Asian Australian Forum & Amerasia Launch - 4 October 2010
28 September 2010
The launch of the special issue of Amerasia Journal (guest-edited by Jacqueline Lo, Dean Chan and Tseen Khoo) is planned for 4 October in Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Don Nakanishi (UCLA) will be present to launch the special issue. The journal launch will be preceded by a half-day forum focused on diasporic Asian Australian and Asian American connections. For more information about this event, contact admin@asianaustralianstudies.org
The PDF flyer at the AASRN AA Forum + Launch page is the most updated version.
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FORUM PROGRAMME The forum will have three sessions, and we’re very excited that the following people will be participating in the event!
1. SESSION 1 – ‘Being Asian in Australia and the United States’: Project Update [Chair: Don Nakanishi]
- Jacqueline Lo (The Australian National U) – Asian Australian Studies & Asian American Studies
- Tseen Khoo (Monash U) – Community celebrations
- Dean Chan (Edith Cowan U) – Visual cultures
2. SESSION 2 – ‘New Perspectives on Asian Australian Heritage’ [Chair: TBC]
- Sophie Couchman (Curator, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne; Convenor, 2nd Dragon Tails conference)
- Mayu Kanamori (Photographer & artist, Sydney)
- Keir Reeves (Monash U)
- John Connell (SBS)
3. SESSION 3 – ‘Asian Australia Online’ [Chair: Audrey Yue]
- Hoa Pham (Founder Editor and Editorial Advisor, Peril: An Asian Australian Magazine of Arts + Culture)
- Christopher Mitchell (Blogger, Eurasian Sensation)
- Karen Lin (Founding Contributor, Slanted Magazine)