Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Events

Are you a student who identifies as Asian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern/Southwest Asian? A student of color or otherwise marginalized? An ally?

Please Join Us for W&M COMMUNITY UNITING AGAINST ASIAN HATE

Thursday, April 1 at 8 p.m. ET

College students, sexual assault response coordinators, prevention specialists, counselors, and allies from across the Commonwealth will come together for this amazing evening of hope and healing

Closed captioning and ASL interpretation provided.

Poetry That Re/Decenters with Poets:

Juana Iris Goergen (Puerto Rico),  Azad Ashim Sharma (UK), & Oscar Guardiola-Rivera (Colombia) read  their poetry.

Moderated by Prof. Emily Wilcox (Chinese) with translation by Prof. Silvia Tandeciarz (Hispanic Studies).

The Visual Politics of Africa-China Relations by Tara Mock, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies, the Honors College at the University of Alabama

Nigerian-born Bangladeshi American writer and photographer Abeer Hoque presents the finale conversation in Asian American Plural: Literature Across Borders series, curated by Dr. R. Benedito Ferrao for the Asian Centennial. 

Asian and Pacific Islander Bahn Mi presents: Filipino Nurses at the Postcolonial Prelude, 1911 – 1946: A History of Mobility and Racialization to and from Seattle

Hindi Hauntology in Post-Liberalization Kolkata by Rahul Bjørn Parson, Assistant Professor, South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley

SHUSENJO: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue A Documentary Film by Miki Dezaki

7PM-10PM Thursday, April 22, 2021: Group Screening & After-Film Q&A Filmmaker Conversation with Professors Tomoyuki Sasaki and Eric Han

Please join us for a talk by  Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, The University of Hawai`i - Manoa  titled "Towards understanding long-term impacts of indigenous agriculture on soils: Hawai`i as a model system"

THE ASIAN CENTURY - AMES Colloquium Series presents: "How Not To Be Secure: The Role of PMSCs in South Asian Security" by Sahar Khan

Please join us for a AMES & APIA 2021 CAPSTONE CONFERENCE

THE ACTORS ARENA is a two-part master class series that educates on the ins and outs of pursuing a successful professional career in acting. April 27 & 29, 7-9pm. One on one monologue coaching available on a limited basis.

In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, the Arabic dept. is hosting a reading of Iraqi poetry and music. 

A conversation with Eric Han and Tomoyuki Sasaki about the ongoing "comfort women" controversy. Please RSVP for the Zoom link.