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Extraordinary Journeys: AASP Senior Profiles
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Professor, Author Sandhya Shukla ’88 Discusses ‘Cross-Culturalism’ in Harlem, New York
Sandhya Shukla ’88, a professor of English and American Studies at the University of Virginia, presented her ideas of “Cross-Culturalism” on Thursday afternoon in Goldwin Smith Hall. In the talk, she examined Harlem, New York and other heterogeneous communities to study how different cultures in...
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AASP Director Derek Chang on how Christian America welcomed its first Chinese immigrants
“Strangers in the Land,” the recently published book by New Yorker Editor Michael Luo, chronicles the journey of Chinese immigrants to the American West, and then eastward across the country. Perhaps inevitably, it is also an account of the violence and bigotry directed against them, which only beca...
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In new book, Farred breaks down his long-time sports fandoms
Grant Farred, a professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center, chronicles his love for both a distant and a local sports team in “A Sports Odyssey: My Ithaca Journal,” published July 25 by Temple University Press.
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Student Spotlight: Class of 2025
Congratulations to our Class of 2025 Asian American Studies graduates!
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'I've been inspired to enter a public defense career to represent tenants'
Ameya Kamani is a government major.
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Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Embrace discomfort and do it anyway
Alexis Boyce, Asian American Studies Program manager and co-chair of the Staff Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Committee, discusses the group’s ongoing efforts to address staff concerns and drive meaningful change.
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A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
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