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AAPI Heritage Month Celebration Social: Wednesday, May 1

Join the Office of Belonging and Inclusion and Falvey Library’s DEI Committee to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month on May 1, from 1-2:30 p.m. (or until supplies last), with free mochi donuts and a bubble tea bar. Stop by the Suite Lounge in Corr Hall to grab some bubble tea, then head over to Falvey Library’s first floor for some mochi donuts. In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month Falvey Library will be sharing a list of books and other resources by and about people of Asian-Pacific ancestry. No list of this nature could ever be comprehensive, but we hope the resources will serve as a starting point.

What are mochi donuts?

Mochi donuts also known as poi mochi are a hybrid between cake donuts and chewy mochi, Japanese rice cakes made from glutinous rice, also known as polished sticky rice. Mochi donuts typically use gluten-free tapioca flour or glutinous rice flour. While some recipes include all-purpose flour, they can also be made entirely gluten-free.

What is Bubble Tea?

Bubble tea also known as “Boba tea,” “pearl milk tea,” or in Taiwan, zhenzhu naicha (珍珠奶茶) is a Taiwanese recipe made by blending black tea, milk, fruit juices, and chewy tapioca pearls, all shaken together and served with a large straw big enough to accommodate the tapioca pearls.

This event, co-sponsored by the Office of Belonging and Inclusion and Falvey Library, is free and open to the Villanova community.

 


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Weekend Recs: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

Happy Friday, Wildcats! Falvey Library is delivering you another semester of Weekend Recs, a blog dedicated to filling you in on what to read, listen to, and watch over the weekend. This new, relevant, and thought-provoking content will challenge you and prepare you for the upcoming week. 

This week’s installment of Weekend Recs is courtesy of Kallie Stahl, Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library. Annie will be back in a few weeks with new summer recommendations—Stay tuned! 

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month—Celebrating the “histories of Americans hailing from across the Asian continent and from the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.” This month was selected to commemorate AAPI heritage as the first Japanese immigrants migrated to the United States on May 7, 1842. The transcontinental railroad was also completed on May 10, 1869—the majority of the construction completed by thousands of Chinese immigrants.

As we celebrate the heritage of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, we must combat continued racism against the AAPI community. Falvey Library condemns anti-Asian racial discrimination and violence. We stand with the AAPI members of our Villanova community and all AAPI members in solidarity.

Cover of the novel "Crying in H Mart."

Image courtesy of Penguin Random House.

No list of this nature could ever be comprehensive, but we hope you explore some of the links below this weekend:

If you have 5 minutes…Read my article on AAPI resources available at Falvey Library.

If you have 22-30 minutes…Stream an episode of Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher’s show “Never Have I Ever.”

If you have 54 minutes and 11 seconds…Watch an episode of PBS’ documentary series on the history of Asian Americans.

If you have 57 minutes…Listen to an episode of the “Time To Say Goodbye” podcast. Andy B. Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Villanova University, started the podcast with journalists Jay Caspian Kang and Tammy Kim. (Note: Dr. Liu left the podcast in 2022).

Bonus: Explore some of Dr. Liu’s work:

If you have 2 hours and 19 minutes…Stream Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

If you have 4 hours…Read Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (available at Falvey Library).

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Library.

 

 

 


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Falvey Memorial Library Shares Resources for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Image courtesy of The Library of Congress.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month—Celebrating the “histories of Americans hailing from across the Asian continent and from the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.” This month was selected to commemorate AAPI heritage as the first Japanese immigrants migrated to the United States on May 7, 1842. The transcontinental railroad was also completed on May 10, 1869—the majority of the construction completed by thousands of Chinese immigrants.

AAPI Heritage Month was originally a commemorative week, with President Jimmy Carter signing House Joint Resolution 1007 (becoming Public Law 95-419) on October 5, 1978, proclaiming the “7 day period beginning on May 4, 1979 as ‘Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.'” Congress passed Public Law 101-283 on May 9, 1990, extending the observance to a month, and on Oct. 23, 1992, passed Public Law 102-450 annually designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

As we celebrate the heritage of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, we must combat continued racism against the AAPI community. In 2021, Stop AAPI Hate “reported over 2,800 hate incidents across the United States since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Falvey Library condemns anti-Asian racial discrimination and violence. We stand with the AAPI members of our Villanova community and all AAPI members in solidarity.

The Federal Asian Pacific American Council selected “Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity” as the theme for May 2023. In this spirit, we are happy to share AAPI resources available at Falvey Library. The works listed below are only a snapshot of scholarship on AAPI heritage. No list of this nature could ever be comprehensive, but we hope that this list, will serve as a starting point.

Curated by Jutta Seibert, subject librarian for Global Interdisciplinary Studies, the Asian Studies research guide and the Chinese Culture research guide are excellent resources. Seibert is available for research consultations.

Asian Studies Research Guide

Academic Journals

Newspapers and Magazines

Primary Sources

Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Companions

Books and Book Chapters

Chinese Culture Research Guide 

Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Companions

Secondary Sources

Streaming Video

Primary Sources

Be sure to explore scholarship from faculty in Villanova University’s Asian Studies Program:

Hae-Kyong Bang, Associate Professor; Director, Asian Studies

A.J. Yumi Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of English

Andrew B. Liu, Assistant Professor of History

Nathan Badenoch, PhD, Associate Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies

Kayo Shintaku, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Coordinator of Japanese Language & Cultural Studies

Davey K. Tomlinson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Qi Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, Area Coordinator, Interpersonal Communication

Jie Xu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Communication

Naomi Yamakawa, Japanese Instructor, Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies

For more books and other resources by and about people of Asian-Pacific ancestry check out this blog by Erica Hayes, Digital Scholarship Librarian, and Deborah Bishov published on May 10, 2021.

Kallie Stahl ’17 MA is Communication and Marketing Specialist at Falvey Memorial Library. This article was originally published May 18, 2022.

 

 

 

References:

Congress, T. L. of, Administration, N. A. and R., Humanities, N. E. for the, Art, N. G. of, Service, N. P., Institution, U. S., & Museum, U. H. M.  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2022, from https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

FAPAC – FAPAC Announces Theme for the 2023 Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://fapac.org/pressreleases/13056819

The Rise In Anti-Asian Attacks During The COVID-19 Pandemic. NPR. Retrieved May 9, 2022, from  https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975722882/the-rise-of-anti-asian-attacks-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

The story behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and why it’s celebrated in May. (n.d.). NPR.Org. Retrieved May 9, 2022, from https://www.npr.org/2022/05/02/1095812576/aapi-asian-pacific-heritage-month-origin-may-why

 


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Falvey Memorial Library Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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By Erica Hayes and Deborah Bishov

Falvey Memorial Library is pleased to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, an opportunity to celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). May is an important month for Asian and Pacific Islander American history. The first Japanese immigrant arrived in the U.S. on May 7, 1843. The great transcontinental railroad connecting California with the Eastern U.S. was also completed on May 10, 1869. More than 20,000 Chinese workers contributed to its construction.

The U.S. Census defines Asians as people whose backgrounds are from East, Southeast, and South Asia. This includes countries such as China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam, among many others. The largest groups of Pacific Islanders are communities native to Hawaii, Guam, and Samoa.  Despite their contributions, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have experienced struggles finding their place in the United States. The federal Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited Chinese immigration to the U.S. until 1943. Approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans (most of whom were U.S. Citizens) suspected of “dual loyalties” to Japan were incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. Today, this racism continues to impact Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through the alarming rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes and, most recently, the shootings of six women of Asian descent in Atlanta and a mass shooting in Indianapolis in which the majority of victims were members of the Sikh community.

To honor AAPI Heritage Month, Falvey Memorial Library has compiled a list of books and other resources by and about people of Asian-Pacific ancestry. No list of this nature could ever be comprehensive, but we hope that this list will serve as a starting point. The list below includes links to books available in print or as e-books from Falvey’s collections, where available. For books and other items not in our collections, we’ve linked wherever possible to WorldCat, which will show you which local libraries hold the book if you are off-campus. If you’re on campus, you can request these (and many other books) through EZBorrow.

Memoirs & Autobiographies:

Other Nonfiction:

Fiction:

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Poetry:

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Podcasts:

Films:

Other Resources related to Anti-Asian Violence:

Other lists of recommendations:


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Last Modified: May 10, 2021

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