Come hear Professor James Lin, Associate Professor of History and Chair of Taiwan Studies, University of Washington, Seattle share highlights from his new book, which was recently recognized by the Agricultural History Society with the Henry A. Wallace Award
Boba Liberalism & Peking Duck: Are fine-dining Chinese restaurants part of the Asian American movement?
Epitomized in media like Crazy Rich Asians, boba liberalism diverges from the radical roots of the 1960’s and 1970’s Asian American Movement. Asian American cuisine has largely remained the domain of “boba liberals.” This talk contrasts the career of one such “boba liberal” restauranteur, Cecilia Chiang (1920-2020), with those of her workers. Chiang operated San Francisco’s first fine-dining Chinese restaurant, The Mandarin.
May Ayim's Quotidian Intellectualism in Praxis: Guest Lecture with Dr. Tiffany Florvil
The Department of German Studies, with generous co-sponsorship from the African American Studies Program, Gender & Queer Studies Program, Department of History, and Interdisciplinary Humanities Emphasis, and with support from the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities are very honored to welcome Dr. Tiffany Florvil, award-winning scholar and Associate Professor of 20th-century European Women’s and Gender History at the University of New Mexico, to campus on October 15!
Slave Rebellions and the Making of the Modern Prison: “What are the ghosts of slavery that still haunt us?”
Guest lecture with Dr. Sean Kim Butorac, Assistant Professor of Politics, Fairfield University. Reception at 4:30 p.m. in Wyatt Atrium and lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Wyatt 109. Everyone is welcome to join us!
Dr. Adam Goodman - The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants
Dr. Adam Goodman (History, University of Illinois Chicago) will be presenting on his book, The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. Published by Princeton University Press, Goodman’s text is an analysis of the mechanisms, bureaucracies, and historical figures that have led to well over 50 million deportations dating back to the late nineteenth century.
Lecture: LORI MATSUKAWA
LORI MATSUKAWA is known to most households in the greater Northwest as a longtime journalist and anchor of Seattle's NBC affiliate, KING 5. She also has a new book Being There: A Memoir of an Asian American Journalist, and she'll talk about those experiences, moderated by KNKX/NPR's Lisa Brooks. Presened by ASUPS Student Programs/Lectures
Brains in Tandem: On the Role of Humanists in Neuroscience with Prof. Tim Brown (UW School of Medicine)
"Wait… humanists in neuroscience labs? Won’t they stifle innovation by asking too many questions? Wouldn’t the scientists just use them for ethics-washing? Prof. Tim Brown argues against a “compliance” model of embedding humanists in the sciences, where humanists police scientists into behaving responsibly. Instead, he proposes an “investigative” model, where open questions in both the sciences and humanities require deep, collaborative research to answer. Prof. Brown will draw from first-hand experiences as a philosopher embedded within teams of neuroscientists."
Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China: Buyi & the Paradox of Difference
Date/Time/Location: Thursday September 24 @ 4 p.m., Murray Boardroom (Wheelock 106/108)
SOAN Culture & Society 2026-27 Discussion Series
Ethnic Branding in Contemporary China: Buyi and the Paradox of Difference
A book talk by Prof. Yu Luo, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Suzanne Wilson Barnett Chair in Contemporary China Studies, followed by Q&A