Brandeis University Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Program

05/22/2024

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07/27/2021

The first year of AAPI is in the books! AAPI will continue to go from strength to strength. Congratulations, all!

The past year saw a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and greater public attention toward anti-Asian racism in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

05/25/2021

Check out this incredible timeline of AAPI students and activism at Brandeis University, researched and written by our very own Ellie Kleiman!

The Cultural is Political: An AAPI Timeline This is an interactive timeline which can be navigated with arrow keys. Skip the timeline.

05/14/2021

HAS BECOME a rallying cry in response to the surge in anti-Asian violence since the beginning of the pandemic, from random, brutal attacks on the elderly to a white gunman’s murder of six Asian women as well as two others in Atlanta in March. As incidents of anti-Asian violence have...

05/10/2021

Read this important account of Third World solidarities and student organizing at Brandeis during the 1970s by our very own AAPI minor, Ellie Kleiman.

The Pearlman Takeover An account of Third World solidarities and student organizing in the 1970s by Ellie Tang Kleiman Visit the digital zine version of this article by clicking the image Introduction On April 29th 1975, Brandeis University students initiated the six-day takeover of Pearlman Hall, t...

05/06/2021

Syllabus PDF Available Here On March 16, 2021, eight people were killed at Atlanta-area spa businesses — six of whom were Asian women. Despite the fact that two of the women were Chinese and four were Korean, news media were quick to deny racist motivations. Worse yet, an official spokesperson for...

05/02/2021

We are so proud and moved by our AAPI students for claiming this space and putting forth such an incredible literary magazine.

Inspired by its predecessor, /Eastern Tide/, this debut edition of /Connections/ focuses on the idea of "Roots." Many of our submissions center connections to one's cultural roots, ties to family, and identity, all of which connect us from our past to our future

Inspired by its predecessor, Eastern Tide, this debut edition of Connections focuses on the idea of "Roots." Many of our submissions center connections to one's cultural roots, ties to family, and identity, all of which connect us from our past to our future.

04/21/2021

Register for tonight's event with Dr. Ananya Chatterjea: https://bit.ly/3lwuk4B

04/13/2021

Please join AAPI and AAAS for "Afro-Amerasians: Blackness in the Philippine Imaginary," with Dr. Angelica Allen (Chapman University), this Thursday (April 15) at 7:00pm EST: https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/99589186355

04/08/2021

Join AAPI and LALS tonight for this important talk on undocumented youth.

04/08/2021

A complete recording of last night's event, "Reckoning with the Atlanta Spa Shootings: Racialized and Sexualized Violence Towards Asian/Americans from Past to Present," is now available online. The event is closed captioned.

April 7, 2021 Panelists: Ji-Yeon Yuh, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies and History at Northwestern University Yuri Doolan, Assistant Professor of…

04/04/2021

We will be holding a Virtual Vigil and Open Mic event on April 7, organized by our AAPI/WGS graduate student Lianne Gallant. We thank her for her labor during this difficult time. Please join us to honor the lives lost in Atlanta and heal by sharing stories, reciting poetry, and more. This event will take place immediately after the panel discussion on "Reckoning with the Atlanta Spa Shootings." Everyone is welcome.