Bernadette Yu-ning Li

Bernadette Yu-ning Li is Professor of Asian Studies and Asian American Studies at St. John’s University in Queens, New York City. She is a professional historian, with a Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, the author of many books on Chinese history, the editor of Chinese Studies in History, the founding editor of Journal of Chinese American Studies, and the founding president of the Society for Chinese American Studies. During the past decade, she has been advocating "Catching history in the making" by collecting materials on current developments likely to significantly extend into the future, such as the history of Chinese with an American education.

Chinese American Community and the 9/11 Tragedy

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The main source of information for this talk is the speaker’s recently published anthology on this subject. The anthology consists of records of oral interviews as well a large number of published reports and analysis. The focus of the talk will be on Chinese Americans’ involvement and contributions during and after the tragedy. Although in … Read more