Category Archives: News and Announcements

Call for Papers: Sport in Asian America

Amerasia Journal Call for Papers Sport in Asian America Guest Editors: Professor Rachael Joo (Middlebury College) and Professor Sameer Pandya (University of California, Santa Barbara) Publication Date: Summer 2015 Due Date: Paper submissions (up to 5,000 words) due August 15, … Continue reading

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Professor Valerie Matsumoto’s Book Reception, May 7, 2014

This event is free and open to the public.  Please RSVP at:  citygirls-aasc.eventbrite.com

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See Ya in San Francisco AAAS Conference

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Karen Tei Yamashita: Anime Wong Book Talk/Signing at UCLA, April 7

Amerasia Journal Editorial Board member and longtime contributor, Karen Tei Yamashita, will be presenting her latest publication Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance (published by Coffee House Press) at book talk here at UCLA on Monday, April 7th. The book talk and … Continue reading

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Latest Amerasia Journal addresses Asian American religions and racialization in the post-9/11 era

In 1996, Amerasia Journal published one of the first extended explorations of Asian American religions with the groundbreaking issue “Racial Spirits.” Eighteen years later, our new issue 40:1 “Asian American Religions in a Globalized World,” guest edited by Sylvia Chan-Malik … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Indigenous Asias

Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Indigenous Asias Guest Editors Dr. Greg Dvorak (Hitotsubashi University) and Dr. Miyume Tanji (Australian National University) Publication Date Spring 2015 Due Date Paper submissions (up to 5,000 words) due May 1, 2014 This … Continue reading

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2013-2014 Lucie Cheng Prize awarded to Jungha Kim of the University of Pennsylvania

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Jungha Kim, Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of 2013-2014 Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, … Continue reading

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Booklaunch for Amerasia 39.3, featuring Chol Soo Lee Forum

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Amerasia Journal publishes latest issue, featuring Chol Soo Lee forum

Amerasia Journal’s latest issue (39:3) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Chol Soo Lee’s release from death row with a forum that reminds Asian American Studies scholars and students of one of the first nationwide Asian American social movements. Pan-Asian, multigenerational, … Continue reading

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Asian American Studies Center Press Book Sale!

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