Events

Students, staff, and faculty are invited to an open conversation about what it means to be Asian American in 2026. What issues continue to unite Asian America as a political formation, and what issues divide ethnic Asian communities right now? How can we continue to work toward better understanding among our communities and advocate for the rights and needs of Asian Americans?

Heidi Kim, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, served as the founding director of the Asian American Center. Works in progress include Asian American Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press) and Beyond Reparations, a study of the cultural and political history of American governmental apology and repair.