Asian American Studies

Women have been important patrons of major works of architecture in the Islamic world historically, a phenomenon that reveals their social agency and can illuminate their lives even when they are barely mentioned in historical texts.

Suburban inequality and anti-immigrant violence are rising. This talk focuses on Orange County’s Little Saigon and asks, How do suburban communities like Little Saigon resist displacement pressures? How do refugees enact placemaking and fight for immigrant justice in the suburbs?