Asian American Studies Speaker Series: Fall 2017

Event time: 
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC ), 101 See map
63 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

A year-long series, organized by the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration with co-sponsorship by the Asian American Cultural Center at Yale and the Asian American Studies Working Group, that highlights scholars, writers, and thinkers in Asian American Studies.

October 12, 2017
On the Margins of the Mestizo Nation: Chinese in Mexico from the Revolution to the Cold War
Jason Oliver Chang, Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
Fredy González ’13 Ph.D. (History), Assistant Professor of Latin America, University of Colorado, Boulder
4:30 pm • Asian American Cultural Center at Yale, 295 Crown St.

November 16, 2017
A Conversation with Kao Kalia Yang: Timothy Dwight College Tea
Kao Kalia Yang, Author of The LateComer, The Song Poet, and other works
4:30-6 pm • Timothy Dwight Head of College House, 63 Wall St.

November 29, 2017
Hacking the DSM to Save Our Lives: An Asian American Mental Health Intervention
Mimi Khúc, Adjunct Lecturer, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland; Editor, “Open in
Emergency: A Special Issue on Asian American Mental Health,” The Asian American Literary Review
4:30 • Location TBD

November 30, 2017
Tarot Card Reading Workshop
Mimi Khúc, Adjunct Lecturer, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland; Editor, “Open in Emergency: A Special Issue on Asian American Mental Health,” The Asian American Literary Review
Registration required (details to follow)