Karma Palzom, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at UW-Madison, has received the Fulbright-Nehru Research Award to conduct historical research of Tibetan diaspora. For the 2018-2019 academic year, she will be in India conducting research for her dissertation project, “The Dalai Lama is Tibet: Deterritorializing Tibetan Nationhood, Citizenship, and Activism, Post-1959.” Her dissertation examines the …
Cindy I-Fen Cheng, associate professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, teaches during her History 901 – Studies in American History discussion course in the Humanities Building on Feb. 21, 2017. Cheng is a recipient of a 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison) “There is a difference between knowing that …
Last week, UW-Madison announced a proposal of renewed commitment to the Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison, American Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Asian American Studies Program, UW-Madison. “We will be funding a proposal from the four ethnic studies divisions to hire four new faculty members, each of whom …
In honor of the memory and legacy of our beloved founding director, Professor Amy Ling, the Program in Asian American Studies is proud to offer five 2018 Amy Ling Yellow Light Awards to enrolled UW-Madison students. We had such a strong pool of candidates this year and we are so very proud of our award winners. …
Michael Thornton is Professor of Afro-American Studies and Asian American Studies. His interest, both personal and professional, is related to how and why people cross boundaries, particularly racial and cultural. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison) Michael Thornton says he got his education in the school of hard knocks (before he got his Ph.D. at University of …
Congratulations to our own Professor Leslie Bow who is the recipient of the Hilldale Awards! “Each year, the Secretary of the Faculty recognizes four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors with the Hilldale Awards for distinguished contributions to teaching, research and service.” “Leslie Bow “is a world-class scholar” with “a record of productivity and originality enriched by …
Congratulations to our own Professor Michael Thornton, who has received Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, 2018! “Michael Thornton continuously showcases the newest scholarship on current social issues while his own work on multi-ethnic identity has been in the vanguard of ethnic studies/inter-group scholarship. He has continuously received outstanding evaluations from his students, even among those who …
What are the limits of free speech on college campuses? Find out at a panel discussion hosted by The Cap Times, featuring UW-Madison English and Asian American Studies Program, UW-Madison Professor, Leslie Bow. The event is on Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 – 8:30 pm at the Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Read more on the Cap …
“For centuries, Asian women have been associated with service and what Bow calls “affective labor”: caring for other peoples’ emotion-based needs. According to Bow, Asian-featured fembots are just the newest twist in the longstanding cultural “fetishization and overt sexualization of Asian women.” Our own Professor Leslie Bow examines the implications of high-tech robots embodying female …