Marxism and Asian American Studies: Past and Present

Schedule

Fri Dec 05 2025 at 09:00 am to 06:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Wheeler Hall | Berkeley, CA

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This conference asks: How did Marxism leave its imprint on Asian American studies?
About this Event

During the late 1960s and 1970s, Third World Marxism was at the center of Asian American Studies. But today, the history of Asian American left critiques of capitalism, racism, and imperialism has largely been forgotten. This conference asks: How did Marxism leave its imprint on Asian American studies? How can we rethink the relationship between theory and practice for the 21st century—a time of intensifying class contradictions within Asian American communities, surging domestic and international fascism, and growing mass movements?


Conveners : Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Cynthia Gao, and Colleen Lye

Speakers: Sarika Chandra, Chris Chen, Harvey Dong, Diane Fujino, Estella Habal, Marlene Kim, Scott Kurashige, Promise Li, Steve Louie, Crystal Luo, Alden Sajor Marte-Wood, Paul Nadal, Bruce Occena, Mark Tseng-Putterman, David Song, JM Wong

When it is ready, the conference program will be posted on the website.

The event will take place in the Maud Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley


Sponsored by: Asian American Research Center

Co-sponsored by: Department of English, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Transpacific and Asian American Studies Colloquium, the Robert Haas Chair

Image: “Salmon Eyes,” by Pam Tau Lee.

The venue is ADA-accessible. For more information or if you require an accommodation to make this event accessible to you, please contact [email protected] with as much notice as possible and at least 7 days in advance of the event.

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