Spring 2011

HS179 Asian American History

• Prerequisite: Any two semesters of HS001 through HS094
• Offered periodically

This class surveys the history of Asians in American from the late 19th century to the present. We will examine how relationships between the United States and various Asian countries have negotiated their claims to U.S. citizenship and social belonging. This negotiation is a dynamic and ongoing process, framed by changing constructions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and inter-generational conflict, and by intra- and inter-group conflict. We will consider these complex dynamics and the way they have operated within, and have been produced by, Asian American history.
Arissa Oh

HS566 American Immigration II (from 1865)

• Prerequisite: Any two semesters of HS001 through HS094
• Offered periodically

This is the second half of a two-semester lecture course on American immigration. The first half covers the period up to 1865 and the second from 1865 to the present. Each half can be taken independently of the other. This semester we examine the history of Irish, Italian, Jewish, Latino, and Asian Americans since the Civil War, with particular attention to the overseas origins of migration; patterns of settlement and mobility; questions of ethnicity, race, labor, and class; anti-immigrant sentiment; and government policy.
Kevin Kenny

PS 354 Culture, Identity, and Asian American Experience

• Satisfies cultural diversity core requirement
• Required for the Asian American Studies concentration

This course explores concepts of the self and ethnic identity as shaped by culture and history as well as individual life experience and development. It focuses on the contemporary and historical experience of Asian Americans and employs psychological, historical, and literary texts. Students are also introduced to current social issues of particular relevance to Asian American communities.
Ramsay Liem

Fall 2010

EN246 Introduction to Asian American Literature

• Satisfies cultural diversity core requirement

This course is a broad introduction to Asian American literature, criticism, and culture. This means that we will read at least one book-length work from each of the following ethnic groups: Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese. Readings and discussion are also designed to provide a strong historical approach that allows us to explore the development of this literature, and its responsiveness to social contexts.
Min Song

HS300-57 Study and Writing of History: Adoption, Race and Kinship in the 20th Century

• Prerequisite: Any two semesters of HS001 to HS094
• Limited to history majors

What is the American family? How do we define, construct and understand this institution, and how has it changed during the 20th century? How does our understanding of the family enhance our understanding of other areas of American history? In this class we will examine these questions by studying the history of adoption and family-making in the United States and the relationship of these ideas and practices to American thinking about race. In the first third of the course, we will read about and discuss topics including race and private life, the history of the family, and interracial and international adoption. This course considers the period from the late 19th century to the late 20th century - adoption from China is not included within the scope of this course.
Arissa Oh