University of California, Irvine, Department of Asian American Studies records AS.201
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Glover, 2019-2020.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2020
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
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
Related materials are found in the following 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
Administrative files Series 1.
1994-2009
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet(13 folders)
Physical Description: 3.22 Megabytes(12 digital files)
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of administrative files pertaining to the first years of the department such as space and capital planning
and 5 year plans, as well as later 5 and 10 year plans, a review of the department, minutes of meetings, and full-time equivalent
(FTE) requests.
box 1, folder 1
Space/capital planning
1994-1998
5 year plan
1998 November
5-10 year plan
2000 April
box 1, folder 2
School of Humanities 5 year plan
2005
box 1, folder 3
Official 5 year plan documents
2005-2006
Follow up review of Department of Asian American Studies
2007 December
Revised 5 year plan
2009 June
box 1, folder 4-13
Meeting minutes
1996-2007
Full-time equivalent (FTE) requests
1999-2008
Academic status Series 2.
1994-2008
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Physical Description: 10.4 Megabytes(32 digital files)
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of files related to the academic status of the Department of Asian American Studies including a departmental
proposal, graduate emphasis, course lissts, and the the establishment of the Asian American Studies major, minor, and masters,
and PhD in Gender, Ethnicities, & Culture.
Departmental proposal
2001 April
Graduate emphasis
1999, 2008, undated
box 1, folder 14
List of courses
1994-1995
Major - Asian American Studies
1996-1999
Master - Asian American Studies
2000, undated
Minor - Asian American Studies
1994-1998, undated
PhD in Gender, Ethnicities, & Culture
1996 September
Correspondence Series 3.
1994
Physical Description: 0.178 Megabytes(2 digital files)
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of correspondence related to the establishment of the Department of Asian American Studies.
Reorganization of AA Interdisciplinary Program
1994 February
Events and outreach Series 4.
1998, undated
Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet(1 folder)
Physical Description: 2 Megabytes(6 digital files)
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of files related to events and outreach organized by the Department of Asian American Studies.
Symposium - Mapping Asian American Cultural Topographies
1998
Theme House proposal
undated
box 1, folder 15
Department brochure
undated
