Fall 2012
October 3: Professor Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson (Performance Studies)
"Pledge of Allegiance: Performance and Patriotism in the Japanese-American Concentration Camps"
12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
Lunch Provided by Lulu's
October 24: Professor Mary C. Beltrán (University of Texas, Austin)
Luncheon, 12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
"From Black, White, and Brown to Shades of Tan and Gray: Millennial Media Culture and 'Post-Racial' Trends"
Lecture, 5:15-7pm, Helmerich Auditorium, Annie May Swift Hall
Reception to Follow in Annie May Swift Hall 109
October 31: Student Presentations and Luncheon
Co-sponsored by the Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Colloquium
Kim Singletary (Rhetoric and Public Culture), Catherine Harrington (Screen Cultures)
12:30-2pm, Hagstrum Room, University Hall 201
November 29: Professor Jodi Kim (University of California, Riverside)
Ends of Empire: Asian American Critique and the Cold War
Book Talk and Luncheon, 12-1:30pm, African American Studies Conference Room, Kresge Hall 2-425
December 5: Northwestern University Faculty Roundtable: "Creating Visibility in the Public Sphere"
Speakers: Frances Aparicio (Latina and Latino Studies, Spanish & Portuguese); Miriam Petty (Screen Cultures, Radio/Television/Film), Angela Ray (Rhetoric and Public Culture, Communication Studies)
4-6pm, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Kresge Hall 2-360
Winter 2013
January 16: Professor Lisa Calvente (DePaul University)
Luncheon, 12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
Coffee Chat, 3-4:30pm, Other Brother Coffeehouse, 1549 Sherman Avenue, Evanston
February 13: After Hours Office Hours with NU Faculty
With: Beth Lew-Williams (History, Asian American Studies); Simeon Man (American Studies, Asian American Studies); Shalini Shankar (Anthropology, Asian American Studies); C. Riley Snorton (Communication Studies, Performance Studies)
5:30-7:30pm, Graduate Student Commons (2122 Sheridan Road, Room 250)
Dinner Provided
March 6: Professor Sylvester Johnson (African American Studies, Religious Studies)
"Liberia in the Making: Black Religion, Settler Colonialism, and the Problem of Freedom"
12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
Lunch Provided
Spring 2013
April 3: Student Presentation and Luncheon
James Zarsadiaz (History)
"Nouveau Riche, Nouveau Pastoral: Post-1965 Asian Immigration and the Politics of Suburban Space"
12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
May 8: Book Talk and Luncheon
Critical Rhetorics of Race, edited by Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. Ono
12-1:30pm, Asian American Studies Conference Room, Crowe Hall 1-135
June 5: End of the Year Get Together
5pm, Taco Diablo, 1029 Davis Street, Evanston
Food and Non-Alcoholic Drinks Provided