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Call for Abstracts: Asian American Religions in a Globalized World
Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Asian American Religions in a Globalized World Guest Editors: Professor Khyati Y. Joshi (Farleigh Dickinson University) and Professor Sylvia Chan-Malik (Rutgers University) Publication Date: Spring 2014 Due Dates: 400-word abstracts due on January … Continue reading
2012-13 Lucie Cheng Prize Call for Nominations: Deadline Extended to October 19, 2012
Please note that the deadline for applications for the 2012-12 Lucie Cheng Prize has been extended to October 19, 2012. We have encountered some technical difficulties with the email address that we used for our contact account, and apologize for … Continue reading
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Richard Aoki—The Controversy Continues
As more FBI documents are being made available, courtesy of Seth Rosenfeld, to support his claims that Richard Aoki was an FBI informant, the controversy smolders on…Here are a sampling of views since the big batch of FBI documents was … Continue reading
A Permanent Parking Space for Jiro Morita
Here’s special insight into the need for documentation and preservation of Asian American history and stories…. Grandpa Morita used to brag to us grandkids over and over about how he had a parking space at Pasadena City Hall with his … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Uyematsu, Elsie Osajima, Helen Matsunaga, Japanese American National Museum, Jiro Morita, Linda J. Stewart, Pasadena City College, Pasadena City Hall, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena Digital History, Pasadena-Mishima Sister City Committee, Reiko Morita, Richard Morita, Shatford Library, Susie Ling
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Samurai Among Panthers—September Speaking Tour
In light of the recent allegations that Richard Aoki was an FBI informant, Diane Fujino, Aoki’s biographer, will be speaking at the following locations for the month of September. Fujino’s book tour for Samurai among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, … Continue reading
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Alexander Saxton’s Review of Gwendolyn Mink’s Old Labor and New Immmigrants in American Political Development
Amerasia Journal 14:1 “New Ethnicity” (1988) contains a book review by Professor Saxton. It serves as a brief but excellent example of his intellectual contributions to the interdisciplinary field of Asian American Studies. He makes insightful distinctions between racism and … Continue reading
Continuation: Aoki—Informant or Snitch-Jacketed?
(This is a continuation of our previous post on this ongoing topic that can be found here.) The internet waves are still abuzz with questions surrounding Richard Aoki and information is not just coming from the original journalists and blog … Continue reading
Richard Aoki: Informant or Snitch-Jacketed?
One of the stories raging across the internet since Monday, August 20, has been the accusation made by journalist Seth Rosenfeld that Richard Aoki, reknown Asian American radical, was an FBI informant. The articles can be read here (SFGate) and … Continue reading
Towards a Third Literature: Chinese Writing in the Americas (Amerasia Journal 38:2)
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press is proud to announce the release of Amerasia Journal Issue 38:2… “Towards a Third Literature: Chinese Writing in the Americas” The latest issue of Amerasia Journal is an unprecedented international collaboration for Amerasia … Continue reading
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