Course curriculum

This is the DRAFT outline for the mini-course. Though we are still finalizing the content, we are currently accepting pre-registration and will begin making the content available in May for Asian American History Month!

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Asian American History

    • What's in this module? (Required)

    • "Nuanced Understandings of Immigration History," Presentation by Dr. Rodriguez

    • "A Different Asian American Timeline" Website (Required)

    • "History of Angel Island Immigration Station" Website (Optional)

    • Asian American History - Readings
  • 3

    The Asian American Movement

    • What's in this module?

    • Politics and Social Movements: An Overview, Presentation by Dr. Rodriguez

    • "The Rise of the Asian American Movement," Presentation by Dr. Rodriguez

    • Excerpt from "Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties" by Karen Ishizuka

    • Book talk by Karen Ishizuka

    • The Asian American Movement - Readings
  • 4

    Student Organizing

    • “The Four Prisons’ and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s," by Glenn Omatsu

    • From the archives: Asian American Political Alliance General Statement, 1968

    • "One Year After the Sit-in: Asian American Students’ Identities and Their Support for Asian American Studies," by Okiyoshi Takeda

    • Student Organizing - Readings

    • Dr. Ga Young Chung discusses Korean Undocumented Youth Activism
  • 5

    Cross Racial Solidarity

    • Race, Struggle and Solidarity in the Time of A Global Pandemic

    • Cross Racial Solidarity - Readings
  • 6

    Internationalism

    • Grassroots Global Justice

    • Internationalism - Readings

    • More info on BAYAN USA

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