2024 Call for Amy Ling Yellow Light Awards 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 2024 Amy Ling Yellow Light Awards to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at UW-Madison. Each award winner will receive $250 in tuition funds for the fall semester, be featured in the Bridges 2.0 Newsletter.


**Students must be enrolled for the following fall semester to receive the tuition award.**

 

AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARD FOR INTEGRITY

This award recognizes positive role models for Asian American students. The nominated students should demonstrate a pattern of leadership or of overcoming challenges while maintaining integrity. Two Awards for Integrity will be granted.

Submission Guideline: Please e-mail two nomination letters of support to asianamerican@letsci.wisc.edu with the subject line “Amy Ling Award” by Friday, February 23, 2024. Letters should explain how the nominated student creates and fosters community for Asian American students, is open to understanding the viewpoints of others, and serves as a trusted advisor for fellow students.

AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARD FOR CREATIVE ENDEAVOR AND SCHOLARSHIP

This award recognizes the creative endeavor and/or academic scholarship of UW-Madison students that advances the field of Asian American studies. Two Awards for Creative Endeavor and Scholarship will be granted.

Submission Guideline: Please e-mail your submission with the subject line “Amy Ling Award” to asianamerican@letsci.wisc.edu, by Friday, February 23, 2024.  Your submission should include your creative endeavor and/or academic scholarship and a 300-word explanation for how it connects to Asian American Studies.

If you have any questions, please contact Lori Lopez – LKLopez@wisc.edu

Modern Shaman

An absurd and satirical dramedy about a young Hmong American shaman who must balance his work as a spiritual healer for his community and his newfound interest in acting.

Join us for a test screening of this unreleased TV pilot, followed by a conversation with creator and star Gregory Yang. Discussion facilitated by Edward Xiong and Susan Vang from the Paj Ntaub Research Team.

Food provided by Hmong Legacy Market

 

2023 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

Thursday, October 5th – Monday, October 16th

This year Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight is sponsoring and co-sponsoring 5 in-person film screenings that include Waiting for the Light to Change (2022), Big Fight in Little Chinatown (2022), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Modern Shaman (Unreleased in progress TV pilot), and Above and Below the Ground (2023). Directors Linh Tran-Waiting for the Light to Change, Karen Cho-Big Fight in Little Chinatown, and Gregory Yang-Modern Shaman will be in appearance for the screenings of their respective films. Director Emily Hong-Above and Below the Ground, will virtually attend the screening of their film.

WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE (2022) – Oct 5, 7pm in Vilas 4070
Feature Film, 99 min
​**Director Linh Tran in attendance
Over the course of a week-long beach side getaway, Amy finds herself wrestling between loyalty to her best friend Kim and her attraction to Kim’s new boyfriend.

BIG FIGHT IN LITTLE CHINATOWN (2022) – Oct 6, 7pm in Vilas 4070
Documentary, 88 min
​**Director Karen Cho in attendance
Set amidst the COVID pandemic and wave of anti-Asian racism that have accelerated the active erasure of Chinatowns across North America, this documentary by Karen Cho captures multiple efforts to preserve and protect the neighborhoods that mean so much to Chinese immigrant communities.
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) – Oct 7, 7pm in Vilas 4070
Feature Film, 98 min
This action-adventure film set in San Francisco’s Chinatown features Kurt Russell as a truck driver who helps his friend Wang Chi rescue his fiancée from supernatural villains. While the film was originally seen as contentious and stereotypical, it has since become an AsianAmerican cult classic celebrated for its campy upending of Hollywood norms.
 
MODERN SHAMAN (Test Screening of unreleased in progress TV pilot) – Oct 10, 6pm in Ingraham 206
**Director Gregory Yang in attendance
An absurd and satirical dramedy about a young Hmong American shaman who must balance his work as a spiritual healer for his community and his newfound interest in acting.

ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND (2023) – Oct 16, 5pm Ingraham 206
Documentary, 86 min
​**Director Emily Hong will virtually attend
In Myanmar’s first and only country-wide environmental movement, Indigenous women activists and punk rock pastors defend a sacred river from a Chinese-built megadam through protest, prayer, and karaoke music videos.

APIDA Heritage Month Keynote

2023 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 Awards: 2 Creative Endeavor and Scholarship, and 2 Integrity UW-Madison students this year. Congratulations to our award winners!

35 Years of Asian American Studies: Past, Present, and Future

Join us in celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Asian American Studies Program at UW-Madison and opening of the AASP Oral History Project exhibit currently on display in the Class of 1973 Gallery. The event will include the exhibit opening, followed by a panel discussion with former AASP Directors: Leslie Bow, Cindy Cheng, Timothy Yu, and Lori Lopez to discuss the early history of the program as well the direction of the growing program. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Oral History Project and Anniversary Celebration Gallery Opening
April 19th 4-6 pm
Multicultural Student Center Lounge, Red Gym

The exhibit is open
April 1 to April 30
Class of 1973 Gallery (Red Gym, 2nd floor)

For questions or accommodations, please email asianamerican@letsci.wisc.edu

2023 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 2023 Amy Ling Yellow Light Awards to enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at UW-Madison. Each award winner will receive $250 in tuition funds for the fall semester, be featured in the Bridges 2.0 Newsletter, and announced at the AASP 35th Anniversary Celebration.
Students must be enrolled for the following fall semester to receive the tuition award.

AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARD FOR INTEGRITY

This award recognizes positive role models for Asian American students. The nominated students should demonstrate a pattern of leadership or of overcoming challenges while maintaining integrity. Two Awards for Integrity will be granted.

Submission Guideline: Please e-mail two nomination letters of support to asianamerican@letsci.wisc.edu with the subject line “Amy Ling Award” by Thursday, March 30, 2023. Letters should explain how the nominated student creates and fosters community for Asian American students, is open to understanding the viewpoints of others, and serves as a trusted advisor for fellow students.

AMY LING YELLOW LIGHT AWARD FOR CREATIVE ENDEAVOR AND SCHOLARSHIP

This award recognizes the creative endeavor and/or academic scholarship of UW-Madison students that advances the field of Asian American studies. Two Awards for Creative Endeavor and Scholarship will be granted.

Submission Guideline: Please e-mail your submission with the subject line “Amy Ling Award” to asianamerican@letsci.wisc.edu, by Thursday, March 30, 2023.  Your submission should include your creative endeavor and/or academic scholarship and a 300-word explanation for how it connects to Asian American Studies.

If you have any questions, please contact Lori Lopez – LKLopez@wisc.edu

2022 Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight

Thursday, October 13th – Saturday, October 15th

Join us for a weekend of film screenings for Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight. We will be showing three in-person films Bad Axe (2022), New York Ninja (2021), and Take Out (2004), and an appearance by David Siev, director of Bad Axe (2022).

BAD AXE (2022), Oct. 13 at 7pm — Director David Siev in person!
This intimate documentary portrays one Asian American family living in rural Michigan during the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and rising racial animosity. While their main goal is to keep their family-run restaurant afloat, filmmaker David Siev and his siblings are also on a journey to figure out their place in their family, their town, and the world.

NEW YORK NINJA (2021), Oct 14 at 7pm
When his wife is brutally murdered, sound technician John dons a white ninja outfit and becomes a sword-wielding vigilante hell bent on cleaning up the streets of New York. Originally filmed in 1984 by Taiwanese martial arts actor John Liu, the incomplete footage was abandoned and remained untouched for 35 years until being reassembled and dubbed with all new vocal performances in 2019.

TAKE OUT (2004), Oct 15 at 7pm
With loan sharks on his back, undocumented deliveryman Ming Ding is given 24 hours to pay off his debts and ensure his safety. Filmed inside a functioning Chinese restaurant in Manhattan for a total of only $3,000, this microbudget marvel was the first film produced by directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou.

 

Graduate and Professional School Application Workshop

Applying to graduate school? A professional degree? Need help with your application materials? We will be holding a series of workshops throughout the semester to help you develop, revise, and finalize your graduate application. If you are interested in attending or have any questions, please email Dr. Lisa Ho. Space will be limited to ensure dedicated and exhaustive feedback.

Details for time and location to follow. The deadline to sign up is September 23rd.

“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: Race, Labor, and Sugar in the Age of Emancipation (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006).

Sponsored by The Department of History and Asian American Studies.