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2022 IDAAS Study Break
IDAAS Study Break at Elm Tree Lawn, Scripps College. Thank you to our student liaisons, Kirby Lam and Abby Pugh for organizing.

Visiting Lecturer in Asian American Studies, Spring Semester 2022
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 91711
VISITING LECTURER IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
SPRING SEMESTER 2022
Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, invites applications for a part-time visiting lecturer for spring semester 2022 to teach one course titled “Asian American Women’s Experiences.” Applicants should be ABD or have a Ph.D. in ethnic studies, Asian American Studies, history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, or other disciplines or interdisciplinary studies appropriate to this subject. Teaching experience preferred.
Please submit in PDF form, a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and two letters of reference via email to Professor Hung Cam Thai at hung.thai@pomona.edu. Committee review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Scripps College is one of the seven members of The Claremont Colleges cluster located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. In keeping with its ongoing commitment to build and support a diverse and equitable academic community, Scripps College actively encourages applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups. Preference will be given to applicants committed to improving higher education for underrepresented students.
FEC approved: 11/3/21
Fall 2021 Courses
Our fall 2021 course list is now available.
Spring 2021 Course Info Session
You are welcome to the IDAAS Spring 2021 course info session on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 @ 4:00 p.m. PDT. Zoom: https://pomonacollege.zoom.us/j/24034006. You can access the course list here.

Spring 2021 Courses
Our spring 2021 course list is now available.
Spring 2020 Courses
Spring 2020 courses are now online.
Fall 2019 Courses
Fall 2019 courses are now online.
IDAAS Signature Events, April 2019: Turning and Returning Carceral Landscapes: Buried Histories, Incarceration Allies, Manzanar Pilgrimages
You are invited to our 2018-2019 IDAAS Signature Events happening this April 2019.
Title: Turning and Returning Carceral Landscapes: Buried Histories, Incarceration Allies, Manzanar Pilgrimages
Description
April 27, 2019 marks the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage which will observe two anniversaries: the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt that unlawfully incarcerated thousands of Japanese American citizens during WW II and the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the Manzanar National Historic Site in 1991 that reclaimed the truth of this shameful episode in American history. We mount a series of five events to interrogate this unjust incarceration, to reflect on its ongoing effects, but, most importantly, to learn from the past and arm ourselves with strategies to combat on-going efforts to incarcerate all peoples now and in the future.
Events
- “Reclaiming Manzanar: Illegal Detention, Incarceration, and Contested Returns” Exhibition
April 1-May 30, 2019, North Lobby, The Claremont Colleges Library - “Community Storytelling Workshop”
April 4, 2019, 4:15 pm, Founders Room, The Claremont Colleges Library
To RSVP: https://www.pomona.edu/events/manzanar-series-community-storytelling-workshop. - “Fostering Incarceration Allies Workshop”
April 12, 2019, 4:00-6:30 pm., Smith Campus Center 208, Pomona College
To RSVP: https://www.pomona.edu/events/manzanar-series-fostering-incarceration-allies-workshop. - Monica Embrey, PO ’09, “‘No Dust Storms Can Sweep Them Away’: Sue Kunitomi Embrey, the Manzanar Concentration Camp, and the Demand for Social Justice”
April 18, 2019, 4:15-5:30 pm, Founders Room, The Claremont Colleges Library. Accompanied by an exhibit showcasing Manzanar Committee Co-founder Sue Kunitomi Embrey’s papers, Asian Studies Collection, The Claremont Colleges Library, April 1-May 30, 2019 - “Join Us for the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage”
Saturday, April 27, 2019. Space is limited.
To RSVP: https://www.pomona.edu/events/manzanar-series-50th-annual-manzanar-pilgrimage. For more information, email idaas@pomona.edu.
Sponsors: The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies (IDAAS); The Claremont Colleges Library; the Dean of Faculty, Joseph Horsfall Johnson Public Event Fund, the Asian Studies Program, the Pacific Basin Institute (PBI), the Draper Center, the Asian American Resource Center (AARC), and the Departments of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College; the Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) at Pitzer College; and EnviroLab Asia.
More details can be found at https://www.pomona.edu/manzanar-series.
Visiting Lecturer in Asian American Studies, Fall 2019
The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges.CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 91711
The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies of the Claremont Colleges invites applications for a visiting lecturer position for fall semester 2019 to teach up to two courses. We are open to various courses; we welcome candidates who can teach special topics courses which complement our curriculum, especially courses on Muslim, Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian, mixed race, mixed ethnicity Asian Americans, and performance arts. PhDs or terminal degree preferred, ABDs will be considered, all preferably with at least one year of teaching experience.
Please submit in one PDF document a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, proposed course syllabi, course evaluations (and any evidence of teaching experiences) and two letters of reference to Hung Cam Thai, Chair of the Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies. For further information, please contact hung.thai@pomona.edu.
The Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps) are liberal arts colleges located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. We value diversity, and actively encourage applications from women and members of historically underrepresented groups.
Review of applications will begin immediately. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.