In partnership with the Undergraduate Advisory Board (UAB) and the Graduate Asian American Students Association (GASAM), ASAM hosts special events, programs, conferences, and workshops including academic lectures, book talks, community-based internships, film screenings, cultural performances, and reading groups. Among these events are three ongoing series: our formal scholarly lectures in the Asian America Across the Disciplines program, our informal Food for Thought program, and our annual Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture.
Events
Asian Pacific American Heritage Week (APAHW) Celebration Dinner
Join APAHW as they host a dinner with ASAM on Tuesday, March 4th, from 5-7 PM at McNeil 2nd Floor Atrium.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Naw Doh, Burmese/Bhutanese Community Activist
Asian American Across the Disciplines Spring 2025 presents Naw Doh, Burmese/Bhutanese Community Activist.
Hosted by Dr. Fariha Khan in her course Asian American Food.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Kenneth Yang, Esq., CEO Penn Asian Senior Services (PASSi)
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Kenneth Yang, Esq., CEO Penn Asian Senior Services (PASSi)
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Eddy Zheng, President of New Breath Foundation
American Across the Disciplines presents Eddy Zheng, President of New Breath Foundation.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Raksmeymony (Rex) Yin
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Raksmeymony (Rex) Yin, Cambodian American Activist and educator.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Cathi Choi, Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents: The Far Right and the New Cold War: Transnational Organizing from Korea to the US in conversation
ASAM March Book Club
ASAM March Book Club
Interested in reading more Asian-American literature? Join the ASAM Book Club!
Book Talk with Juwen Zhang, Professor at Willamette University
Asian American Across the Disciplines Series presents "Read behind Images: How Picture Books Reinforce Stereotypes" with Professor and Author Dr. Ju
The Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture 2025 with Curtis Chin, Author, Filmmaker and Activist
The Yoonmee Chang Memorial Lecture welcomes author, filmmaker and activist
CLALSES Series with Dr. Denise Berte Ziya, Clinical Psychologist specialized in Trauma and Refugees
CLALSES present Dr. Denise Berte Ziya, Executive Director - Peaceful Families Project, Clinical P
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Curtis Chin, author, filmmaker and activist
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Curtis Chin, author, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Rahim Ullah, RahimRedTruck, Halal Food Truck
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Rahim Ullah, Rahim
Book Talk by Sameer Pandya, Author and Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Join us on April 2, 2025, for a co-sponsored event featuring Sameer Pandya, author of the novel
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Lan Dinh, VietLead
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Lan Dinh, VietLEAD Farm & Food Sovereignty Projects Director.
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Lan Dinh and Duong Ly, VietLead
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Lan Dinh, VietLEAD Farm & Food Sovereignty Projects Director and Duong Ly, VietLead Youth Projects Directo
Towards Our Collective Liberation Symposium
Hosted by ASAM Undergraduate Research Fellows
The Asian American Studies Program (ASAM) invites you to join the ASAM Undergraduate Research Fellows (2024-2025) as they host:
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law
Asian American Across the Disciplines Series present Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor of Law at Templ
Asian American Across the Disciplines with Nok Suntaranon, Chef and owner of Kalaya
Asian American Across the Disciplines presents Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon, chef and owner of Kalaya.
Reflections on the Wars: Then and Now, Roundtable Discussion
Reflections on the Wars: Then and Now
A roundtable discussion with: