ASNAMST 59: Introduction to Asian American History (HISTORY 59)
(Same as
HISTORY 159. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 159.) The historical experience of people of Asian ancestry in the U.S. Immigration, labor, community formation, family, culture and identity, and contemporary social and political controversies. Readings: interpretative texts, primary material, and historical fiction.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
ASNAMST 100C: EAST House Seminar: Current Issues and Debates in Education (EDUC 100C)
Education and Society Theme (EAST) House seminar. In fall quarter, faculty from around the University discuss the latest issues and research related to education. In winter quarter, current issues in international and comparative education, particularly in developing countries, are explored. In the spring, the seminar revolves around race and ethnicity, political activism, and higher education. Through an examination of these topics, students are able to share and develop their varied interests in educational research, policy, and practice.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Wotipka, C. (PI)
ASNAMST 112: Public Archaeology: Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project (ANTHRO 112, ANTHRO 212)
This internship-style course centers on the practice and theory of historical archaeology research and interpretation through a focused study of San Jose¿s historic Chinese communities. The course includes classroom lectures, seminar discussion, laboratory analysis of historic artifacts, and participation in public archaeology events. Course themes include immigration, urbanization, material culture, landscape, transnational identities, race and ethnicity, gender, cultural resource management, public history, and heritage politics. The course includes required lab sections, field trips, and public service. Transportation will be provided for off-site activities.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 15 units total)
Instructors:
Voss, B. (PI)
ASNAMST 144: Transforming Self and Systems: Crossing Borders of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and Class (CSRE 144)
An exploration of crossing borders within ourselves, and between ¿us¿ and ¿them¿ through the following questions: How is understanding the self tied to understanding others? What does the ¿personal is political¿ mean for us? How can our personal identity struggles have meaning beyond the self? How does ¿synergistic consciousness¿ move us toward meaning, balance, connectedness, and wholeness? What knowledge comes from the heart? How does self healing lead to community healing? Can ¿victims¿ claim agency? How does contemplation lead to action? What is a narrative construction of reality? In a learning community, we will engage these questions through group process, journaling, reading, drama, creative writing, and storytelling.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 146S: Asian American Culture and Community (AMSTUD 146, COMPLIT 146, CSRE 146S)
An examination of the history, art and culture of Vietnamese Americans, and their contemporary experiences in the South Bay. The course will combine in-class learning with a major conference featuring prominent artists and scholars on the Vietnamese Diasporic community. A service learning component requires community work at a service organization in San Jose. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center). Course can be repeated once.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 10 units total)
Instructors:
Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
ASNAMST 161: Asian American Immigration and Health
Employing a critical medical anthropological approach, this course focuses on the health of Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants to the United States. This course explores the construction of the Asian immigrant in biomedical discourse and governmental policies. Beginning with an historical study of Asian immigrants as feared sources of disease and contagion, this course addresses the impact of immigration status, language, health beliefs, gender, age, and definitions of community on health programs and policies.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Lee, S. (PI)
ASNAMST 200R: Directed Research
May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
ASNAMST 200W: Directed Reading
(Staff)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
;
Lee, S. (PI)
;
Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
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Instructors:
Chang, G. (PI)
;
Lee, S. (PI)
;
Murphy-Shigematsu, S. (PI)
;
Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)
;
Sohn, S. (PI)
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Wotipka, C. (PI)
ASNAMST 295F: Race and Ethnicity in East Asia (HISTORY 295F, HISTORY 395F)
Historical, cultural, political and theoretical perspectives. Commonly misunderstood as an ethnically homogeneous country, the People's Republic of China is home to 55 officially recognized minority groups, many of whom inhabit the strategic border regions of the country. How similar assumptions of ethnic and racial homogeneity in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea are being reexamined by scholars in disciplines including anthropology, history, and political science.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Mullaney, T. (PI)
ASNAMST 74N: Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary American Fiction: Boundaries and Border Crossings
The question of "place" and "locality" in studies of identity and racial formation. Goal is to engage and examine texts with a critical eye both toward the social contexts represented and to the imaginative aesthetic techniques that American writers of color offer to bring their fictional worlds to life. Theme of border hopping and boundary crossing in works by authors including Charles Johnson, Toni Morrison, Alejandro Morales, Julie Otsuka, Stephen Graham Jones, and Lan Samantha Chang.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
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