asian american studies (Page 2)

1 min read 2021-05-19 21:33:43

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

This week in North Philly Notes, we showcase some of our recent Asian American and Pacific Islander titles. In the Critical Race, Indigeneity and

1 min read 2021-05-05 22:04:42

This week in North Philly Notes, we feature the new issue of Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies One highlight from Vol.

3 min read 2021-04-22 01:58:50

This week in North Philly Notes, Erin Suzuki, author of Ocean Passages, explains the importance of distinguishing Asian Americans and Pacific

4 min read 2021-04-07 19:30:00

We wish we could be meeting authors and readers in-person at the Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference. We know that many of you

3 min read 2021-04-01 19:00:00

Check out the great new titles we have coming out in April! In Right Here, Right Now, Lynden Harris collects the powerful first-person stories of

2 min read 2021-03-31 21:27:45

This week in North Philly Notes, we repost, with permission from Northern California Grantmakers, an essay by Alice Y. Hom, coeditor of the

1 min read 2021-03-24 03:03:45

This past week has been overwhelming to say the least. I am so sad for those whose lives were lost in the tragic Atlanta shooting. I am frustrated

4 min read 2021-03-20 04:40:35

New from UNC Press Blog UNC Press denounces racial terrorism and stands in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

3 min read 2021-03-18 07:39:16

Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson’s new Race, Inclusion, and Social Equity hiring initiative is meant to hire 150 diverse tenure-track

4 min read 2021-03-17 22:09:15

This week in North Philly Notes, we celebrate Women’s History Month. Use promo code TWHM21 for 30% off all our Women’s Studies titles. Sale

8 min read 2021-02-24 20:00:00

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, author of Securing Paradise: Tourism and

3 min read 2021-02-17 22:24:22

This week in North Philly Notes, Francois Pierre-Louis Jr. and Michael Alan Krasner, two of the coauthors of Immigrant Crossroads, write about

2 min read 2021-01-27 10:07:24

Dr. Pranav (second from the right) and three other colleagues after an Asian American Studies panel called “Affirmative Action on Trial” in

4 min read 2021-01-07 00:04:06

This week in North Philly Notes, we post a Q&A, conducted in December 2020, between author Chia Youyee Vang and Pao Yang, the subject of her book

1 min read 2020-12-30 01:25:51

Historian Judy Yung, who was instrumental in documenting the lives of Chinese American women, died on Dec. 14 at the age of 74. Early life: Before