Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory and the Department of Asian American Studies
In Plain Sight: Reckoning with Anti-Asian Racism
A year-long public speaker series and symposium funded by the Chancellor's Call to Action to Address Systemic Racism and Social Injustice Research Program
Making it Plain: Articulating our Racist Present
February 4, 3:30 pm CST
A panel featuring Roderick Ferguson (Yale), Mishuana Goeman (UCLA), Viet Thanh Nguyen (USC), and Alfonso Gonzales Toribio (UCR)
"Passing for Model Minority" Lecture by erin Khue Ninh (UCSB)
March 3, 5:30 pm CST
A lecture by erin Khue Ninh on her recently published book, Passing for Perfect: College Imposters and Other Model Minorities (Temple, 2021)
Cathy Park Hong: A Conversation Moderated by Susan Koshy and Soo Ah Kwon
March 22, 5:30 pm CST
A conversation with Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography and finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
Faculty-Graduate Seminar: Histories + Theories of Anti-Asian Racism
April 4, 5-7 pm CST
Seminar led by Susan Koshy (AAS/English), Soo Ah Kwon (AAS), and Junaid Rana (AAS).
Faculty-Graduate Seminar: Gendered + Sexualized Forms of Anti-Asian Racism
April 18, 5-7 pm CST
Seminar led by Susan Koshy (AAS/English), Soo Ah Kwon (AAS), and Junaid Rana (AAS).
Reckoning with Anti-Asian Racism Asian American Studies Conference
May 6-7, 9-5 pm CST
The culminating conference of the In Plain Sight: Reckoning with Anti-Asian Racism research initiative.
Vijay Iyer + Trio Musical Performance
May 7, Afternoon
A live performance by New York-based composer, pianist, and producer Vijay Iyer and his trio.