Category Archives: Editor’s Notes

Amerasia Journal publishes latest issue, featuring Chol Soo Lee forum

Amerasia Journal’s latest issue (39:3) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Chol Soo Lee’s release from death row with a forum that reminds Asian American Studies scholars and students of one of the first nationwide Asian American social movements. Pan-Asian, multigenerational, … Continue reading

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Amerasia Journal publishes special issue on Asian American folklore

  Amerasia Journal is pleased to announce the publication of “Asian American Folklore: Passages and Practices”, our first issue devoted exclusively to Asian American Folklore Studies.  This project is undertaken by two of the leading scholars in this area of … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Asian American Cultural Politics Across Platforms

Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Asian American Cultural Politics Across Platforms Guest Editors: Professor Victor Bascara (UCLA) and Professor Lisa Nakamura (University of Michigan) Publication Date: Summer 2014 Due Date: Paper submissions (up to 5,000 words) due July … Continue reading

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2012-2013 Lucie Cheng Prize awarded to Linh Nguyen of UCSD

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Linh Nguyen, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego, is the recipient of 2012-2013 Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, “Recalling the Refugee: … Continue reading

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Call for Abstracts: Asian American Religions in a Globalized World

Amerasia Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Asian American Religions in a Globalized World Guest Editors: Professor Khyati Y. Joshi (Farleigh Dickinson University) and Professor Sylvia Chan-Malik (Rutgers University) Publication Date: Spring 2014 Due Dates: 400-word abstracts due on January … Continue reading

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Russell C. Leong: On the passing of Alexander Saxton

Friend and colleague, Alex will be sorely missed. Alexander Saxton embodied the qualities of both scholar and activist: courageous, a stickler for seeing social truths and social justice as intertwined, and perhaps foremost, possessing a keen and radical understanding of … Continue reading

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Towards a Third Literature: Chinese Writing in the Americas (Amerasia Journal 38:2)

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press is proud to announce the release of Amerasia Journal Issue 38:2… “Towards a Third Literature:  Chinese Writing in the Americas” The latest issue of Amerasia Journal is an unprecedented international collaboration for Amerasia … Continue reading

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UCLA Bunche Center Event: Los Angeles “Riots”: Making Sense of the Fires (April 26, 2012)

Our colleagues at the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies will be marking the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles Uprisings on Thursday, April 26, 2012 with a special event entitled 1992 Los Angeles “Riots”: Making Sense … Continue reading

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Amerasia Journal Announces Winner of Lucie Cheng Prize, Yuko Konno

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Yuko Konno, Department of History, University of Southern California is the 2011 Winner of the Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, “Localism and … Continue reading

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Min Zhou Book Event: “The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies”, Wednesday, 10/26

“The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies” Featuring Professor Min Zhou, UCLA Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:00PM Chinese American Museum (El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument) 425 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 The UCLA Asian … Continue reading

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