October 29, 2021
AASiA hosts an archival workshop to delve into the archived histories of organizations like AASiA, BSU, student of color protests, VISTA, the Indigenous Studies Movement, and more.
January 22, 2022
On this date, members of the Asian American Studies Movement collaborated with VISTA, Williams’ Latinx affinity organization, to organize a teach-in about Ethnic Studies at Williams College.
March 7, 2022
The WSU March Newsletter features two of AASiA’s new Spring events:
1) How To Be Asian/Asian American 101 — an extension of a Free University course sponsored by AASiA to offer a space to politicize Asian/Asian American students by facilitating dialogue about our radicalized experiences.
2) Cooking with AASiA! — an opportunity to build community over home dorm-cooked Asian foods.
March 7, 2022
AASiA hosts its first Cooking with AASiA! event and makes fried rice.
February 9, 2022
Professor Dorothy Wang, who is Chairing the hiring committee of a junior Asian Americanist professor, emails AASiA about the ongoing Asian Americanist search. The committee moves onto scheduling a job talk with Professor Kelly Chung, who had taught at Williams College in the WGSS department as a visiting professor in the past. With raving reviews, she came to Williams to have a faculty lunch with students, followed with a job talk later that afternoon, and was hired on March 4 the following month.
April 2022
Depicted is AASiA’s Heritage Month event schedule for May 2022, featuring collaborations with other Asian cultural organizations on campus to celebrate Asian/Asian American presence, culture, and heritage.
April 18, 2022
The Asian American Studies Movement at Williams College suffers several losses at the end of the academic semester. Professor Scott Wong in the History department teaches his last semester at Williams before retiring, teaching classes like “The Legal History of Asian America.” Professor Vivian Huang in the WGSS department teaches their last class “Feeling Queer and Asian” before announcing their leave to San Francisco. Professor Franny Choi, a visiting professor in the English department, teaches her last poetry workshop class. However, the History department announces its commitment to hire another Asian Americanist professor to replace Professor Scott Wong.
