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As the wars in Ukraine and Iran continue to unfold, what can we learn from the experience and perspective of those with disability who are navigating the conflicts? Join us at International House on Tuesday September 29, 2026 for a conversation about two of the world’s most significant, ongoing conflict zones with leading scholars of war and disability, Professors Sarah Phillips and Sona Kazemi. Reception to follow. Open to all, registration required (link in bio 🔗). taken in International House Davis by @ucdasa

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We are hiring for the new academic year! Application deadline is Friday, July 17, 2026! ASA majors and minors are eligible to apply. Please reach out directly to advisor Joe Nguyen to inquire! We look forward to working with you ❤️ by @ucdasa

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Still looking for summer courses to fulfill some requirements or delve into a topic of interest? Check out these offerings from the Asian American Studies department!

Summer Session I:
ASA 002 - Contemporary Issues of Asian Americans
When:
TR 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
W 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Summer Session II:
ASA 004 - Asian American Cultural Studies
When:
TR 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
W 11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Description:
Slide 1: Promotional flyer for Asian American Studies courses in the College of Letters and Science. In the bottom right corner, text displays UC Davis Summer Sessions's Instagram handle, "@ucdavissummersessions"

Slide 2: A promotional flier for the course "ASA 002" titled, "Contemporary Issues of Asian Americans." The course description reads, "Introduction to Asian American Studies through the critical analysis of the impact of race, racism, ethnicity, imperialism, militarism, and immigration since post-World War II on Asian Americans. Topics may include sexuality, criminality, class, hate crimes, and inter-ethnic relations." The course's meeting times are denoted as Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM and Wednesdays from 11:00 AM to 12:40 PM. Centered at the bottom of the image is the text and email address, "Contact info: summersessions@ucdavis.edu"

Slide 3: A promotional flier for the course "ASA 004" titled, “ Asian American Cultural Studies ." The course description reads, "Introduction to Asian American Studies through the critical analysis of the impact of race, racism, ethnicity, imperialism, militarism, and immigration since post-World War II on Asian Americans. Topics may include sexuality, criminality, class, hate crimes, and inter-ethnic relations." The course's meeting times are denoted as Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM and Wednesdays from 11:00 AM to 12:40 PM. Centered at the bottom of the image is the text and email address, "Contact info: summersessions@ucdavis.edu" Promotional flyer for Asian American Studies courses in the College of Letters and Science. In the bottom right corner, text displays UC Davis Summer Sessions's Instagram handle, "@ucdavissummersessions" taken in UC Davis by @ucdasa

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A huge congratulations to everyone on such a successful end-of-the-year Asian American Studies Banquet! 🎉

We are so proud of our graduating seniors, majors, and minors, and we also want to congratulate all of our award recipients for their incredible accomplishments. Thank you to our amazing faculty and especially our wonderful staff for all of the hard work, care, and support that made this event possible.

Good luck on finals, and we look forward to seeing those continuing with us in the fall! 🍂

If you are interested in taking an Asian American Studies class, majoring, or minoring in ASA, please do not hesitate to reach out to our academic advisor, Joe Nguyen (jovnguyen@ucdavis.edu). We would be happy to talk more with you and share more about our amazing program and community. 💛 taken in Hart Hall by @ucdasa

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Our Path Forward: A Community Circle for Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander Students and their Allies

Tuesday, May 26, 5PM-6PM

This event will be delivered on Zoom. A link to the Zoom room will be sent to those who RSVPed. Please RSVP here:https://tinyurl.com/uja4hwjm

We invite undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students and their allies—including friends, staff, and faculty members—to join our community circle. This event aims to create a safe space in which students who are impacted by changing immigration policies can share their experiences, concerns, and questions. The community circle will also provide participants with resources and mentorship to better navigate their lives on campus and beyond, while also forging support and allyship during this challenging time.

To begin the conversation, Ga Young Chung, an assistant professor in the Department of Asian American studies, will facilitate a discussion between Daniela D. Telles, Director of the Undocumented Student Resource Center, and Kezia Aurin, a community advocate and a writer for Immigrant Rising, on current immigration policy changes and their impacts on Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Then we will open the floor to engage with participants on their stories, suggestions, concerns, and questions. The event will take place on Zoom, and participants are welcome to leave their cameras off and use a pseudonym if they prefer.

Please contact Dr. Ga Young Chung gachung@ucdavis.edu if you have any questions. by @ucdasa

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Our Path Forward: A Community Circle for Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander Students and their Allies 🌿

🗓 Tuesday, May 26
⏰ 5PM–6PM
💻 Zoom
📌 RSVP through the link or QR code on the flyer to receive the Zoom link.

This virtual community circle is a space for undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students, along with friends, staff, faculty, and allies, to come together in conversation, support, and community. As immigration policies continue to shift and impact students in different ways, this event aims to create a space rooted in care, safety, mentorship, and solidarity.

Facilitated by Dr. Ga Young Chung, the conversation will feature Daniela D. Telles, Director of the Undocumented Student Resource Center, and community advocate Keziah Aurin. Together, they will discuss current immigration policy changes and their impacts on Asian and Pacific Islander communities, followed by an open community discussion for participants to share stories, concerns, and questions.

Participants are welcome to keep cameras off and use a pseudonym if preferred. Questions? Contact: gachung@ucdavis.edu

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A beige flyer promoting a virtual community circle for undocumented Asian and Pacific Islander students and allies on Tuesday, May 26 from 5PM–6PM on Zoom. The flyer describes the event as a supportive space to discuss immigration policy impacts, community concerns, and mentorship resources. Featured speakers include Dr. Ga Young Chung, Daniela D. Telles from the Undocumented Student Resource Center, and community advocate Keziah Aurin. The flyer also includes an RSVP QR code and UC Davis Asian American Studies and Undocumented Student Resource Center logos. by @ucdasa

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Join us for our upcoming book talk, Spoiled: Asian American Hostility and the Damage of Repair (2025) by Summer Kim Lee. All are welcome!

Introduction by Christine Imperial, Response by Professor Vivian Huang at San Francisco State University

📆Thursday May 14th
⏰4PM-6PM
📍Hart Hall 3201

Image description: This is a promotional poster for a book talk. The background is a muted peachy-pink color. At the top, large black sans-serif text reads “SPOILED:” followed by smaller black sans-serif text on the right that reads “ASIAN AMERICAN HOSTILITY AND THE DAMAGE OF REPAIR”.
The left side of the poster shows the book cover. The cover is dark with the title “SPOILED: ASIAN AMERICAN HOSTILITY AND THE DAMAGE OF REPAIR” in white and gold lettering. The cover image depicts a close-up of a person’s face, looking upwards, with a thin orange string dangling from their forehead. by @ucdasa

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Hello Kammunity!

Please join us for a special guest panel and zine making workshop with amazing graduate students from the Asian American Studies Department: Yee Thao and Christine Imperial! Hosted by SAFE, BRIDGE, and the ASA Department. ✨

How can the Asian diasporas navigate internal tensions and address apoliticalness in our communities? How can we be better advocates for each other, and for all of our marginalized peers? What tools can we use to achieve that? Answer these questions with us in an informal community conversation and create zines/ advocacy kits together! 📝🔥

When: Tuesday, May 19th, 6-8pm
Where: SRRC Lounge
RSVP to attend: tinyurl.com/drawntoact

We hope to see you there! ☺️

Image description:
Dark blue gradient color burn background. Title reads, “Drawn to Action: Guest Panel and Zine Making”. Features headshots of graduate students Yee Thao (long black hair, standing outside against a green foliage) and Christine Imperial (short wavy hair, wearing glasses and a green cardigan) in the center left of the flyer. Event details specify the date, time, sponsor logos, and a description of the guest panel and craft activity. Dark blue gradient color burn background. Title reads, “Drawn to Action: Guest Panel and Zine Making”. Features headshots of graduate students Yee Thao (long black hair, standing outside against a green foliage) and Christine Imperial (short wavy hair, wearing glasses and a green cardigan) in the center left of the flyer. Event details specify the date, time, sponsor logos, and a description of the guest panel and craft activity. by @ucdasa

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Please join us for “Voices of the Valley,” a community movie night and panel discussion of three short films on Wednesday May 13th! 🍿🎬

📅 Wednesday May 13 | 5:30-8:00PM | Cruess Hall 1002

Free admission, RSVP at: 1882foundation.short.gy/Voices

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Slide 1: Flyer for film screening “Voices of the Valley” including three film posters and a red background. Two elderly people’s bodies cooking in a kitchen with text reading “CHICAGO CAFE.” The Sacramento Delta river lined with trees with text reading “Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta.” Black and white photograph of a two story building with a man with his bike and a man sitting on a bench with cursive text reading “Rising”.

Slide 2: Still from film of a small restaurant’s entrance with red signage reading “Chicago Cafe Chinese & American” An older man is walking in front of the window by the door.

Slide 3: Film photograph of three older Asian women smiling and embracing.

Slide 4: Modern photograph of a metal decorated fence with a black and white photo on top of a two story building with a man with his bike and a man sitting on a bench. Flyer for film screening “Voices of the Valley” including three film posters and a red background. Two elderly people’s bodies cooking in a kitchen with text reading “CHICAGO CAFE.” The Sacramento Delta river lined with trees with text reading “Voices: Chinese Women of the Delta.” Black and white photograph of a two story building with a man with his bike and a man sitting on a bench with cursive text reading “Rising”. by @ucdasa

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Please join Asian American Studies for “Population Crisis and The Reproductive Archive”, a guest lecture by Josen Diaz!

📆 Tuesday, May 12th, 10am-12pm, Hart Hall 3201

This talk focuses on the development of a population science in the decade that preceded the Ferdinand Marcos regime in the Philippines and throughout the Marcos dictatorship. The regime’s management of reproductive health, in particular, illustrates the construction of new technologies of measurement and containment. Examinations of “family planning” archives highlight both family planning as the management of the Philippines labor-surplus economy and the different ways that family planning workers struggled against these impositions. This talk draws from Diaz’s current book project, which argues that Filipina labor presents a genealogy of colonial crisis that charts both the wider social landscapes that catalyze crisis and unravels the relations that can help us find the ways out. by @ucdasa

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ASA 004: Asian American Cultural Studies during Summer Session 2! 🌟

Learn about how various cultural productions (literature, visual art, movies, music, etc.) can be used to analyze and complicate the “Asian American” in Asian American culture.

Lecture: Tue/Thu 11:00am-1:30pm | Young 192
Discussion: Wed 11:00am-12:40pm | Young 192

Image description:
A collage of iconic images, objects, and people relating to contemporary Asian American cultures, and cultural production. From the left: Manny Jacinto, Mitski, movie character from Turning Red, Katseye member Lara, and movie character K-pop Demon Hunters. This course is interested in introducing Asian American cultural productions as sites of negotiation on multiple levels. Topics include orientalism, the model minority myth, colonialism, empire, labor and migration, sexuality, hybridity, and racial capitalism. A collage of iconic images, objects, and people relating to contemporary Asian American cultures, and cultural production. From the left: Manny Jacinto, Mitski, movie character from Turning Red, Katseye member Lara, and movie character K-pop Demon Hunters. This course is interested in introducing Asian American cultural productions as sites of negotiation on multiple levels. Topics include orientalism, the model minority myth, colonialism, empire, labor and migration, sexuality, hybridity, and racial capitalism. by @ucdasa

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ASA 002: Contemporary Issues of Asian Americans during Summer Session 1! ✨

This course examines diverse cultural artifacts—including photographs of refugee children, ethnic food, nail salons, and K-pop—to trace the trajectories through which contemporary Asian American issues have been constructed.

Lecture: Tue/Thu 11:00am-1:30pm | Veihmeyer 116
Discussion: Wed 11:00am-12:40pm | Veihmeyer 116

Image description:
A collage of iconic images and objects relating to contemporary issues of Asian American experiences. The top left image of the collage is a still from the movie K-pop Demon Hunters. Next to it is a movie poster for Everything Everywhere All At Once. In the middle is a stock image of a plate of spaghetti. On the bottom left is a famous photograph of a young Vietnamese refugee girl wearing an oversized military jacket. The bottom right is a map of countries and territories with US presence: including Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. The course description examines diverse cultural artifacts to trace how, when, and where contemporary Asian American issues have been constructed over time, with the modern-day formations of imperialism. A collage of iconic images and objects relating to contemporary issues of Asian American experiences. The top left image of the collage is a still from the movie K-pop Demon Hunters. Next to it is a movie poster for Everything Everywhere All At Once. In the middle is a stock image of a plate of spaghetti. On the bottom left is a famous photograph of a young Vietnamese refugee girl wearing an oversized military jacket. The bottom right is a map of countries and territories with US presence: including Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Japan, and Korea. The course description examines diverse cultural artifacts to trace how, when, and where contemporary Asian American issues have been constructed over time, with the modern-day formations of imperialism. by @ucdasa

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