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PIEAM Pasifika Living Arts Showcase, May 5-6 in Long Beach
Our friends at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) are holding the second annual Pasifika Living Arts Showcase on May 5-6 in Long Beach, CA. PIEAM collaborated with the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal this … Continue reading
UCLA Bunche Center Event: Los Angeles “Riots”: Making Sense of the Fires (April 26, 2012)
Our colleagues at the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies will be marking the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles Uprisings on Thursday, April 26, 2012 with a special event entitled 1992 Los Angeles “Riots”: Making Sense … Continue reading
Posted in Editor's Notes
Tagged Amerasia Journal, Darnell Hunt, Jordan Camp, L.A. Riots, L.A. Uprisings, UCLA Bunche Center
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“The Power of Place”: AAARI-CUNY Conference, April 27, 2012
Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI-CUNY) is holding a day-long conference on April 27, 2012 entitled “The Power of Place—Asian American Neighborhoods, Politics & Activism Today.” The 2012 AAARI annual conference brings together urban sociologists, student activists, and community professionals to … Continue reading
Posted in News and Announcements, Press Specials
Tagged 2012 AAARI annual conference, Asian American Neighborhoods, Dream Act and Immigration, Future of Ethnic Neighborhoods, Gujarati Hindu Women in Artesia, Hmong History, How Do Asian Americans Create Places?, Little Saigon, Los Angeles Chinatown, Los Angeles Koreatown, Orange County, Power of Place, Residential Assimilation, Thai Temple
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Los Angeles Since 1992: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Uprisings
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Amerasia Journal mark the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles Uprisings with a special issue… Amerasia Journal 38:1 — “Los Angeles Since 1992: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Uprisings” Twenty years … Continue reading
Posted in News and Announcements
Tagged 4/29/1992, Amerasia Journal, L.A. Civil Unrest, L.A. Riots, L.A. Uprisings, Sa-I-Gu
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“Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire”
Amerasia Journal 38:1 — “Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire” The first extended treatment devoted to Pacific Islander Studies in Amerasia Journal, “Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire” addresses the geographical expanse and methodological … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerasia Journal, Pacific Islander
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Amerasia Journal Announces Winner of Lucie Cheng Prize, Yuko Konno
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Yuko Konno, Department of History, University of Southern California is the 2011 Winner of the Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, “Localism and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerasia Journal, Lucie Cheng Prize, Yuko Konno
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Min Zhou Book Event: “The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies”, Wednesday, 10/26
“The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies” Featuring Professor Min Zhou, UCLA Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00PM Chinese American Museum (El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument) 425 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 The UCLA Asian … Continue reading
“Battle Hymn of the Model Minority Myth” by Mitchell James Chang
This week, we’re continuing our online collaboration with Hyphen Magazine’s “Across the Desk” blog, cross-posting essays from our Amerasia Forum on “The Year of the Tiger Mom.” Please click over to “Across the Desk” to read OiYan Poon’s piece, “Ching … Continue reading
“On Tiger Mothers and Music Moms” by Grace Wang
The almost instantaneous uproar elicited by Amy Chua’s Wall Street Journal op-ed “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” and her memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was, in many ways, unsurprising. With her brash and unapologetic claims about the reasons … Continue reading
“Advice on How Not to Misread the Tiger Mother” by erin Khuê Ninh
We are excited to present online our “Amerasia Forum” on Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which was recently published in the print version of Amerasia Journal. We are cross-posting the essays with the “Across the Desk” blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Across the Desk blog, Amerasia Journal, Amy Chua, erin Khue Ninh, Hyphen Magazine, memoir, Tiger Mom
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