Season 2 premiere! We take a deep dive into The Chair, the new Netflix series starring Sandra Oh about the first woman of colour chair of the English department at the fictional Pembrooke University. Everyone (or at least all academics!) are talking about this new show, created by Amanda Peat and Annie Julia Wyman, and we have lots of thoughts, from the moments that resonated with us to why many are finding the show a bit triggering. 

Joining us are Jamie Chai Yun Liew (@thechaiyun), an Associate Professor and Director of the University of Ottawa Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, and Kimberly McKee (@mckeekee), past Director of the Kutsche Office of Local History and an Associate Professor in the Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies Department at Grand Valley State University. 

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Related Links 

• Migrant Conversations Podcast hosted by Jamie Liew
• Reflections from Dr. McKee on The Chair's depictions of adoptions 
• Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States, by Kimberly McKee 
• The Chair Netflix Official Site