Asian American Studies
Winter 2017 Courses
Course D ept
Course T ype T itle
Instructor
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D ays
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21520 A SIA N A M
52 LEC
A SA MCOMMUN ITIES
LindaVo
06:30pm- 07:50pm TuTh
H IB
100
ExaminestherenewalofA sianimmig rationfollowing WorldWarII.ExplorescontemporaryA sianA mericanpopulationsandcommunitiesinthe
U.S.,andtheimpactofcontemporaryA sianimmig rationontheU.S.politicaleconomyandsocialorder.SameasSOCSCI78B.(Fulfillsrequirement
SocialandBehavioralSciencesorMulticulturalStudies)
21610 A SIA N A M 100W
LEC
RSCH METH /FIELD RES
ChristineBalance
02:00pm- 04:50pm Tu
HG
3341
Thiscoursewillexplorevariousresearchmethodolog iesandformsofwriting withinA sianA mericanStudies.A ssig nmentswillinclude:weekly
reading responses,archivalandotherlibraryresearchworkshops,ethnog raphic/fieldresearch,oralhistory,andclosereading soffilmsandother
media.Prerequisite:SatisfactorycompletionoftheLower- D ivisionWriting requirement.(FulfillsUpperD ivWriting Requirement)
21640 A SIA N A M
110 LEC
ILLN ESS& MED N A RRA T
JimLee
12:30pm- 01:50pm TuTh
H ICF
100K
ThiscourseintroducesstudentstotheriseofmemoirnarrativeswrittenbyA sianA mericanphysicians,abouttheirexperiencesinbothmedical
educationandprofession,andthetransformativecapacitiesthattakeplacewhenencountering andcaring fortheillanddying .Wewillalsodiscuss
therelativepaucityofillnessstories,andreadrecentmemoirswrittenbyA sianA mericanswhosuffering fromcanceranditstreatments.
21645 A SIA N A M
111 LEC
A SN A M,U.S.& WA R
D orothyFujitaRony
02:00pm- 03:20pm MW
HH
143
ThiscoursewillfocusontherelationshipofA sianA mericanstotheUnitedStates,especiallyintermsoftheimpactofU.S.militarismabroadandat
home.TopicsincludeJapaneseA mericanincarcerationduring WorldWarII,thepost9/11eraintheUnitedStates,andtheU.S.militarycultureand
economyinH awai'iandthePhilippines.
21690 A SIA N A M
150 LEC
A SA MFOOD CULTURES
JimLee
03:30pm- 04:50pm TuTh
H ICF
100K
ThiscourseexploresthehistoryofA siancuisinesintheUSlandscapeandthecontemporaryriseofA sianA mericancelebritychefs.Wewill
interrog atequestionsofauthenticity,memory,andembodimentintheproduction,circulation,andconsumptionof"A sianness"throug hfood.
21700 A SIA N A M 151E
LEC
JA PA N ESEA MEREXPER
JulieCho
10:30am- 11:50am
MW
H ICF
100K
StudiesthesettlementofJapaneseinH awaiiandthecontinentalUnitedStatessincethelatenineteenthcentury.Topicscoveredincludesug ar
plantations,developmentofruralJapaneseA merica,WorldWarIIinternment,post- Warcommunitydevelopment,andpersistenceofJapanese
A mericanidentity.SameasSOCSCI178E.
21710 A SIA N A M 151H
LEC
SEA SIA N A MEREXPER
D orothyFujitaRony
09:00am- 10:20am
MW
H ICF
100K
ThiscoursewilladdresstheUnitedStates'long involvementinSoutheastA siaincomparativecontext,aswellasthecomplexformationofSoutheast
A sianA mericancommunitiesintheUnitedStates.SpecialattentionwillbepaidtotheSoutheastA sianA mericanexperienceinOrang eCounty.
SameasSOCSCI178H .
21850 A SIA N A M 200A
SEM
TH EORY& METH A SA MST
LindaVo
02:30pm- 05:20pm Th
HG
3200
Introductiontotheintersectionofthesocialsciences,humanities,andotherfieldsthatconstitutethetheoryandmethodolog yofA sianA merican
Studies.FocusesontheinterventionsandcontestationswithinA sianA mericanStudiesthathavetransformedthedisciplineinrecentyears.
Restriction:Graduatestudentsonly.
21860 A SIA N A M
201 SEM
POLCON STROFRA CE
CJKim
01:00pm- 03:50pm Tu
SSPB
5250
Thisclassexploresthepolitical,leg al,andsocialconstructionofraceintheUSfromthecolonialperiodtothepresent,withanemphasison
understanding therelativeracializationofnonwhiteg roups.
Restriction:Graduatestudentsonly.
Only 4+1 in the Country!
Asian American Studies offers students the opportunity to major, minor, earn a graduate emphasis and now enroll in the
country’s only 4+1 program. The 4+1 allows students to earn a M.A. in one year. For more information, about majoring or
minoring, please contact Judy Wu, chair of AAS ([email protected]). For more information about the 4+1 and graduate
emphasis, please contact: Arielle Hinojosa, School of Humanities Graduate Counselor ([email protected]) and Christine
Balance, Director of Graduate Studies ([email protected]).
Asian American Studies Research Internship!
Are you interested in improving your research skills? Learning more about the history of Asian American Studies at
UCI? Designing physical and virtual exhibits? Then, enroll in ASAM 199 with Prof. J. Wu ([email protected]) for winter and spring
quarters!
UCI Asian American Studies is celebrating our 25th anniversary this year, and the Southeast Asian Archive is
commemorating its 30th anniversary (For more information, please see: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/aas/). To help us
document and display our history at UCI, we invite interested students to become AAS Research Interns for winter and
spring quarter!
For more information, please see:
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/aas/calendar/news.php?recid=3228&dept_code_val=512&css_path=aas and contact Prof
J. Wu ([email protected]) or Dr. Thuy Vo Dang ([email protected]) before the start of winter quarter.