UCI’s School of Education hosts “Teaching for Justice,” a two-day conference that spotlights teaching Asian American studies

EVENT:  UCI’s Center for Educational Partnerships and the UCI Teacher Academy in partnership with the UCI Humanities Center and UCI Libraries Southeast Asian Archive will host a two-day conference intended for K-12 educators and all community members interested in integrating the principles of Asian American studies into their professional work. WHEN/WHERE:  9 a.m.-4 p.m. on […]

Joseph Jeon, director of UCI’s Center for Critical Korean Studies.

UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies receives two international grants

Over $1 million in funding will support programs, create new faculty position

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UCI Podcast: What it means to be an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution

In UCI’s fifth year of being AANAPISI, Joseph Morales breaks down why this designation is important now

Rise in Asian American discrimination and violence during COVID is causing mental health crisis

Healthline, April 27, 2021

Building Sikh Studies at UCI

First holder of endowed chair aims to raise critical awareness of South Asian tradition’s global history, culture, ethics and philosophies, and contributions

‘Coughing while Asian’: living in fear as racism feeds off coronavirus panic

The Guardian, March 24, 2020

UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies to present Korean hip-hop conference, concert

EVENT:  Presented by the UCI Center for Critical Korean Studies and Hyundai Motor America, the Korean Hip-Hop and New Explorations of Afro-Asian Identity Conference will bring together the world’s foremost Korean, Korean American and African American studies scholars working on hip-hop. Enriching academic talks on campus will be accompanied by the first Afro-Korean Hip-Hop Festival, […]

Anneeth Kaur Hundle appointed to UCI endowed chair in Sikh studies

Faculty position established with $1.5 million gift from Drs. Harvinder and Asha Sahota

Advancing the American Dream

UCI is unsurpassed at helping low-income, first-generation and other nontraditional students thrive in college and beyond

Institute of Museum & Library Services awards UCI Libraries $500,000 for ethnic studies project

The UCI Libraries have been awarded a prestigious Institute of Museum & Library Services grant of $500,000 to explore the outcomes of undergraduate students applying what they learn in ethnic studies combined with lived experience in contributing to community archives. The team, led by university archivist Audra Eagle Yun, head of Special Collections & Archives, will partner […]