Spring 2025
Meeting:
TTh 10:00am - 11:20am / ECE 105
SLN:
10094
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
HSTAA 205 A
Instructor:
Moon-Ho Jung
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
Introductory course in Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies, with an emphasis on historical framings and interdisciplinary approaches. Major themes include colonialism, racism, labor, migration, community, and resistance.
We will explore the histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in relation to the US empire and the American nation. Central questions that we will address are: How can we frame US history to address longstanding issues that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have faced? How have Asians and Pacific Islanders figured in US racial formations? How have Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders struggled for justice and democracy?
Catalog Description:
Provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Examines issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, immigration/migration, citizenship, labor, racialization, exclusion, social and political activism and social movements, family, community-building, war, imperialism, sovereignty, (post) colonialisms, transnationalism, culture, and creative expressions. Course overlaps with: BIS 257 and T SOC 270.
GE Requirements Met:
Diversity (DIV)
Social Sciences (SSc)
Writing (W)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
February 7, 2025 - 1:27 am