Category Archives: News and Announcements

“What Makes Women Soldiers? Context, Context, Context: the Case of Fiji” by Professor Teresia Teaiwa

For the upcoming Los Angeles visit of Professor Teresia Teaiwa, a distinguished Pacific Islander scholar and writer, we would like to announce two events where she will be speaking.  She is a Professor of Pacific Studies at Victoria University of … Continue reading

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niu/beat poetry: A Reading by Professor Teresia K. Teaiwa, April 19, 2011

Please join us for an evening of poetry and conversation on April 19, 2011, from 6-9pm, at the Pacific Islands Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) in Long Beach, CA, with Professor Teresia Teaiwa. Writers Dan Talaupapa McMullin and Tina Taitano DeLisle … Continue reading

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Tam Nguyen, Amerasia’s Information Technology Specialist to Speak in New York City, April 15, 2011

Tam Nguyen, Information Technology Specialist for Amerasia Journal, will be speaking at the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) in New York City on Friday, April 15, 2011.  As part of AAARI’s Friday evening lecture series, Tam Nguyen’s talk is titled … Continue reading

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Celebrate the Printed and Spoken Word:  Eleven Filipino American Authors to Sign Books

Authors Night – Friday, April 29, 2011 5:00pm – 9:00pm Asian Pacific American Legal Center 1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles Tel (213) 977-7500 A gathering of authors, book lovers and members of the community to launch new books written by Fil Am authors. The … Continue reading

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Karen Tei Yamashita/I Hotel on April 10, 2011 @ Gardena Japanese Cultural Institute

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“Enforcing the Silence” by Tony Nguyen—Support Independent/Community Filmmaking

Please help support this documentary film by new director/filmmaker Tony Nguyen. In his feature film, he searches for answers to the unsolved murder of 27 year old Vietnamese American journalist, Lam Duong, who was killed in 1981. See kickstarter website … Continue reading

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Ching Ming at L.A. County Crematorium on April 2, 2011

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Free Screenings of “Who Killed Vincent Chin,” “Hogoz,” and “The MIS: Bridge to a New Japan,” April 1, 2011

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Russell C. Leong Literary E-Book Series Prize

We are pleased to announce the Russell C. Leong Literary E-Book Series Prize.  Each author selected for publication by the Leong E-Book Series will receive a $1000 award.  Each year, the series will highlight a different literary genre, starting with … Continue reading

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Remembrance of Hisaye Yamamoto, Sunday, March 27, 2011

SUNDAY, MARCH 27, LOS ANGELES: “Remembrance of Hisaye Yamamoto to Be Held in Little Tokyo” A remembrance of short story writer and essayist Hisaye Yamamoto will be held on Sunday, March 27, at 2 p.m. in the Garden Room of … Continue reading

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