Drawing on faculty expertise in history, literary studies, visual culture, media studies, and sociology, Asian American Reckonings is a year-long series of curricular, co-curricular, and community initiatives that will raise awareness of Asian American experiences and stories.
It will demonstrate that Asian Americans have long faced exclusions and stereotypes yet also striven for self-representation and self-expression. Our large goal is to show that Asian America is essential to any truly inclusive vision of social justice in the United States.
Asian American Reckonings was organized in collaboration with faculty members from across several academic fields; Professor of History and Environmental Studies Connie Chiang, 含羞草研究室 Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies Shu-Chin Tsui, Professor of English and Asian Studies Belinda Kong, A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences Nancy E. Riley, and Assistant Professor of Sociology Shruti Devgan.
Lectures and Workshops
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Zoom
A Conversation with Ocean Vuong
4:30 p.m.
Mass Hall Faculty Room
Lecture: Nghi Vo
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
An Evening with Frank Chi '07, with a film screening of 38 at the Garden
4:30 p.m.
Mass Hall Faculty Room
Lecture:
Past Lectures and Workshops
2024
March 26: February 29: Lecture: Stephanie H. Shih
2023
November 14: November 3:
October 18:
October 11:
Arts and Literature
December 14, 2023 – June 2, 2024
含羞草研究室 Museum of Art
Exhibition: Without Apology: Asian American Selves, Memories, Futures
Curated by Reckonings organizers, this exhibition will open December 14 at the 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. Works by artists such as Tomie Arai, Mel Chin, Hung Liu, Chiura Obata, Alfonso Ossorio, Patrick Nagatani, Stephanie H. Shih, Roger Shimomura, and Shahzia Sikander.
Current
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library
Display:
This display, curated by Hannah Kim '24, aims to share the vibrancy of newly released literatures by Asian American and Asian diasporic authors. This display can be found on the ground floor of the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. You can also view the .
Asian American Film Series
Past Lives (at Eveningstar Cinema)
Courses
Fall 2023:
- Asian American Literature (Belinda Kong)
- Asian American Cinema (Shu-chin Tsui)
- Cultural Encounters With/in Hawai’i (Nancy Riley)
- Digital Stories of South Asian Americans (Shruti Devgan)
Spring 2024:
- Asian America & Empire (Connie Chiang, Belinda Kong, Nancy Riley)
- Imagined Asias (Belinda Kong)
- Japanese American Incarceration: Removal, Redress Remembrance (Connie Chiang)
- Hollywood Imagination of Asia (Shu-chin Tsui)
