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Koreans in North America: Their Twenty-First Century Experiences

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Pyong Gap Min, Editor of Koreans in North America, will discuss this new and only anthology of  Koreans’ experiences in the U.S. and Canada. Topics covered include Koreans’ immigration and settlement patterns, changes in Korean immigrants’ business patterns, Korean immigrant churches’ social functions, differences between Korean immigrant intact families and geese families, transnational ties, second-generation … Read more

Internet Hinduism and the North American Hindu Diaspora

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Talk Cancelled Hinduism’s adherents, nowhere more so than in the United States, have displayed a marked tendency to turn towards various forms of digital media, and in particular the internet, to forge new forms of Hindu identity, endow Hinduism with a purportedly more coherent and monotheistic form, refashion our understanding of the history of Hinduism’s … Read more

Taiko in North America and the Dilemma of World Music Performance

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Originally rooted in the Buddhist tradition of Japanese American culture, taiko drumming in North America has steadily increased in popularity and in recent years has been featured in popular music collaborations, movies, television programs and commercials, and a well-known video game. With this increased exposure, individual drummers and the taiko community at large have been … Read more