Dr. Amy Bhatt examines how family formation, marriage and reproduction allow temporary Indian migrants to make claims on the U.S. state even though they are classified as "non-immigrant" workers who are expected to return to their home country of India. Using ethnographic and online evidence, Dr. Bhatt examines how reproduction becomes a strategy for renegotiating the value of national citizenship in the face of neoliberal immigration and labor policies.
Read MoreThis forum includes prominent community activists who seek to bring
attention to pressing Asian American issues through the media arts.
In the Spring 2011 semester, UMCP AAST continued to build on the relationship with the Smithsonian by encouraging students in Prof. Nash's Asian American Oral History class to conduct interviews of APAs and others that could be used by scholars who were developing the 2011 Folklife Festival.
Read MoreThe AAST banquet was held on April 28, 2011, where the recipients of the 2011 AAST Scholarships were awarded. The night was a great success and would have not been possible without the support of those in attendance. Special thanks are due to the AAST Scholarship Committee, the benefactors, and the students who applied.
Read MoreIn January 2011, Lisa Rose Mar was invited to talk about her book Brokering Belonging at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. During her visit to Canada, the Sing Tao Daily News printed a feature interview with Dr. Mar about Brokering Belonging. Oxford University Press has also published a new searchable database edition of Brokering Belonging in its digital book collection, Oxford Scholarship On-Line.
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