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On the Same Page presents: Asian Americans in Hollywood

Event: Panel Discussion Venue: UC Berkeley Campus, Zoom Webinar (details coming soon) Panelist/Discussants: Celia Au, Actress and filmmaker; Kelvin Han Yee, Actor; Perry Yung, Actor and musician Moderators: SanSanKwan, Professor; Philip Kan Gotanda, Professor Sponsor: On the Same Page Celia Au, Kelvin Han Yee, and Perry Yung discuss their experiences as Asian Americans in Hollywood. Moderated by SanSan Kwan, Professor of ... Read moreOn the Same Page presents: Asian Americans in Hollywood

Preventing Erasure: How the Angel Island Immigration Station Was Saved

Location: Osher Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Ed Tepporn, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Angel Island in San Francisco Bay is a crucial spot marking the history of exclusionary, race-based immigration policy. Its immigration station has sometimes been called “the Ellis Island of the West.”  But Angel Island was ... Read morePreventing Erasure: How the Angel Island Immigration Station Was Saved

[Author] Andrew M. Shanken in Conversation with Paul Farber

Architecture scholar Andrew Shanken discusses his new book, "The Everyday Life of Memorials," with Paul Farber, director of Monument Lab. This event is virtual only. Click here to register. From the publisher: "Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just as often, they are understood as sites of political ... Read more[Author] Andrew M. Shanken in Conversation with Paul Farber

See Us: Portraits of Community in the Exclusion Era by Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

Location: Osher Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) (note: this talk will not be live-streamed or recorded) ShiPu Wang, Professor and Coats Endowed Chair in the Arts, UC Merced, and Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryIn Conversation with Atreyee Gupta, Assistant Professor of Global Modern Art and South and Southeast Asian ... Read moreSee Us: Portraits of Community in the Exclusion Era by Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

Border-thinking Through Wartime Incarceration Environments

Location: Zoom Webinar *Note: This talk will be available only via webinar and will not be held in person. Lynne Horiuchi, Architectural Historian  Anoma Pieris, Professor of Architecture, Melbourne School of Design Anoma Pieris and Lynne Horiuchi will talk about their new book, The Architecture of Confinement: Incarceration Camps and the Pacific War. The design ... Read moreBorder-thinking Through Wartime Incarceration Environments

[On the Same Page] Chinatown in Translation: Scholars in Conversation

This panel discussion will feature Andrew Way Leong, Professor of English, UC Berkeley; Shan Te-hsing, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica; Harvey Dong, Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley; Khatharya Um, Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley.This event is a part of On the Same Page, UC Berkeley’s way of welcoming ... Read more[On the Same Page] Chinatown in Translation: Scholars in Conversation

Rooted in Place: Radical South Asian Storytelling Blooms in Berkeley

Location: Osha Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Barnali Ghosh, Artist, Community Activist, and Designer Barnali Ghosh will talk about creating the award-winning Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, part of a growing movement of activist-led, place-based storytelling. She and partner Anirvan Chatterjee have led thousands of people through walks on ... Read moreRooted in Place: Radical South Asian Storytelling Blooms in Berkeley

[Forum] The Latinx Forum on Democracy, Migration, Health & Wellbeing

Presented by the School of Social Welfare Annual Forum on Social Justice The Latinx Forum on Democracy, Migration, Health & WellbeingOctober 13 8:30-5,October 14 8:30-12:00International House (I-House), UC Berkeley Campus Featured speakers will be: Margarita Alegría, David Hayes Bautista, Maria Hinojosa, John Perez, and Somos Esenciales Project. The overarching goal of the School of Social Welfare’s ... Read more[Forum] The Latinx Forum on Democracy, Migration, Health & Wellbeing

Rethinking Place in Asian American Histories of the United States

Location: Osher Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Catherine Ceniza Choy, Professor, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley Catherine Ceniza Choy will discuss her new book, Asian American Histories of the United States, in which she argues that Asian American experiences are essential to any understanding of US history and ... Read moreRethinking Place in Asian American Histories of the United States

[On The Same Page] On the Same Page x Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) present: San Francisco Chinatown Walking Tour

On this tour, participants will learn the ways in which Chinatown has always been, and often still continues to be, its own independent, self-sufficient community. Participants will look at several historical institutions in Chinatown and the impact that they have on the neighborhood today. We will begin with a one-hour walking tour of Chinatown (11:00 ... Read more[On The Same Page] On the Same Page x Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) present: San Francisco Chinatown Walking Tour

Illegal: the Theater of the Angel Island Immigration Station’s Paper Sons

Location: Osher Theater, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Skyler Chin and Sita Sunil, Playwrights of Illegal Jeffrey Lo, Director of The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin; Playwright One island, two plays: Skyler Chin and Sita Sunil will discuss their new musical Illegal with Filipino-American playwright Jeffrey Lo, who recently directed The Paper Dreams ... Read moreIllegal: the Theater of the Angel Island Immigration Station’s Paper Sons

Illegal: A New Musical Concert Presentation

Location: Angel Island Immigration Station Detention Barracks, on Angel IslandPresented by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Join us for a concert presentation of ILLEGAL, a new musical created and performed by Skyler Chin, co-composed by Sita Sunil, and featuring Catherine Gloria. The show is inspired by family secrets and poetry etched into the walls ... Read moreIllegal: A New Musical Concert Presentation