Category Archives: Documenting Asian America
Public Writing and Asian American Studies
This forum on public writing and Asian American studies is based on a panel moderated by Dr. Oliver Wang (California State University-Long Beach) for the 2017 annual meeting of the Association of Asian American Studies. We thank Oliver Wang, an … Continue reading
Dr. James Yamazaki and the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings on Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Thursday, August 6th, 2015 marks seventy years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which was followed three days later by a bomb on Nagasaki. Dr. James Yamazaki was a medical researcher with the US Atomic Bomb … Continue reading
Amerasia Journal explores “Indigenous Asias” across the Pacific
With its latest issue, Amerasia Journal explores how indigeneity is conceptualized within geographic boundaries and beyond into the diaspora. Guest edited by Greg Dvorak of Hitotsubashi University and Miyume Tanji of Australian National University, “Indigenous Asias” (Issue 41:1) engages local … Continue reading
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Yuri Kochiyama & Tempt One Featured in Amerasia 40.3
The latest issue of Amerasia Journal brings the stories of two powerful people to our readers. The first is a 32-page tribute to the late Yuri Kochiyama, who passed away in June of 2014. A collection of remembrances from three … Continue reading
Oakland, L.A., & New York Memorials for Yuri Kochiyama
Two Yuri Kochiyama Memorials during Black August It is symbolic that two Yuri Kochiyama Celebrations-of-Life took place during the month of August. August was designated “Black August” in the early 1970s in honor of the fallen Black freedom fighters who … Continue reading
August 3rd Celebration of the Life of Yuri Kochiyama
August 3, 2014 the Scottish Rite Auditorium was the site of the Kochiyama family’s Celebration of Life for their mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Yuri Kochiyama. A heartfelt program of speakers, musicians, poets, and family brought together hundreds of folks whose lives … Continue reading
Pre-War Japanese in the San Gabriel Valley
Press Release: The Pasadena Digital History Collaboration (PDHC) project has acquired a significant Japanese American collection for its free online website. “This collaboration is between PCC Library, Pasadena City Library, and the Pasadena Museum of History,” said PCC Librarian Linda Stewart. She … Continue reading
Yuri Kochiyama’s Spirit Lives On
On June 1, 2014, one of the great champions of human rights passed away at the age of 93. Yuri Kochiyama was one of Malcolm X’s many disciples, carrying on his visions of a better humanity through her daily … Continue reading
CCED Opens Photography Exhibit at Chinese American Museum
July 19, 2013 was a warm summer evening when Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) opened its photography exhibit at the Chinese American Museum. About 290 people came out to celebrate the opening of “The Streets Between Us” which … Continue reading
UCLA’s Amerasia Journal releases second volume of the Chinese-language Global Identities, Local Voices
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC) and Amerasia Journal are proud to announce the U.S.-release of the second installation of Global Identities, Local Voices: Amerasia Journal at 40 Years. Following the publication of Volume 1 last year, the new … Continue reading
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