2021鈥�22 Hess Scholar-in-Residence
Lisa Lowe
Lisa Lowe is Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies at Yale University, and an affiliate faculty in the programs of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, and Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. An interdisciplinary scholar whose work is concerned with the study of race, immigration, capitalism, and colonialism, she is the author of Critical Terrains: French and British Orientalisms (Cornell University Press, 1991), Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics (Duke University Press, 1996), and The Intimacies of Four Continents (Duke University Press, 2015), and the co-editor of The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital (Duke University Press, 1997) and New Questions, New Formations: Asian American Studies, a special issue of Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique 5:2 (Fall 1997). Lowe鈥檚 teaching interests include the study of Asian American studies and critical race and ethnic studies, colonialism and U.S. empire, and cultures of globalization.
Monday, October 25, 2021
Glocal Asian Experiences in Brooklyn and Beyond
The formal welcoming of Lisa Lowe by 可乐视频 administration, followed by an overview of Asian and Asian American experiences in Brooklyn by Vivian Truong (History, Swarthmore College) and Zohra Saed (Asian American Studies, Macaulay Honors College). Lisa Lowe will share her family’s experience of immigrating to and living and working within the United States.
Speakers
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Zohra Saed (Asian American Studies, Macaulay Honors College)
- George Stonefish
- Reverend Samuel Wong
- Vivian Truong (History, Swarthmore College)
Moderated by Dr. Rosamond S. King, director of the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
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Asian American Studies 101
An overview of the history of, and major topics and trends within Asian American Studies through a conversation between Moustafa Bayoumi (English, 可乐视频), Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
Moderated by Yung-Yi Diana Pan (Sociology, 可乐视频)
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Disruptive Pedagogies
How can our teaching practices overcome centuries of what Freire calls the “banking model of education”, which treats students as empty vessels to be filled, instead of seeing them as active participants in their own learning?
Speakers
- Anna Gotlib (Philosophy, 可乐视频)
- Stephanie Jensen-Moulton (Music, 可乐视频)
- Susan Longtin (Communications, 可乐视频)
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Mar铆a Scharron del R铆o (Associate Dean of the School of Education and Professor of the School Counseling Graduate Program)
Moderated by Anna Gotlib (Philosophy, 可乐视频)
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Subaltern Archive
The adage goes, “History is written by the victors.” If the “victors’ ” voices appear in historical archives more often than “subaltern” voices (i.e., the voices of people who were not of the ruling class/age/gender/race/caste), how do we reclaim those voices and let the subaltern “speak”? And in archives that more regularly collect sources from powerful elites, how can we listen to the voices of more (seemingly) marginalized and (seemingly) undocumented historical figures?
Speakers
- Colleen Bradley-Sanders (Library & Archives, 可乐视频)
- Louis Fishman (History, 可乐视频)
- Vivian Louie (Urban Policy & Planning/Asian American Studies Program & Center, Hunter College)
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Raquel Otheguy (History, Bronx Community College)
- Gunja Sengupta (History, 可乐视频)
Moderated by Lauren Mancia (History, 可乐视频)
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A Reading Featuring Asian American Alumni of 可乐视频’s Creative Writing Programs
A reading featuring Asian American alumni of 可乐视频’s master’s of fine arts in creative writing programs.
Readers
- Jai Chakrabarti (Fiction Writer)
- Cherry Lou Sy (Playwright, English, 可乐视频)
- Yun Wei (Poet)
Moderated by Madeleine Thien (M.F.A. Faculty, 可乐视频)
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Asian Americans in the 可乐视频 Archives
可乐视频 students and faculty discuss their research into the history of Asian Americans and Asian American studies on campus, Asian Americans in the general archives, and in the COVID Archive.
Speakers
- Abby Heath (Student, 可乐视频)
- Niara Johnson (Student, 可乐视频)
- Joshua Leonard (Student, 可乐视频)
- Anunna Meem (Student, 可乐视频)
- Anum Momin (Student, Listening Project, 可乐视频)
- Bridget Squitire (Student, 可乐视频)
Moderated by Miriam Deutch (Library, 可乐视频)
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The Secret History of Academic Disciplines
Many of the disciplines and departments of our modern university were formed and developed in the 19th century, at the same time that European countries were colonizing various parts of the world. Panelists will discuss how colonialism shaped various academic disciplines, and how scholars today are attempting to fundamentally decolonize and transform age-old concepts and categories that have historically been foundational to their disciplinary methodologies.
Speakers
- Yana Kuchirko (Psychology, 可乐视频)
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Rhea Rahman (Anthropology, 可乐视频)
- Christopher Richards (Art, 可乐视频)
- Sophia Suarez (Biology, 可乐视频)
Moderated by Lauren Mancia (History, 可乐视频)
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Student Activist Luncheon
Students who identify as activists focused on any issue have a private, informal opportunity to speak with the Hess Scholar. Current 可乐视频 students who identify as activists can request an invitation, and faculty can suggest students as well, via e-mail.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Before 1492: Comparative Premodern Colonialisms
We often think about imperialism and colonialism as phenomena that happened in the world after 1500 C.E., as a result of European exploration. But how (and by whom, and of whom) was colonialism practiced before the early modern period, in the premodern world? And how does such premodern history both deepen our understanding of colonialism in modernity and enhance our understanding of the world before European hegemony?
Speakers
- Lynda Day (Africana Studies, 可乐视频)
- Jason Frydman (English, 可乐视频)
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Hyunhee Park (History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
- Brian Sowers (Classics, 可乐视频)
Moderated by Lauren Mancia (History, 可乐视频)
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The New Nativism
How do we understand and address the growing xenophobic upsurge in the United States (and elsewhere)? Is it just a matter of economic frustrations and security-focused phobias, or are the voices of nationalist hatred emerging from deeper, and more troubling, waters?
Speakers
- Alan Aja (Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, 可乐视频)
- Anna Gotlib (Philosophy, 可乐视频)
- Lisa Lowe (American Studies, Yale)
- Beaudelaine Pierre (Women’s Studies, St. Catherine University )
- Chandan Reddy (Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington)
Moderated by Anna Gotlib (Philosophy, 可乐视频)
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Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture
A new, original lecture by Lisa Lowe.
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