The idea of the United States as an empire isn’t new, but seems to be sweeping academics and changing the way American history is discussed in college classrooms. This idea was discussed in the context of the relationship between the U.S. and the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, when the University of Massachusetts Amherst presented “U.S. Empire in Asia and the Pacific: Repression and Resistance” as a part of the “Confronting Empire: The 2022-2023 Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series.”