"The Center will hopefully enrich the experience of the entire university by contributing to an understanding of the long neglected history, rich cultural heritage, and present position of Asian Americans in our society."

-- from the Center Steering Committee Mission Statement, 1969

Director's Overview

Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Will Retire

UCLA AASC Gift Giving Online

Learn more about the Center? Download the UCLA Asian American Studies Center Brochure (PDF)

UCLA AAS Center Co-Founder Morgan Chu Receives UCLA Medal

AASC RESOURCES

*NEW* Download CrossCurrents: Newmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Influence of Asian American Voters Increasing in State, U.S. Elections: Awakening the New "Sleeping Giant"? Asian American Political Engagement (Download PDF)

UCLA Asian American Studies Center 2008-2009 Fellowships, Prizes, Scholarships, Internships & Research Grants

Amerasia Journal Index Search

Children of Atomic Bomb (beta)

University of California AAPI Policy Multi-Campus Research Program

American Community Survey

Notice to Acquisitions Librarians, Serials: Don't miss out on this special offer for Institutional Subscribers to Amerasia Journal

Download the AREAA and UCLA AASC National Study on Asian American Homeownership (PDF)

Research Symposium: Impacts of Welfare Reform on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) - Download the Symposium

UCLA AASC: Latest Census Reports on Asian Americans, Black Americans, and Hispanic Americans

2008 Statistical Portrait of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders (2007, 2006)

Center for EthnoCommunications

APACDDC: Information for Empowerment - UCLA AASC's U.S. Census Information Center

UCLA AASC and NCAPACD: Just Released Census Estimates of Age, Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin for States and Counties, 2000-2005

AASC List-Serv Mailing List Registration

35 Notable Accomplishments & Milestones for Asian American Studies at UCLA

WHAT'S NEWS @ THE CENTER

Thursday the 28th of August, 2008

UCLA's U.S.-China Media Brief Launches Website Featuring Experts, In-depth Policy Analysis, and Other Expanded Features (Download brief PDF)

UCLA AASC Releases 10th Edition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Directory for Los Angeles and Orange Counties

UCLA AASC Press: Amerasia Journal Publishes "Majority World": New Thinking on Post 9-11 Culture and Crisis

AASC Launches Website to Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Dr. James N. Yamazaki and The Children of the Atomic Bomb

Walter and Shirley Wang Establish First Endowed Chair and Program on US-China Relations and Chinese American Studies

K. Patrick and Lily Okura Research Grants on Asian Pacific American Mental Health for 2008-2009

New Issue of AAPI Nexus Features Research on Impact of Welfare Reform on Asian Americans

UCLA Publishes Wartime Edition of Amerasia Journal

UCLA's New National APA Political Almanac Lists Over 2,000 Asian Pacific American Elected and Appointed Officials Nationwide

Call for Papers: For 2008, AAPI Nexus will publish a special volume focusing on issues, challenges and opportunities related to the impacts of aging and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor and Employment Impact of Prop. 209

Amerasia Journal: New Issue of Amerasia Journal on "AXISing Asian American Literature"

The Other Indians: A Political and Cultural History of South Asians in America

Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama, Renowned Human Rights Activist, Wins Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award for 2004

MORE NEWS...

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES @ UCLA

Lois Takahashi Promoted to Full Professor

Professor Vinit Mukhija Receives Tenure

Professor Thu-huong Nguyen-vo Gains Tenure

Prof Thu-Huong Nguyen-vo is 2008 Recipient of the Hoshide Distinguished Teaching Prize in Asian American Studies

New Endowment for Chinese American Studies Established at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

UCLA Receives Major Gift to Establish Endowment To Study Domestic Violence and Abuse in Asian American Communities

Asian American Studies DEPARTMENT: The Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Degrees Program

Professsor Victor Bascara Receives Tenure

Professor Mitch Chang Promoted to Full Professor

Professor Grace Hong Gains Tenure in Asian American Studies and Women's Studies

UCLA Asian American Studies Department Open Positions: Part-Time Summer 2008 Lecturers (Non-Senate)

UCLA STUDENTS: Become a Free Member of the Center's Graduate and Undergraduate Student Associates Program

Donors Fund UCLA Chair on Japanese American Internment: A reception celebrates the nation's first academic chair dedicated to the topic

Graduate Concentration in Asian American Studies: Available to all graduate students at UCLA

Faculty Diversity Initiative: A proposal developed by UCLA's four Ethnic Studies Centers

Lane Hirabayashi named as UCLA's first George and Sakaye Aratani Professor of the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community

UCLA: New Faculty Member Purnima Mankekar

Dr. Keith Camacho Appointed to Faculty of the Department of Asian American Studies

UCLA Professor Marjorie Kagawa-Singer Promoted to Full Professor

Dr. Shu-mei Shih: Congratulations on the promotion to Full Professor

UCLA' s Asian American Studies Center Establishes Nation's First Endowed Chair Focusing on Japanese American Internment: Listen to the KQED radio program (click here - requires Real Player).