Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus

Screenshot from Zoom meeting between the new AAACC officers and interns for 2025–2027

The newly elected AAACC officers and interns for 2025–2027 met for the first time today. We can’t wait to share our plans with you and to continue the important work of this fabulous organization!

@toriflee.bsky.social @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social @dominicmachado.bsky.social

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Announcing our newly-elected officers for 2025-2027!

Co-Chairs: Tori Lee & Chris Waldo
Financial Officer: Ryan Masato Baldwin
Mentorship Coordinator: Dominic Machado
Outreach Officer: Allie Pohler
Programming Officer: Katherine Lu Hsu
Secondary Education Liaisons: Annie Huynh & Ethan Ganesh Warren

One day left to vote for the 2025-2027 steering committee! Cast your ballots by July 15: forms.gle/bgxBY5YaLCtR...

2025 AAACC Elections: Ballot The AAACC is holding its 2025 elections for new officers. Members may submit one ballot each. Candidates for open positions are listed below. The candidate statements are available here. The position...

Ballots for the 2023-2025 AAACC steering committee are now open! Please cast your vote by July 15.

Read more about the nominees: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Vote: forms.gle/p4B9JHimetQL...

2025 AAACC Elections: Ballot The AAACC is holding its 2025 elections for new officers. Members may submit one ballot each. Candidates for open positions are listed below. The candidate statements are available here. The position...

Ballots for the 2023-2025 AAACC steering committee are now open! Please cast your vote by July 15.

Read more about the nominees: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Vote: forms.gle/p4B9JHimetQL...

AAACC Officer Descriptions AAACC Officer Duties Last updated April 2021 Co-chairs (2): Organizing meetings with the other officers (every other month) and the Board of Directors (trimesterly w/ Board; once a year with both off...

Positions are for two-year terms and include:

co-chairs (2),
a financial officer,
a programming officer,
an outreach officer,
a secondary education liaison,
and a mentorship coordinator.

Find out more about positions here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2025 AAACC Elections: Call for Officer Nominations The AAACC is holding its 2025 elections for new officers. Members may run for any position listed below. You may self-nominate or nominate another member. If you nominate another member, you do not ne...

Officer nominations are now open for our 2025 elections! To run for a position, please fill out this form by June 15, 2025. You may self-nominate or nominate another member.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Bookmark This - College of Arts and Sciences Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni, published each month. The May featured book is "Life / Afterlife: Revolution and Reflection in the Ancient Greek Und...

AAACC Board member Suzanne Lye's new book, "Life/Afterlife: Revolution and Reflection in the Ancient Greek Underworld from Homer to Lucian" is featured in UNC's Bookmark This series! Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Congratulations, Suzanne!

college.unc.edu/2025/05/book...

If anyone will be in Providence this Wednesday, check out outreach officer @toriflee.bsky.social on this panel on Trauma-Aware Pedagogies for Ancient Pasts!

Trauma-aware Pedagogies for Ancient Pasts This event brings together a panel of academics, museum professionals, and trauma experts for a conversation on the complexities of talking about a...

Looking forward to being part of this panel on Wednesday and making a quick trip back to College Hill!

events.brown.edu/classics/eve...

This Friday! Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join @yunginchae.bsky.social and me to discuss Greek Lessons! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/1dt3...

Greek Lessons: A Novel A Novel

Order the book here: bookshop.org/p/books/gree...

A teal poster with a book cover on it. The text reads "AAACC's Spring Reading Meeting, Han Kang's Greek Lessons with Yung In Chae. Friday, APril 4. 4:00-5:30pm EST. RSVP for Zoom link!"

Join AAACC for our spring reading meeting discussing Han Kang's novel "Greek Lessons" with Yung In Chae @yunginchae.bsky.social ! Friday 4/4 from 4-5:30pm EST. RSVP here! forms.gle/yVcvvZHSsS3B...

Submit your abstracts - deadline this Friday, March 7! Please share

Come hang out with Melissa and me in San Francisco!

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LAST CALL! Just one week left to submit abstracts for our 2026 #AIASCS panel, "Yellow Gold: Ornamentalism, Antiquity, and the Asiatic Female," organized by @toriflee.bsky.social & Melissa Mueller. Abstracts due THIS FRIDAY 3/7! For more info: tinyurl.com/aaacc26

My final blog post as an Associate Editor of the SCS Communications Committee. With shoutouts to a number of cool folks and especially to @aaacc.bsky.social

Check out co-president @profarumpark.bsky.social today on the SCS Blog!! 👏👏👏

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AAACC's dinner at this year's AIA/SCS included Peking duck ☺️☺️

A painted watercolor background with feathered paint in shades of blue-gray and gold. White text reads "Yellow Gold: Ornamentalism, Antiquity, and the Asiatic Female"

🚨 #CallForPapers 🚨 We're accepting abstracts for our 2026 #AIASCS panel, "Yellow Gold: Ornamentalism, Antiquity, and the Asiatic Female," organized by @toriflee.bsky.social & Melissa Mueller. Abstracts due Friday 3/7. For more info: tinyurl.com/aaacc26

Check out co-chair Chris Waldo tearing it up with his performance of Black Narcissus at SCS Open Mic Night, accompanied by @joegoodkin.bsky.social !! 🎷🎶🎤

@aaacc.bsky.social’s annual call for abstracts is up! Please share!

Woooo come hang out with me in SF!!!

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted as PDF email attachments to AAACCabstracts@gmail.com by Friday, March 7, 2025.

Find more info on the SCS page: tinyurl.com/aaacc26

Inspired by Anne Anlin Cheng's "Ornamentalism," which offers a striking new theory of “yellow” womanhood w/ case studies from fields as diverse as new materialism, performance studies, legal theory, feminism, and Asian American studies.

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A painted watercolor background with feathered paint in shades of blue-gray and gold. White text reads "Yellow Gold: Ornamentalism, Antiquity, and the Asiatic Female"

🚨 #CallForPapers 🚨 We're accepting abstracts for our 2026 #AIASCS panel, "Yellow Gold: Ornamentalism, Antiquity, and the Asiatic Female," organized by @toriflee.bsky.social & Melissa Mueller. Abstracts due Friday 3/7. For more info: tinyurl.com/aaacc26

So many highlights from this year’s #AIA/SCS25! One of the top was meeting the incomparable @nakhthor.bsky.social!

Congrats to our illustrious member @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social !!