A panel discussion by three members of the Ohio State University community about the experiences of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans (APIDA) in the United States. Centered on the book Minor Feelings, by Cathy Park Hong, the panelists will discuss the entanglement of identity and racism for members of the APIDA population.
Dr. Namiko Kunimoto is an associate professor in the department of History of Art at the Ohio State University and Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies. Dr. Kunimoto is a specialist in modern and contemporary Japanese art, with research interests in gender, race, urbanization, photography, visual culture, performance art, transnationalism, and nation formation.
Sophia Antoun, M.A. is the Intercultural Specialist for Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Student Initiatives at the Ohio State University Multicultural Center. Ms. Antoun has experience teaching a wide range of topics that impact the way we experience the world. In all her workshops and programs, she is intentional about implementing the intersectional approach necessary for creating true social change.
Eunice Uhm, M.A. is a PhD Candidate in the department of History of Art at the Ohio State University. Ms. Uhm studies modern and contemporary art, with a transnational focus on the United States and East Asia. Her dissertation, “The Subversive Possibilities of Diaspora: Aesthetic Subjectivities of Migration and Displacement in South Korean and Japanese Art, 1960s – Present,” examines the conditions of migration and the diasporic aesthetic subjectivities in the works of contemporary Japanese and South Korean art from the 1960s to the present.
This event is sponsored by the College of Social Work and is available for 1.5 CE credits. Register here.
