“Histories and Worlds Unbound” interdisciplinary symposium held in honor of Gary Okihiro

Event time: 
Friday, November 8, 2024 - 9:30am to 4:45pm
Hours of operation: 

“Worlds and Scholarship Unbound,” our 11/8 interdisciplinary symposium held in honor of Gary Okihiro, our dear colleague who sadly left us this May.  

We have reserved HQ L01 for the day where all panels will take place.  A reception will follow at the AACC at 295 Crown Street.

Please go to this link to be taken to the symposium webpage for more information.  We ask that you register through Eventbrite for the symposium in order for us to keep an accurate headcount.

Tentative Schedule

9:30am | Registration/Sign In

10:00am | Welcome

10:15am | Interlude 1

10:30am - 12:00pm  | Panel 1: Asian American Studies Then and Now

        Panelists:

  • Pawan Dhingra (Amherst College)
  • Moon-Ho Jung (University of Washington)
  • Sunnie Liu (Asian American Futures)
  • Courtney Sato (Tufts University)

       Moderator: Mary Lui

12:00 - 1:30pm | Lunch on one’s own

1:30 - 3:00pm | Panel 2: Scholarship Unbound

        Panelists:

  • Roderick Ferguson (Yale University)
  • Minh Vu (Yale University)
  • Erica Edwards (Yale University)
  • Chandan Reddy  (University of Washington)

       Moderator: Lisa Lowe

3:00 - 3:15pm | Interlude 2

3:15 - 4:45pm | Panel 3: Third World Studies

       Panelists:

  • Natalie Diaz (Arizona State University)
  • Janis Jin (Yale University)
  • Kyle Kajihiro (University of Hawai’i at Manoa) 
  • Manu Karuka (Barnard College)

      Moderator: Daniel Hosang

5:00 - 6:30pm | Reception and Memorial at AACC and Gary Y. Okihiro Library

Location: 
HQ L01 See map