2010-2011 Events

10/6 ~ Open House

Join us for our 4th annual open house with Africana Studies and Chican@/Latin@ Studies.

11/5-11/6 ~ The Second Mini Festival of Recent Asian American Films
Friday, November 5 – Saturday, November 6
Pitzer College

This year’s Festival, organized and curated by the students of Asian Americans in Media (MS100 PZ), features films and videos selected from the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival line-up. Highlights include the feature films THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH, directed by Quentin Lee, and RASBERRY MAGIC, directed by Leena Pendharker; US premiere of a new film by Media Studies alumna and current AARC Program Coordinator Karin Mak; as well as shorts and documentaries addressing issues ranging from Asian American Army Lt. Ehren Watada’s fight against what he believes is a constitutionally illegal war, the original Star Trek’s George Takei in bed with his husband, hip hop in the Philippines, transgender experiences, and the lives of mixed heritage children in Japanese American internment camps. All Festival events are free and open to the public.

For more information and schedule, go to:
http://asianamericansinmedia.wordpress.com

11/10 ~ Spring 2011 Courses Info Session
Wednesday, November 10
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Intercollegiate Lounge
Lincoln Building, Pomona

Learn about the IDAAS courses offered next spring 2011.
Meet with faculty, staff, and students.

2/16 ~ The Year(s) of the Rabbit: 28 Years of Uasgi Yojimbo and Counting
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
4:15 – 5:30 p.m. (reception to follow)
Hahn 101, Pomona

A lecture demonstration by award-winning comics artist, Stan Sakai. The event is open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies, the Wig Grant, and the Pacific Basin Institute.

3/9 ~ Sacred Vessels: Navigating Tradition and Identity in Micronesia
Video documentary
Wednesday, March 9
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Rose Hills, Pomona

Co-sponsored by the AARC, PBI, and IDAAS.

3/9 ~ 2011 Colloquium Series
Vicente M. Diaz
“Traditional Micronesian Seafaring as Anti-colonial Critique and Practice”
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Lincoln 1121, Pomona

A multimedia presentation that looks to key aspects of indigenous Micronesian voyaging to customize and self-fashion an anti-colonial critique and practice for the 21st century.

Co-sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute.

3/10 ~ 2011 Colloquium Series
Judy T. Wu
“Hypervisibility and Invisibility: The Indochinese Women’s Conferences and Asian American Women”
Thursday, March 10, 2011
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Lincoln 1121, Pomona

In spring of 1971, over 100 Asian American women attended the Indochinese Women’s Conference in Vancouver, Canada. There, they met with Vietnamese and Laotian women engaged in struggles of national libertation against American Imperialism. This talk explores how Indochinese women, who occupied a position of hypervisibility in the context of the U.S. War in Vietnam, inspired Asian American women, who tended to be relegated to a status of invisibility within the broader American political landscape.

Co-sponsored by the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Program.

3/22 ~Mary Yu Danico talk
“Surfing the Hallyu (Korean Wave): The Global Transformation of Korea’s Social Capital”
Tuesday, March 22
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Oldenborg IRC, Pomona

Co-sponsored by IDAAS, The Oldenborg Center and PBI.

3/29 ~ Nazli Kibria talk
“Muslim First: The Politics of Muslim Identity and Bangladeshi-origin Youth in Britain and the U.S.”
Tuesday, March 29
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Oldenborg IRC, Pomona

Co-sponsored by IDAAS, The Oldenborg Center and PBI.

3/30 ~ The War on Terror and Immigration
Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 30
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Founders Room, Honnold Library

4/5 ~ Karen Pyke talk
“Hidden Injuries of Racism: Asian Americans and Internalized Racial Oppression”
Tuesday, April 5
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Oldenborg IRC, Pomona

Co-sponsored by IDAAS, The Oldenborg Center and PBI.

4/6 ~ The Economics on the War on Terror
Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 6
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Founders Room, Honnold Library

4/12 ~ Madeline Hsu talk
Tuesday, April 12
4:15 p.m.
Hahn 108, Pomona

4/13 ~ Fall 2011 Courses Info Session
Wednesday, April 13
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
IDAAS seminar room (Lincoln 1121)
Pomona

Learn about the IDAAS courses offered next fall 2011.
Meet with faculty, staff, and students.

5/2 ~ ASAM 103 and ASAM 115: Community Voices and Dialogue
Monday, May 2
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Friends Room, 2nd floor, Monterey Park Library
318 S. Ramona Ave., Monterey Park, CA 91754

Open to the public.

5/4 ~ Senior Thesis/Project Presentation
Wednesday, May 4
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Aviation Room, Hoch-Shanahan Dining Hall
Harvey Mudd

* Traditional Research Thesis Prize: Peter Kiang Senior Thesis Award
* Community-based Thesis Prize: Merle Woo Senior Thesis Award