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Statement from UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Department on “Asians in the Library” video
The Asian American Studies Center and Department at UCLA decry the video “Asians in the Library” apparently produced by a UCLA student. As many have observed, including an insightful critique by UCLA’s Asian/Pacific Coalition, this rant — beyond the action … Continue reading
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On the tragic events in Japan
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center expresses our deepest sympathy to those affected in Japan by the recent earthquake and tsunami, as well as to members of the Japanese American community impacted by this catastrophe. Along with the tragic events … Continue reading
Aoki Film Screening set for March 12, 2011 4-7 p.m.
Given the minor calamity of the time change, the AOKI screening mobilization is on. Due to the funeral of a prominent Japanese American community member, we had to readjust our time slot at Centenary Methodist Church for the film screening. … Continue reading
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Amerasia 36:3 – GlobaLinks: Community Institutions & Practices across Nations
Amerasia 36.3 GlobaLinks: Community Institutions & Practices across Nations Los Angeles — The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press announces the publication of Amerasia Journal’s latest issue, “GlobaLinks: Community Institutions & Practices across Nations.” Guest edited by Michel Laguerre and … Continue reading
Call for Abstracts: The State of Illness and Disability in Asian America
Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers The State of Illness and Disability in Asian America Guest Editors: Professor Jennifer Ho (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Professor James Kyung-Jin Lee (University of California, Irvine) We seek critical essays and … Continue reading
Fae Myenne Ng Reading of her second novel Steer Toward Rock
Fae Myenne Ng (author of Bone) will read and discuss her second novel Steer Toward Rock March 29, 2011 Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704 For more information (510)548-2350 email: … Continue reading
More thoughts on the passing of Hisaye Yamamoto
Long-time Amerasia Journal Editor Russell Leong and Professor King-Kok Cheung, who wrote the introduction to the collection Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories, share their thoughts on the passing of Hisaye Yamamoto: It is Hisaye who has been the model for … Continue reading
Aoki: Two Years in Passing and Still Being Remembered
Still on the trail of the Black Panther Party, one of the lesser known Black Panthers was a Japanese American by the name of Richard Aoki. Amerasia Journal ran a “Passages” section in the issue entitled “Subjugated to Subject: Through Class, … Continue reading
Blackness in Flux in Okinawa, Feb. 11, 2011 @ UC Berkeley
Sabrena Taylor, past Amerasia contributor to “No Passing Zone: The Artistic and Discursive Voices of Asian-descent Multiracials” (Volume 23, No. 1 1997) will be doing a poetry reading at this event.
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