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Job Op – Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies (University of California, Davis)

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RECRUITMENT, ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of Asian American Studies to begin July 1, 2025. Candidates are sought with research and teaching interests in war and critical militarisms embedded in understandings of settler colonialism … Read more

Job Op – Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures (University of California, Berkeley)

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The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for four faculty positions as a part of a cluster hiring initiative in “Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures.” The cluster will consist of a tenure track (Assistant Professor) position in the Department of Ethnic Studies, a tenure track (Assistant Professor) position in the School of Public … Read more

Job Op – Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies (University of California, Berkeley)

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The Department of Ethnic Studies seeks an historian of Asian American and/or Pacific Islander politics and community-driven change, at the rank of Assistant Professor. Understanding Asian American and Pacific Islander politics and community-driven change expansively as taking myriad distinct forms across local, national, regional, transnational and other scales, the department welcomes applications from scholars working … Read more

Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America

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Born 1941 in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong’s evocative dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America.

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Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States

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Prof. Edward T. Chang will present on University of California, Riverside’s traveling exhibition to preserve and share the history of America’s first Koreatown — Pachappa Camp — a community of Korean migrant workers in Riverside who contributed to the city’s citrus development.

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Where CHamoru Identity Continues: The Decolonial Poetics of the CHamoru Diaspora in California

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Prof. Francisco Delgado’s current project examines how Chamorro poets reimagine the landscape of California as an extension of their home island. In particular, through a careful reading of works by Chamorro poets like Clarissa Mendiola and Lehua Taitano, both of whom are currently based out of California, he argues that the nature of Chamorro identity and community is as fluid and vast as the Pacific Ocean itself.

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