Chinatown Rising (Screening & Discussion)
Chinatown Rising is a doc tracing SF Chinatown’s 1960s-80s activism, told through 16mm footage and voices of young Asian American leaders.
California
California to roll out the nation’s first Southeast Asian school curriculum
Although not mandated, the state’s K-12 grade teachers can access dozens of suggested lesson plans for Hmong American, Vietnamese American and Cambodian American histories online to incorporate into their classrooms. The curriculum is available for teachers to use now, as a whole or in smaller segments.
Job Op – Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies (University of California, Davis)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR RECRUITMENT, ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of Asian American Studies to begin July 1, 2025. Candidates are sought with research and teaching interests in war and critical militarisms embedded in understandings of settler colonialism … Read more
Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
Born 1941 in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong’s evocative dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America.
Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States
Prof. Edward T. Chang will present on University of California, Riverside’s traveling exhibition to preserve and share the history of America’s first Koreatown — Pachappa Camp — a community of Korean migrant workers in Riverside who contributed to the city’s citrus development.
Where CHamoru Identity Continues: The Decolonial Poetics of the CHamoru Diaspora in California
Prof. Francisco Delgado’s current project examines how Chamorro poets reimagine the landscape of California as an extension of their home island. In particular, through a careful reading of works by Chamorro poets like Clarissa Mendiola and Lehua Taitano, both of whom are currently based out of California, he argues that the nature of Chamorro identity and community is as fluid and vast as the Pacific Ocean itself.