Category Archives: Documenting Asian America
Global Identities: Local Voices, UCLA’s Amerasia Journal in New Chinese Language Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY RUSSELL C. LEONG, UCLA UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center Director and Amerasia Journal Editor Professor David Yoo announces the publication of Global Identities; Local Voices: Amerasia Journal at 40 Years, a two-volume book project that introduces … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerasia Journal, Carlos Bulosan, Chinese, Don Nakanishi, Glenn Omatsu, Him Mark Lai, Hisaye Yamamoto, Jessica Hagedorn, Lawson Fusai Inada, Maxine Hong Kingston, Russell Leong, Sauling C. Wong, Te-hsing Shan, Translation, Wu Bing, Yuji Ichioka
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Amerasia Journal releases open issue, covers Carlos Bulosan, Japanese migration, Jeremy Lin, and Vietnamese language charter school
For Immediate Release The latest issue of Amerasia Journal, the flagship publication of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, marks its first “open submissions” issue in recent years. Pushed by the growing breadth of Asian American Studies research, Amerasia Journal … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Saxton, Allison Truitt, Carlos Bulosan, Courtney Goto, Dick Jiro Kobashigawa, Hua Hsu, Jeremy Lin, Kathleen Yep, Konrad Ng, Lane HIrabayashi, Lucie Cheng Prize, Marilyn Alquizola, Tritia Toyota, Yuko Konno
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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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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
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
Introductions to “Where Women Tell Stories”
Following are two introductions to Amerasia‘s women’s issue “Where Women Tell Stories” by guest editors Stephanie Santos and Mary Uyematsu Kao. Accompanying the text are more photos from the “Buildin’ Bridges and Stirrin’ Waters” event on November 5, 2009 at … Continue reading
Remembering Bunchy Carter and John Huggins
Back in January 2008, the African Student Union at UCLA held a memorial for Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, two Black Panthers who were shot and killed in UCLA’s Campbell Hall on January 17, 1969. While appearing to be the … Continue reading
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