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2013-2014 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 2013-14 Lucie Cheng Prize.  The selected article will be published in Amerasia Journal, … 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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UCLA’s Amerasia Journal releases second volume of the Chinese-language Global Identities, Local Voices

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC) and Amerasia Journal are proud to announce the U.S.-release of the second installation of Global Identities, Local Voices: Amerasia Journal at 40 Years. Following the publication of Volume 1 last year, the new … Continue reading

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Global Identities: Local Voices, UCLA’s Amerasia Journal in New Chinese Language Edition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY RUSSELL C. LEONG, UCLA UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center Director and Amerasia Journal Editor Professor David Yoo announces the publication of Global Identities; Local Voices: Amerasia Journal at 40 Years, a two-volume book project that introduces … 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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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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Amerasia Journal on Marriage Equality and Asian America

A note on President Barack Obama’s historic statement this week affirming his support of marriage equality from long-time Amerasia Journal editor Russell C. Leong: When President Obama told ABC’s Robin Roberts, “I’ve just concluded that, for me personally, it is … 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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Los Angeles Since 1992: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Uprisings

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press and Amerasia Journal mark the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles Uprisings with a special issue… Amerasia Journal 38:1 — “Los Angeles Since 1992:  Commemorating the  20th Anniversary of the Uprisings” Twenty years … Continue reading

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In Honor of Women’s History Month…

I will tell you something about stories, They aren’t just entertainment, Don’t be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death. You don’t have anything If you don’t have the stories. … Continue reading

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