Category Archives: Editor’s Notes
Update: Call for 2016-2017 Lucie Cheng Prize Nominations (Due 12/9/2016)
2016-2017 Lucie Cheng Prize Nominations Amerasia Journal invites faculty to nominate exceptional graduate student essays (masters and doctoral level) in the interdisciplinary field of Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies for the 2016-2017 Lucie Cheng Prize. The selected article will … Continue reading
New Amerasia focuses on linkages between Asian and Indigenous experiences of “Carceral States”
The latest issue of Amerasia Journal, guest edited by Karen Leong and Myla Vicenti Carpio, examines the convergence of Asian and Indigenous communities as subjects of the carceral state in the United States and Canada. It explores the intersections between … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, carceral states, Cynthia Wu, First Nations, Japanese American, japanese american incarceration, Jr., Juliana Hu Pegues, Karen J. Leong, Lynee Horiuchi, Mishuana Goeman, Myla Vicenti Carpio, new issue, Poetry, Press Release, Quynh Nhu Le, R. Vincent Moniz, reservations, residential schools, Thy Phu, Tou SaiKo Lee, Wendi Yamashita, World War II, WRA
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2015-2016 Lucie Cheng Prize awarded to Cathleen Kozen of the University of California, San Diego
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Cathleen Kozen, Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego, is the recipient of the 2015-2016 Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for … Continue reading
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Amerasia Celebrates 45 Years
This year marked the 45th Anniversary of the founding of Amerasia Journal. On September 22nd, a dinner was held in Honolulu to celebrate the occasion. Lowell Chun-Hoon, co-founder and first editor of the journal, and Don Nakanishi, the other co-founder … Continue reading
Reflections from the 70th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony by Tom Nakanishi
At 8:15 AM on August 6th, the announcer at the 70th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony asked us to observe a moment of silence. It was precisely then, 70 years earlier, that Little Boy fell from Enola Gay and turned the … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, Tom Nakanishi
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Collaborations
Amerasia Journal Call for Papers INTERGENERATIONAL COLLABORATIONS Graduate Student Scholarship in Asian American Studies Guest Editors: Professor Yến Lê Espiritu (University of California, San Diego) and Professor Cathy J. Schlund-Vials (University of Connecticut) Publication Date: Summer/Fall 2016 Due Date: Paper … Continue reading
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2014-2015 Lucie Cheng Prize: Call for Nominations
Amerasia Journal invites faculty to nominate exceptional graduate student essays (masters and doctoral level) in the interdisciplinary field of Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies for the 2014-15 Lucie Cheng Prize. The selected article will be published in Amerasia Journal, … Continue reading
Call for Papers: Indigenous Asias
Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Indigenous Asias Guest Editors Dr. Greg Dvorak (Hitotsubashi University) and Dr. Miyume Tanji (Australian National University) Publication Date Spring 2015 Due Date Paper submissions (up to 5,000 words) due May 1, 2014 This … Continue reading
2013-2014 Lucie Cheng Prize awarded to Jungha Kim of the University of Pennsylvania
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Jungha Kim, Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of 2013-2014 Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, … Continue reading
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