Interested in doing research over the summer but don’t know where to start? Join us in this workshop to learn about how to find summer research opportunities and UConn and beyond.

The History Department hosts Wednesday Workshops several times throughout the semester to further scholarly dialogue among graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. In the form of a brownbag lunch, the speaker presents their research-in-progress and then engages in a Q&A with the audience. 

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How did a philosopher of logic get involved in building an Asian American Center at a Public Research 1 University and in getting Asian American Philosophy within the American Philosophical Association? This lecture will tell this unlikely story through a docu-memoir of photos, film, music, and meetings with remarkable history makers. How can the critical lenses of Asian American history, culture, politics, and philosophy help us to imagine fresh possibilities and cultivate hope for the future for our nation?

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                                                                                                                                       As global displacement continues to rise, so too will the field of refugee literature continue to expand into new directions. Literature serves as a consistently powerful medium for capturing the intricacies of refugee experiences and transcending the often reductive rhetoric of mainstream discourse that tends to reduce refugees to stereotypes of victim or criminal. For decades, the field of refugee literature has embraced narratives that highlight the multifaceted nature of the refugee figure while providing a means for refugees to explore and reclaim their own histories. This lecture will investigate these possibilities by analyzing the political and aesthetic intersections within refugee literature. We will look at narrative examples that demonstrate the complexities of refugee memory work and how writers and artists can go beyond the limits of language to create resonant connections between reader and text. Together, we will examine these connections and their creative potential for combating identity erasure, bearing historical witness, and serving as alternative forms of archive for survival migrants.

Harvard University bestowed upon Kurt Gödel an honorary doctorate “for the discovery of the most significant mathematical truth of the century.” John von Neumann regarded him as the greatest “logician since Aristotle,” the only mathematician who was “absolutely irreplaceable.” His friend Einstein liked to say that eh went to the Institute of Advanced Studies “um das Privileg zu haben, mit Gödel zu Fuss nach Hause gehen zu dürfen.” This talk reports on progress made toward using animated logic puzzles, AI, and digital pedagogy to introduce a new generation to Gödel’s Theorems. 

Their art activism works to tackle social issues through various projects like performances, videos, photography, graphics, and writing. Focusing on feminism for the younger generation of East Asians, they aim make society more equal.

Please come enjoy a lecture by the Tomorrow Girls Troop discussing their art activism and how it impacts the younger generation of East Asians.

Please come support the Tomorrow Girls Troop as they give a performance on activism and feminism related to the Comfort Women in East Asia.

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Interested in doing research over the summer but don’t know where to start? Join us in this workshop to learn about how to find summer research opportunities and UConn and beyond.

Our mission is to create a space where participants can explore the challenges of assimilation, reclaim their narratives, and embrace the diversity within the pan-ethnic Asian American experience. We encourage participants to be visible with their hyphenated identities, cultivating pride and agency in their multifaceted journeys. Through thought-provoking discussions, interactive sessions, and collaborative engagement, we aim to inspire pride, agency, and deeper connections that strengthen the sense of community and shared purpose in redefining what it means to be Asian American today.