Asian American Research Center

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Launched in 2020, the Asian American Research Center at UC Berkeley is a preeminent research center for the study of Asian Americans/Asian diasporas in national, hemispheric, and global contexts. It brings together a vibrant, innovative, and dynamic assemblage of scholars, researchers, policy-makers, community organizers, and cultural producers to address a multiplicity of interests and concerns. The Center works to raise public awareness of Asian American/diaspora issues and advance cutting-edge research, develop innovative curricula, and promote community-campus engagement.

News

Welcoming Lok Siu as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

September 25, 2023

Lok Siu, chair of the Asian American Research Center, has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at UC Berkeley. Her new term will begin in January 2024; she will serve as the point...Read more about Welcoming Lok Siu as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

On the Brink of the Terracene

August 28, 2023

In the new book Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics (Duke University Press), Asian American Research Center faculty affiliate Salar Mameni theorizes the emergence of the Terracene: a period...Read more about On the Brink of the Terracene

Citizenship, Race, and Disease

July 28, 2023

Asian American Research Center Graduate Student Joshua Acosta is the author of an essay for Nursing Clio, a venue for histories of medicine, race, and gender. "...Read more about Citizenship, Race, and Disease

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