Panel Talk: Asian American Women, Race, Gender and Religion
SUNDAY OCTOBER 10th, 11:00 AM
Featuring Drs. Nami Kim, Christine Pae, moderated by Boyung Lee
VENUE: RedLine Contemporary Art Center/ 2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver CO 80205
This panel by Asian American feminist scholars addresses the status of Asians in America from critical feminist perspectives focusing on lived experiences of Asian American women. Three prominent Asian American feminist scholars of religion and theology interrogate the increasing Anti-Asian racism in historical contexts, analyze the sexualized racism and racialized sexism that Asian American women have experienced and roles that religion played in the formation of racial identity in America. They explore ways to advance racial justice through solidarity building among different racial/ethnic communities.
Dr. Nami Kim is Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair of the Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Spelman College in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. K. Christian Pae is an Associate professor of religion and women & gender studies, and the chair of the Religion Department at the Denison University in Ohio.
Dr. Boyung Lee is Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at the Iliff School of Theology, and Co-dean of the University of Denver and Iliff’s Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion.
Presented as part of inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE exhibition. The theme inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE captures the struggles of Asians and Asian Americans to survive and thrive in the face of strong anti-Asian sentiment. Asians and Asian Americans are alternately made invisible and hypervisible through stereotypes such as “model minorities,” “honorary whites,”“perpetual foreigners,” and “enemy aliens.” Yet, Asian America is remarkably complex due to cultural diversity, various migration routes, and different socioeconomic circumstances.
inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE will showcase Asian and Asian American artists, scholars, performers, and community organizers from different ethnic, gender, and geographic backgrounds.
