Author: jmontez

“Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State”

Moon-Ho Jung is Professor of History and the Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses on race, politics, and Asian American history. He is the author of Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State (University of California Press, 2022) and Coolies and Cane: …

2022 Amy Ling Yellow Light Award Recipients

In honor of the memory and legacy of our beloved founding director, Professor Amy Ling, the Program in Asian American Studies is proud to announce the Amy Ling Yellow Light Award Creative Endeavor to two UW–Madison students. Congratulations to our award winners!   Jessica Lindall created a zine about female Asian American filmmakers and the …

2022 AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARDS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARDS Sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program In honor of the memory and legacy of our founding director Professor Amy Ling, the Asian American Studies Program is proud to offer four 2022 Amy Ling Yellow Light Awards to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at UW–Madison. Each award winner will receive …

Asian American Studies Faculty Book Celebration

Asian American Studies Faculty Book Celebration April 27, 4-5 PM Join four of our Asian American Studies faculty to celebrate the exciting books that they published this year — including books by Leslie Bow, Lori Lopez, Timothy Yu, and Yang Sao Xiong.  We will hear from the authors about what they wrote and share celebratory …

Distance, Detachment, Disaffection: Queering Care Then and Now

Join us for a lecture with Martin F. Manalansan IV hosted by the UW Center for Care Initiative Co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Anonymous Fund, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, and the Asian American Studies Program Date: March 24, 2022 Time: 5:00-6:30PM CST Where: Zoom   Abstract: How do we confront the exigencies of …