Hmong Cultural Center opens interactive folk arts exhibit
St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 1, 2018) — The Hmong Cultural Center has launched a new Hmong Folk Arts Experience interactive exhibit at its museum center at 375 University Avenue, Suite 204 in[…]
Category: Asian American Studies
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Hmong Studies Journal publishes education issue
St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 3, 2018) — The Hmong Studies Journal, a partner of the Hmong Cultural Center, has published a new special issue focusing on contemporary concerns and issues in Hmong American[…]
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to Hold 7th Annual Pilgrimage
Powell, Wyo. (July 20, 2018) — Each year hundreds of visitors make a ‘pilgrimage’ to the Heart Mountain National Historic Site, where 14,000 people of Japanese Ancestry – two-thirds of[…]
Remembering Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (1925-2018)
Los Angeles (July 20, 2018) — The Asian American Studies Center of the University of California at Los Angeles announced Friday that Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. She[…]
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Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns receives Nakanishi Award
Los Angeles, Calif. (June 18, 2018) — Associate Prof. Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns was named the recipient of the 2017-18 Don T. Nakanishi Award for Outstanding Engaged Scholarship at the[…]
UCLA host book release on Japanese American redress and reparations struggle
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC) invite the community to celebrate the publication of “NCRR: The Grassroots Struggle for Japanese American Redress and[…]
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“The Registry” screening and discussion on WWII military language schools
St. Paul, Minn. (June 6, 2018) — Historic Fort Snelling will host a screening of Steve Ozone’s documentary film on the lesser known history of the Military Intelligence Service Language School,[…]
Donor of internment photos honored by Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. (June 8, 2018) — Ever since Patti Hirahara donated to Washington State University over 2,000 photos taken by her father and grandfather while in a Japanese American incarceration[…]
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Filmmaker and journalist to be honored for work on internment story
POWELL, Wyo. (May 31, 2018) — Heart Mountain Interpretive Center will present this year’s LaDonna Zall Compassionate Witness Award to Jeff MacIntyre and David Ono in July at the 2018 Heart[…]
Minn. State Rep. Fue Lee Resolution honors APIA Month
ST. PAUL, Minn. (May 15, 2018) — To honor the many Asian/Pacific Minnesotans who contribute greatly to state’s economy and culture, State Rep. Fue Lee (DFL-59A) introduced a resolution on the floor[…]
