This course introduces the subject of Asian American history. The course will examine the continuities as well as changes in the Asian American experience through three chronological periods: the first waves of Asian immigration (1840 to 1930), the years of exclusion and international conflict (1880-1950), and the post-1965 era of immigration and refugee settlement in the United States. The course will end with contemporary case studies to demonstrate the impact and legacies of our histories. The course will explore topics on immigration, community formation, racism and resistance, the lives of workers, the experiences of women, the impact of imperialism, the influence of global politics and economics, and the continuing struggles for equality and justice. Critical Ethnic Studies 3000-level seminars deepen students’ knowledge of the fundamental theoretical and political questions regarding the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class from both domestic and global perspectives. The seminars utilize decolonial, transnational and intersectional approaches for producing knowledge about resistance, power, oppression, and systems of knowledge from the interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x and Latino /a/x studies, Women’ studies, border studies, cultural studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.

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