ethnic communities, as well as in the broader pan-Asian American community, using primary source documents and interviews from known leftist Asian American activists.
Women of Color in Academia Panel & Dinner

March 28, 2018
Asian America Across the Disciplines: Rupa Pillai

March 26, 2018
The Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture

March 26, 2018

The Asian American Studies Program is pleased to announce the Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture. Yoonmee Chang
Dr. Rosane Rocher Prize for Best Undergraduate Essay in Asian American Studies

March 26, 2018

Dr. Rosane Rocher Prize for Best Undergraduate Essay in Asian American Studies
ASAM Fall 2018 Courses

March 25, 2018

ASAM-002-401 Asian American Literature ^*
Penn Senior Kevin Chen Awarded Churchill Scholarship

March 8, 2018

University of Pennsylvania senior Kevin Chen of Fremont, Calif., has been selected for a Churchill Scholarship from the Winston Churchill Foundation, which will allow him to study abroad for a year at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Awarded annually to American students with a grade point average of 3.7 or higher, the scholarship funds a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering at Cambridge’s Churchill College.
ASAM 2018 Spring Calendar

February 14, 2018