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Thomas I. Yamashita Prize accepting nominations for 2011

UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Social Change is now accepting nominations for the 2011 FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize The FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding young social change activist/scholar in … Continue reading

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Call for Abstracts: Chinese Writing in the Americas

An International Editorial Collaboration among UCLA, Tsinghua University, and Brown University Amerasia Journal, UCLA Asian American Studies Center Consulting Guest Co-Editors: Prof. Wang Ning Tsinghua University wangning@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn Prof. Evelyn Hu-DeHart Brown University Evelyn_Hu-Dehart@brown.edu Amerasia Journal Editor and Adjunct Prof. Russell Leong … Continue reading

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Announcement: Non-Fiction Writer-in-Residence at Smith College, Fall 2011

Joan Leiman Jacobson Non-Fiction Writer-in-Residence, Smith College The English Department and the Program in American Studies at Smith College seek a distinguished writer of non-fiction for a 2-year visiting joint appointment as Joan Leiman Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. The appointment will begin … Continue reading

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Amerasia 36.2 – Asian Australia and Asian America: Making Transnational Connections

Los Angeles – The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press announces Amerasia‘s latest issue: “Asian Australia and Asian America:  Making Transnational Connections.” Guest edited by Jacqueline Lo, Dean Chan, and Tseen Khoo, with former Center Director Don T. Nakanishi of … Continue reading

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Introducing The Russell C. Leong Literary E-Book Series

Russell Leong writes: The E-Book Series will continue the UCLA tradition of publishing Asian America’s most distinguished literary writers.  Amerasia has published stories, letters, poetry, essays, and interviews by and with: Carlos Bulosan, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jessica Hagedorn, … Continue reading

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Welcome! Amerasia Enters the Big Blog Universe!

Welcome to the Amerasia Journal blog!  We’ve launched a transnational blog to expand the Amerasia‘s universe of writers, readers, scholars, cultural workers, and activists.  You are “the ones we have been waiting for,” to paraphrase Alice Walker. Now: Hot-button topics … Continue reading

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