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New Book Release: Paperback Edition of Catherine Ceniza Choy’s Asian American Histories of the United States
May 2, 2023
Catherine Ceniza Choy's book Asian American HIstories of the United States (Beacon Press, 2022) was released in paperback in April 2023. The book features the themes of violence, erasure, and resistance in a nearly 200 year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. It was named a Best of 2022...
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Catherine Ceniza Choy Interviewed in “Nurse Unseen” Documentary Screening at CAAMFest, May 12, 2023
May 2, 2023
Catherine Ceniza Choy is a featured interviewee in the 2023 documentary film, Nurse Unseen, which will be screened as part of CAAMFest on May 12, 2023. Nurse Unseen by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Michele Josue is a love letter honoring the history and humanity of Filipino nurses who have been the backbone of...
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Catherine Ceniza Choy Receives 2023 Agnes Dillon Randolph Award
May 2, 2023
In 2023, Catherine Ceniza Choy is the recipient of the Agnes Dillon Randolph Award. This award recognizes her outstanding scholarship documenting the experiences of Filipino nurses in U.S. history and the importance of that history for understanding ongoing issues in healthcare, including the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Filipino nurses. Catherine...
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Lok Siu Receives Campus Service Award
April 24, 2023
Our very own Dr. Lok Siu is a recipient of the 2023 Berkeley Faculty Service Award! Awarded by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, the Berkeley Faculty Service Award is given annually to honor faculty who, over the course of their careers, have provided outstanding and dedicated service to...
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Juana Maria Rodriguez’s New Book: Puta Life
April 14, 2023
Puta Life: Seeing Latinas, Working Sex, the new book by our own Juana María Rodríguez, has just dropped from Duke University Press! Evocative, illuminating, poignant, and personal, Puta Life is described as "an essential study devoted to the vitality of Latina/x sexual laborers who work to affirm life against all...
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Congrats to Christian Paiz on the Publication of The Strikers of Coachella
April 14, 2023
Earlier this year, the University of North Carolina Press published Christian Paiz's remarkable new book, The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement. More than a decade in the making, The Strikers of Coachella is described as "a beautifully and sensitively written, much-needed intervention to the historiography...
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Dr. Nicholas Vargas in Berkeley News
April 12, 2023
This week's Berkeley News features a wonderful article about a research initiative on Latinx studies, featuring incoming colleague Dr. Nicholas Vargas and his collaboration with the Latinx Research Center. Included in the article is a discussion of an exciting new $1 million federal grant on which Dr. Vargas is a Co-PI that...
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New Publication: Dr. Khatharya Um “Globalization and Civil Society in East Asian Space”
April 6, 2023
The Ethnic Studies Department wants to congratulate Dr. Khatharya Um on the release of her new book. This book critically examines the impact of globalization, changing power dynamics, migration, and evolving rights regimes on regional order, discourse of national governance, state and society relations, and the development of civil society...
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Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani Appointed Director of Engagement for the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Thriving Initiatives
March 21, 2023
Our department's very own Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani has been appointed Director of Engagement for the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AA&PI) Thriving Initiatives here at Berkeley. Many of us know Lisa through her years of impactful teaching--AAADS 122, on the Historical and Contemporary Experiences of Japanese Americans, and AAADS 146,...
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Sierra Edd feature in Berkeley News!
March 4, 2023
Sierra Edd, a Phd student in Ethnic Studies, was recently profiled on in the campus' "I'm a Berkeleyan" feature. Sierra talks about Indigenous Futurisms, her remarkable collaborations in the Indigenous Sound Studies working group, and more. Check it out! 'Regardless of where I am in the world, Diné Asdzáán Nishtí (I am a Diné...
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