Community Events and Opportunities

Community Opportunities
*July 7 Deadline: Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) Call for Entries
*Sign up for Asian American Courses at Penn and Temple!

Community Opportunities:

The 1st Annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is looking for films!

Early Deadline: July 7, 2008
Final Deadline: August 11, 2008

Please submit your short or feature film now through Withoutabox.com.

Categories include:
Narrative short/feature
Documentary short/feature
Music Video
Animated short

For more info visit: www.phillyasianfilmfest.org
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 Sign up for Asian American Courses at Penn and Temple!
University of Pennsylvania Course for Fall 2008:
         
IMMIGRANTS in the U.S.
          
ASAM 230.401 Immigrants in the U.S. (Tamara Nopper)
TR 9:00 to 10:30am
Cross listed with SOCI 230
Undecided (SAS), Electives (SEAS), Electives (Wharton)

OR
        
SOCI 230-402 IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.
DIST CRS SOCIETY - CL OF 09 AND PRIOR
CROSS LISTED: ASAM-230
TR 9-10:30 NOPPER         

The purpose of this course is to evaluate the treatment, representation, and politics of immigrants in the U.S. with special consideration given to the experiences of Asian immigrants. We will begin with a discussion of immigration as it relates to the racial foundations of national identity and civil society. We will examine the experiences of many immigrant groups, Asian and non-Asian within a broader discussion of nationalism, the politics of citizenship, and what it means to be (come) “American.” To this end, we will relate “the immigrant” to 1) immigration policies; 2) the social and political landscape in which they enter and participate; 3) the legal challenges experienced once in the U.S.; 4) how they are represented and imagined in scholarship, political discourse, and popular culture; 5) their potential for assimilation; and 6) how they are situated in race relations. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from social sciences, history, cultural studies, critical race theory, and films. Due to time constraints, this course can not cover each and every immigrant group.
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Asian American Experiences at Temple University!
            
Summer Session II 2008:
      
Asian-American Experience (this class meets the Studies in Race (RS) requirement)
            
Programs: American Studies OR Asian Studies (cross-listed in both programs)  

CRN: 003771 (American Studies) OR 003785 (Asian Studies)
Mondays through Thursdays, 10:45 am-12:15 pm
Main Campus        

OR

Fall Semester 2008:
          
Asian-American Experience or Asian American History (this class meets the Studies in Race (RS) requirement)

Programs: American Studies OR Asian Studies OR History
          
CRN: 017108 (American Studies) OR 017611 (Asian Studies)
OR 019235 (History)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:40-1pm
Main Campus
     
Course Description:
         
This introductory survey analyzes commonalities and differences in the historical and contemporary experiences of Asian American ethnic groups, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, and South and Southeast Asians. It explores important ideas about the position of Asians in U.S. society, including racialization, assimilation, cultural pluralism, model minority thesis, split labor market, and internal colonialism. It begins with the arrival of the Chinese in the 1830s and ends with contemporary issues. Lectures and videos; emphasis on active student participation in learning through discussion and response papers.