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Department of Asian American Studies records (University of California, Irvine)
AS.201
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies records
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Department of Asian American Studies
Identifier/Call Number: AS.201
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 records carton)
Physical Description:
15.8 Megabytes
(52 digital files)
Date (inclusive): 1994-2009
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.
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research. Researchers may request access copies to digital materials.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University
Archivist.
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.
Transferred from the Department of Asian American Studies, 2019.
Processed by Sarah Glover, 2019-2020.
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.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
The collection is arranged in 4 series:
- Administrative files, 1996-2009. 0.5 linear feet and 3.22 megabytes
- Academic status, 1994-2008. 0.25 linear feet and 10.4 megabytes
- Correspondence, 1994. 0.178 megabytes
- Events and outreach, 1998, undated. 0.25 linear feet and 2 megabytes
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian Americans -- Study and teaching -- California -- Irvine
University of California, Irvine. Department of Asian American Studies