"The Center will hopefully enrich the experience of the entire university by contributing to an understanding of the long neglected history, rich cultural heritage, and present position of Asian Americans in our society."

-- from the Center Steering Committee Mission Statement, 1969

Director's Overview

UCLA AASC Gift Giving Online

Learn more about the Center? Download the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Brochure (PDF)

AASC RESOURCES

*NEW* Download CrossCurrents: Newmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

UCLA Asian American Studies Center 2008-2009 Fellowships, Prizes, Scholarships, Internships & Research Grants

Amerasia Journal Index Search

Children of Atomic Bomb (beta)

University of California AAPI Policy Multi-Campus Research Program

American Community Survey

Notice to Acquisitions Librarians, Serials: Don't miss out on this special offer for Institutional Subscribers to Amerasia Journal

Download the AREAA and UCLA AASC National Study on Asian American Homeownership (PDF)

Research Symposium: Impacts of Welfare Reform on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) - Download the Symposium

UCLA AASC: Latest Census Reports on Asian Americans, Black Americans, and Hispanic Americans

2007 Statistical Portrait of the Nation's Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Populations

2006 Statistical Portrait of the Nation's Asian and Pacific Islander Populations

Center for EthnoCommunications

APACDDC: Information for Empowerment - UCLA AASC's U.S. Census Information Center

AASC List-Serv Mailing List Registration

35 Notable Accomplishments & Milestones for Asian American Studies at UCLA

WHAT'S NEWS @ THE CENTER

Friday the 9th of May, 2008

K. Patrick and Lily Okura Research Grants on Asian Pacific American Mental Health for 2008-2009

Nominations accepted for the Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize

El México mas Cercano a Japón: This 50-minute video documentary reveals a rather unknown history of the Japanese community in Tijuana that has existed since the 1920s

UCLA: 2008 Statistical Portrait of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders

UCLA Receives Major Gift to Establish Endowment To Study Domestic Violence and Abuse in Asian American Communities

New Issue of AAPI Nexus Features Research on Impact of Welfare Reform on Asian Americans

Walter and Shirley Wang Establish First Endowed Chair and Program on US-China Relations and Chinese American Studies

UCLA Publishes Wartime Edition of Amerasia Journal

UCLA's New National APA Political Almanac Lists Over 2,000 Asian Pacific American Elected and Appointed Officials Nationwide

Call for Papers: For 2008, AAPI Nexus will publish a special volume focusing on issues, challenges and opportunities related to the impacts of aging and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

The Other Indians: A Political and Cultural History of South Asians in America

UCLA Amerasia Journal Publishes: Pacific Canada: Beyond the 49th Parallel

New Endowment for Chinese American Studies Established at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor and Employment Impact of Prop. 209

New issue of UCLA's AAPI Nexus explores Art and Cultural Institutions

UCLA AAS Center Co-Founder Morgan Chu To Receive UCLA Medal

L. Ling-chi Wang: Quintessential Scholar-Activist: First Collection of Writings published by UCLA Amerasia Journal: Book Signing and Award Ceremony at Upcoming AAAS Conference

Amerasia Journal: New Issue of Amerasia Journal on "AXISing Asian American Literature"

New Issue of AAPI Nexus on "Beyond the 'Whiz Kid' - Stereotype: New Research on Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth"

Thirty Years After Vietnam: UCLA's Amerasia Journal Publishes Commemorative Issue

UCLA and UC AAPI: New Study on "Asian Americans Called the New  'Sleeping Giant' in California Politics"

The UCLA AASC Press Publishes New Research on Employment/Work Issues of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

UCLA AASC and NCAPACD: Just Released Census Estimates of Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin for States and Counties, 2000-2005

Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama, Renowned Human Rights Activist, Wins Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for 2004

MORE NEWS...

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES @ UCLA

Asian American Studies DEPARTMENT: The Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Degrees Program

Professsor Victor Bascara Receives Tenure

Professor Mitch Chang Promoted to Full Professor

Professor Grace Hong Gains Tenure in Asian American Studies and Women's Studies

UCLA Asian American Studies Department Open Positions: Part-Time Summer 2008 Lecturers (Non-Senate)

UCLA STUDENTS: Become a Free Member of the Center's Graduate and Undergraduate Student Associates Program

Donors Fund UCLA Chair on Japanese American Internment: A reception celebrates the nation's first academic chair dedicated to the topic

Graduate Concentration in Asian American Studies: Available to all graduate students at UCLA

Faculty Diversity Initiative: A proposal developed by UCLA's four Ethnic Studies Centers

2007-2008 Research Grant Program in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at UCLA

2007-2008 Graduate and Predoctoral Fellowship Program in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies: UCLA Institute of American Cultures

2007-2008 Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies at UCLA

Lane Hirabayashi named as UCLA's first George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community

UCLA: New Faculty Member Purnima Mankekar

Dr. Keith Camacho Appointed to Faculty of the Department of Asian American Studies

UCLA Professor Marjorie Kagawa-Singer Promoted to Full Professor

Dr. Shu-mei Shih: Congratulations on the promotion to Full Professor

Spotlights have shined recently on faculty of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center for good reasons and very disturbing ones

UCLA' s Asian American Studies Center Establishes Nation's First Endowed Chair Focusing on Japanese American Internment: Listen to the KQED radio program (click here - requires Real Player).