Past Events
February 2019 Asian American Studies Colloquium - Dr. Yuri Doolan: "The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America
October 25, 2019 Asian American Studies Colloquium - Dr. Natalie Masuoka 11:00-12:30 WALC 3138
March 28, 2019 Asian American Studies Colloquium - Chia Vang 12:00-1:20pm GRIS 134
October 24, 2018 Asian American Studies Colloquium - Tony Nguyen 5:30-7:30pm BRNG 2280
October 3, 2018 Asian American Studies Callout 12:00-1:00pm AAARCC
September 11, 2018 LGBTQ Rainbow Callout - ASAM hosted a table 6:00-8:00pm PMU North/South Ballrooms
August 23, 2018 BCC Boilerfest - ASAM hosted a table 4:00-6:00pm Krach Lawn
October 5, 2017 Asian American Studies Colloquium 11:00am-12:30pm HEAV G4
September 13, 2017 LGBTQ Center's Rainbow Callout 6:00-8:00pm PMU North/South Ballrooms
September 7, 2017 Experience Liberal Arts Fair 10:00am-2:00pm Purdue Memorial Mall
March 7, 2016 AMST Colloquium 4 - 5:30pm HEAV G4
February 20, 2015 Asian American Studies/American Studies Colloquium
October 16, 2013 Film Screening Curtis Chin's Vincent Who? 7:00 p.m., Krannert Auditorium Q&A and Discussion to follow
Thursday, March 28, 2013 The Asian American Studies Program's 5th Anniversary Celebration
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 The Asian American Studies Program welcomes artist and memoirist GB Tran. The son of immigrants who fled the fall of Saigon and settled in the United States, Tran explores his family's history in his acclaimed graphic memoir VIETNAMERICA (Villard, 2011). Library Journal declared: “This will be called the MAUS for the Vietnam War, and for good reason. Similar premise: clueless American-born son of immigrants confronts the legacy of family pain predating his birth. Similar outcome: a kick-in- the-gut graphic novel... he purposely fragments the plot, shifting points of view, narrative voices, and settings while the reader—as did Tran—must assemble the pieces to learn how his parents became the people he knew.” Tran will show slides of VIETNAMERICA, discuss his work, and answer questions from the audience. His website is http://www.gbtran.com/. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 The Asian American Studies Program welcomes novelist and painter Julie Otsuka, author of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE, about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II, and the National Book Award-nominated THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC, about a group of young Japanese "pictures brides" in the early 1900s.
Otsuka will be giving a Q&A at 4:30 pm in Stewart Center, Room 318. At 7:30 pm she will be reading from her work in Krannert Auditorium, Room 140, followed by a book-signing. These events are co-sponsored by the Department of English.
September 25-26, 2009 "Crossroads: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Across Disciplines" Asian American Studies Conference in Bloomington, IN
CAAS graduate students Lisa Hanasono and Kate Agathon are part of a conference planning committee comprised of graduate students from Purdue University and Indiana University. Supported in part by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the Asian American Studies Conference will be held September 25-26, 2009, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
April 13, 2010 "New Communities" A Symposium on Contemporary Asian American Identity Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
April 9, 2010 ImaginAsian Opening Reception 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tippecanoe Arts Federation 638 North Street Lafayette, IN 47901-1153
April 2 - May 9, 2010 ImaginAsian Art Exhibition Tippecanoe Arts Federation Lafayette, IN.
March 30, 2009 Book Reading and Performance Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall Secret Identities Official Trailer
May 2009 "Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month" display cases
In honor of Asian Pacific Heritage Month, the CAAS will have two large display cases featuring the Asian American Studies program, photos, and fun facts. The exhibit will be displayed in Stewart Center (May 4-11, 2009) and the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Display Case (May 18-29, 2009) located on the first floor of Beering Hall.
May 22-June 20, 2009 "commUNITY" Asian American photography exhibition at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette 102 S. 10th Street, Lafayette, IN 47905
Along with the Asian American Network of Indiana and Color Tech, the Council on Asian American Studies is proud to support "commUNITY," a provocative photographic exhibition by Lafayette photographer William L. Snyder that documents the realities and experiences of Asian Americans who live, work, and go to school in Greater Lafayette. Through black and white portraits accompanied by brief personal narratives, "commUNITY" investigates the notion of cultural and geographic communities and explores individual identity by deconstructing social, racial, and cultural constructs.
The traveling exhibit will also be displayed July 2010 in the Walnut and Elm Galleries of the West Lafayette Public Library, and April-June, 2011 at the Indianapolis Art Center. Please see the YouTube video for a sneak peek. Asiance: Connecting Asian American Women to the World article.
For more information, visit www.artlafayette.org , www.williamLsnyder.com or email kvanoost@purdue.edu
Fall 2008
November 1, 2008
Fred Ho Afro-Asian Jazz Ensemble
Along with Chamber Music America, the American Studies Program and the Black Cultural Center, the Council on Asian American Studies helped to co-sponsor Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Jazz Ensemble. The Afro-Asian Ensemble is dedicated to producing social relations in the sphere of music.
Council on Asian American Studies Reception
October 29, 2008, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Purdue Memorial Union East Faculty Lounge
Reading, Lan Samantha Chang
Author of Hunger and Inheritance and Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
October 29, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Krannert Auditorium, Room 140
An Experience Liberal Arts event.