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About 100 people rallied on the morning of Feb. 7—exactly 140 years to the day—at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID), where community groups, civic leaders, and residents marked the anniversary of the 1886 expulsion that forced more than 350 Chinese residents from their homes and businesses at gunpoint.The event had many sponsors, including United Hub, the Wing Luke…
Yesterday, during the UW Men's Basketball game, Assistant Teaching Professor JP Anderson was honored as the Educator of the Game! JP wrote to his students and reflected on last night's game stating, "The Huskies lost the game…but they won the battle. I never once saw them lose heart and succumb to hopelessness. They never gave up on themselves, despite the pressure and the disappointment. That…
Professor Lauro Flores was recently interviewed for an article by Mabaindu Mbawa. The article covered a Día de los Muertos event at Whatcom Community College in Bellingham. Professor Flores explained that Día de los Muertos has deep indigenous roots, predating the arrival of Europeans in the Americas. "It's a day we honor," Flores said. "What it involves is the belief that the souls of the dearly…
In a recently published article from the South Seattle Emerald, Professor LaShawnDa Pittman shared insights about the current mayoral election. "I believe in policymaking informed by lived experience," she said, "and we don't get nearly enough of that among our politicians regardless of race." "The social problems plaguing our deeply unequal city shape identity," which is why she wants candidates…
On Sept. 18, 2025, the University of Washington hosted a World Language Fair at Denny Hall to allow students to learn more about all of the benefits of studying a language, including career paths, scholarships, study abroad opportunities, and more! Associate Teaching Professor for Swahili, Jacque Waita, and Assistant Teaching Professor for Tagalog, Kell Juan, both language professors from the…
Dr. Stephen (Steve) Hiro Sumida, Former Chair, American Studies Association-Japanese Association for American Studies Project Advisory Commitee, and Professor Emeritus with the Dept. of American Ethnic Studies, will receive a Commendation from the Japanese government this Fall.In 1989, Dr. Sumida began participating in planning an academic exchange program in American studies between the American…
This event forms part of a quarterly works-in-progress series, Dangerous Subjects, hosted by Latin American & Caribbean Studies, which invites fruitful collaboration and feedback from students and faculty across campus.In this work-in-progress, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez investigates the complexity and opacity of immigration policy and bureaucracy as game-like structures. Llamas-Rodriguez analyzes…
On May 18, 2008, the University of Washington bestowed honorary baccalaureate degrees to 449 Japanese American students from the class of 1941- 42 who, due to Executive Order 9066, were banished from the University campus in early May 1942. This long-overdue ceremony, “The Long Journey Home,” was an inflection point for alumnus Allen Shimada.
“The recognition reinforced my pride in being a…
The Pacific Northwest is home to a large community of Filipinos and Filipino Americans. The history and contributions of Filipinos in the Pacific Northwest are not widely discussed, but stories of labor, activism and civil rights, and migration are finely woven within the fabric of the greater Seattle area. While the Burke does not often store contemporary Filipino American materials, cultural…
On Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 7:00PM-8:00PM, Professor and poet Lan P. Duong visits the store to discuss her poetry and work as an editor for various anthologies. Her collection of poetry Nothing Follows published in 2023, draws from the genres of memoir and poetry. Written from a young refugee girl’s perspective, the center of this world is a military father, an absent mother,…