Amidst Pandemic and Racial Upheaval: Where Asian Americans Fit

291 Saint Botolph Street,Boston MA 02115

07 October, 2021

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You are invited to join the Northeastern University Asian Studies Program for the university-wide speaker series, Asia America and the World This is a hybrid event, registration is required. Please register in person only if you are fairly certain you can attend in person due to limited capacity. Be prepared to show your ticket at the door. You are invited to join the Northeastern University Asian Studies Program for the second speaker in the series, Dr. Jane Junn, who will be giving the talk "Amidst Pandemic and Racial Upheaval: Where Asian Americans Fit." Jane Junn is Associates Chair in Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science and Gender/Sexuality Studies at the University of Southern California. The event will be held on the 17th Floor of East Village Residence Hall. 291 St Botolph St, Boston, MA. This new, university-wide series is called Asia, America and the World. The recent upsurge in anti-Asian violence and bigotry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted renewed attention on a long-standing problem. This inaugural series invites a diverse slate of scholars from different disciplines—history, sociology, political science, and anthropology—to address critical issues confronting Asian American communities from a global or transnational perspective. The series is part of Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun’s Action Plan exploring ways to bring Asian American Studies to Northeastern. Please also join us for our next speaker in the series, Dr. Dada Docot. Dr. Docot's talk will take place on Thursday, October 28th at 6:00 PM and titled "Extraordinary Precarities: Overseas Filipino Workers During Pandemic Times " Register here.