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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
.
Access
The collection is open for research. Researchers may request access copies to digital materials.
Publication Rights
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.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Department of
Asian
American
Studies, 2019.
Processing History
Processed by Sarah Glover, 2019-2020.
Historical Background
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.
Collection Arrangement
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
Related Collections
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian
Americans
-- Study and teaching -- California -- Irvine
University of California, Irvine. Department of
Asian
American
Studies