GLAS/GWS 263 by Karen Su Helps Build Library’s Queer Asian American Archives
Students in Karen Su’s GLAS/GWS 263: Asian American Gender and Sexual Diversity course has the opportunity this Spring semester to assist in gathering oral histories that will be part of the Queer Asian American Archives. This important and impactful work is housed at the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois Chicago.
It is great to see students continue to play a role in sustaining this archive and have this work connected with GLAS curriculum.
The article also highlights an inspiring exhibit featuring the history of AARCC that is also housed in the Daley Library.
Read the full article: https://today.uic.edu/course-helps-build-librarys-queer-asian-american-archives
Karen Su has been at UIC since 2004 and was the founding director of the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC). She established many of the first Asian American Studies initiatives through AARCC before ASAM became an official program in 2010.