The GLAS Student Advisory Board (GSAB) is looking to collaborate with GLAS students to: Help GLAS become a major Grow community, mentorship, and care Develop artwork and events on identity, culture, history, politics,…
An initiative led by the GLAS Student Advisory Board (GSAB), the Invisible to Visible zine seeks to uplift the voices of the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans whose voices have been snuffed out by…
Dr. Fredy González receives the UIC Institute for Humanities Faculty Fellow Award for 2021 – 2022 to work on his book project, “Forging the Cantonese Diaspora: A Global History of the Chee Kung…
The Global Asian Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago stands in solidarity with educators, students, and community leaders nationwide in denouncing the escalating violence directed at Asian and Asian American communities…
Mary Anne Mohanraj is running for election in the District 200 Oak Park School Board! “My time serving on the library board is ending in April and I want to continue to serve…
Nadine Naber has penned an important OpEd on Ms. Magazine entitled: “Vaccines Aren’t Enough to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons.” Read here: https://msmagazine.com/2021/03/03/covid-coronavirus-vaccine-prisons-illinois-idoc/ Nadine is a professor in the Gender and…
Karen Su is a featured guest for the highly acclaimed “One on One with CAN and GSC” on March 11, 12:30-1pm; Check it out live on Facebook @UIC Campus Advocacy Network and @UICGSC.…
GLAS Program Director, Anna Guevarra, writes a powerful piece regarding the TEAACH Act and the history of struggles over ethnic studies in Illinois and around the country. It’s an inspirational and timely piece,…
Nadine Naber received a Humanities Without Walls Seed Grant for her project, “Amplify Mother Survivors” with MAMAS: Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity and the Campaign to Free Incarcerated Survivors of Police Torture; https://huminst.uic.edu/news-stories/2021-hww-seed-grant-recipients-announced/…
Starting in the early 1990s, UIC students lobbied for almost 20 years for a cultural center, academic program, and academic support to address the needs of Asian American students. These units and programs…
