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IAAS Presents Dr. Konrad Ng on May 10 at UMass Boston

Konrad Ng, the Director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, will discuss initiatives, public programs and exhibitions about the Asian Pacific American experience at the Smithsonian Institution in a talk entitled, "#Linsanity Remembered: On the Canonization of Asian America in the Digital Age." Join us on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 1 pm in the Chancellor's Conference Room. Click here to see flier. Click the picture for his profile.

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Link to Online Archive of "From Confinement to College: Video Oral Histories of Japanese Americans in WWII" Project

The Institute for Asian American Studies has just completed its project recording first-hand accounts from Japanese Americans who were able to leave assembly centers and internment camps to attend college through the help of individuals or organizations.

All 18 video oral histories and interview transcripts from this project can be found here: http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/search/collection/p15774coll5

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U.S. Census Data on Asian Americans in Massachusetts

Click here to see recent census data released on Asian Americans in Massachusetts.

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