Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
My novels, to date, are all based in Chinese history, and so my talk will revolve around the following: My own background and why I feel writing Chinese (or Chinese-American) historical novels is important My first novel, Sons of Heaven My second novel, Deep in the Mountains My third novel, Little Flower Research and creative … Read more
“Everybody is talking about China. In fact, everybody should be talking about China. According to the Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University, China is today experiencing “the most remarkable economic transformation in history.” But this “most remarkable economic transformation in history” has come with its cost, and this cost could be huge. Economists … Read more
This talk gives a general outlook on contemporary Chinese art and cinema that has attracted a critical attention from both Chinese and Western scholars in the past decade (1995-2005). As China is rising as a new economic power in Asia, the work of so-called Chinese “avant-garde” artists and filmmakers needs to be examined in the … Read more
The genealogies have long been used by historians, archaeologists, sociologists, ethnologists, and demographers in their investigation of past human behavior on social and historical evidences relating to a lineage organization or a clan. Chinese genealogical records, also called pudie 譜牒, zongpu 宗譜, zupu 族譜, jiapu 家譜, zipu 支譜, or jiacheng 家乗, has been used for … Read more
In 1996 Sir Geoffrey Lloyd published a comparative study of ancient science east and west: Adversaries and Authorities. Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science. In this book he argues that Greek science was successful by virtue of its adversarial nature, whereas Chinese science was better described as authoritarian in character. But to what extent … Read more
Prof. Kwong will focus his presentation on the current issues affecting Asian American studies, and the need for a new civil rights agenda in the United States. Here is the definitive portrait of Chinese America, charting 150 years of American history from the Chinese frontiersmen of the Wild West to the high-tech transnationals of today’s … Read more