Fredy González recently published “The Rise and Spread of the Hong Men Chee Kung Tong in the Cantonese Pacific and Beyond” in Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (1): 1–29. Using sources in English,…
Clare Kim served as an academic advisor for a Nova documentary on the historical concepts and politics of zero and infinity. The documnetary aired in November 2022 on PBS. Clare Kim is an…
Anna Guevarra participates in a podcast on documenting the history of the “Balikbayan Boxes” by 99% Invisible, a narrative podcast show hosted by Roman Mars. This time of year, right in the middle…
Exciting news that GLAS colleague Mary Anne’s Vegan Serendib has been included in the Food Network’s list of Top Ten Vegan Cookbooks of 2022! “Author, novelist and post-colonial academic Mary Anne Mohanraj’s latest…
A Chicago Reader story on the legacy of former Alderperson Helen Schiller and the past, present and future of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood highlights “Dis/Placements: A People’s History of Uptown, Chicago,” a project co-founded…
As faculty, staff, and students at the University of Illinois Chicago who are part of entities whose work advances social justice and equity for Asian/Asian American and minority communities, we affirm race-conscious college…
Check out Mary Anne Mohanraj’s newest cookbook: Vegan Serendib. Preorder here. Dr. Mohanraj is a clinical associate professor of English and an affiliate faculty with the Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois…
Dr. A. Naomi Paik’s book, Bans, Walls, Raids, and Sanctuary was featured on a podcast produced by the International Migration Research Centre’s “Displacements: Conversations on Migrations”. You can listen to it here. Dr. A. Naomi…
Several dozen students, faculty members and alumni gathered recently at the University of Illinois Chicago to celebrate the inception of a new major and Bachelor of Arts degree in global Asian studies. The…
The Global Asian Studies Program (GLAS) at the University of Illinois, Chicago is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in Asian Diaspora and Visual Cultures beginning Fall 2023. This…
