Department of Asian American Studies records (University of California, Irvine), 1994-2009

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Summary

Title:
University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies records
Dates:
1994-2009
Creators:
University of California, Irvine. Department of Asian American Studies
Abstract:
This collection comprises the records of the University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies. The Department of Asian American Studies was founded out of student activism in the early 1990s and offers an undergraduate major, minor, the country's first 4+1 B.A./M.A. program, and a graduate emphasis in the School of Humanities. The records include physical and digital materials pertaining to the first years of the department. It includes administrative documents pertaining to the establishment of the Asian American Studies major, minor, and masters; departmental five year plans; full time equivalent (FTE) requests; department course listings; student publications; and outreach events.
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (1 records carton) and 15.8 Megabytes (52 digital files)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies records. AS-201. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises the records of the University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies. The Department of Asian American Studies was founded out of student activism in the early 1990s and offers an undergraduate major, minor, the country's first 4+1 B.A./M.A. program, and a graduate emphasis in the School of Humanities. The records include physical and digital materials pertaining to the first years of the department. It includes administrative documents pertaining to the establishment of the Asian American Studies major, minor, and masters; departmental five year plans; full time equivalent (FTE) requests; department course listings; student publications; and outreach events.

Biographical / historical:

The following was taken from the Department of Asian American Studies website in 2020:

The University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies was founded out of student activism in the early 1990s and offers an undergraduate major, minor, the country's first 4+1 B.A./M.A. program, and a graduate emphasis in the School of Humanities. Asian American Studies explores the intersections of race, gender, citizenship, ethnicity, and dis/ability within Asian American histories, experience, and cultural production. The Department offers more than twenty cross-disciplinary courses annually such as Asian American Community, Asian American History, Asian American Literature, Asian American Media and Music, Asian American Women, Ethnic Food & Identity, and Politics of Protest.

The campus's location in Orange County and proximity to Los Angeles invites many opportunities for students to engage in and learn about the value of community organizing and political mobilization to Asian American Studies as a field and as a diverse set of communities. The Department also works closely with the UCI Library's Southeast Asian Archive, which offers resources on the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian communities in California and throughout the United States.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from the Department of Asian American Studies, 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Sarah Glover, 2019-2020.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 4 series:

  1. Administrative files, 1996-2009. 0.5 linear feet and 3.22 megabytes
  2. Academic status, 1994-2008. 0.25 linear feet and 10.4 megabytes
  3. Correspondence, 1994. 0.178 megabytes
  4. Events and outreach, 1998, undated. 0.25 linear feet and 2 megabytes
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Glover, 2019-2020.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-10-08 13:59:38 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Researchers may request access copies to digital materials.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the University of California. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.

Preferred citation:

University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies records. AS-201. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. [Date accessed].

For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
Contact:
(949) 824-3947
spcoll@uci.libanswers.com
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