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

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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].
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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:
  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

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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 year plan 1999 March

 

5-10 year plan 2000 April

 

5 year plan 2005 January

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

 

Liu abstains 1994 June

 

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.
 

Assimilation 1998

 

Symposium - Mapping Asian American Cultural Topographies 1998

 

Theme House proposal undated

box 1, folder 15

Department brochure undated