Second Conference of the Asian Americans in
New England Research Initiative (AANERI)

The Asian Americans in New England Research Initiative (AANERI) encourages and facilitates the study and documentation of the social, economic, cultural, and political experiences of Asian Americans in New England.

SCHEDULE:

9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Morning Plenary
10:30 am Session I - Research Panels and Roundtables
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Afternoon Plenary
2:30 pm Session II - Research Panels and Roundtables
4:00 pm Reception

REGISTRATION:

Fee (includes continental breakfast, lunch and reception):
Free to UConn Faculty, Staff, and Students (with ID)

Before October 15:

$50 General
$25 Student/Community

On-site:

$60 General
$35 Student/Community

Please send your name, title, affiliation, address, and email with the registration fee (check or purchase order) made payable to:
Institute for Asian American Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Attn: AANERI Conference

Please indicate if you would like a vegetarian meal for lunch.

For general information, contact the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston at 617-287-5650 or asianaminst@umb.edu. For site information, contact the Asian American Studies Institute at UConn at 860-486-4751.

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ACCEPTED PAPERS AND ROUNDTABLES:

Session 1

Paper Panel A:

Karen Su, University of Illinois at Chicago, "Dofu Puzzle."

Charles Kim, Harvard University, "The Tactical Pursuit of the Beautiful: Certeau, Baldwin and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center."

Yoon Sun Lee, Wellesley College. "The Forms and Possibilities of Asian American Ordinariness: Younghill Kang in Boston, 1922"

Chair, Cathy Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut

Paper Panel B:

Nicole Newendorp, Harvard University, "Searching for a 'Humane Social Atmosphere': Chinese-born Senior Migrants and Social Welfare in Boston."

Richard Hung , University of Massachusetts Boston, "New England Asian American Nonprofit Leadership"

Thomas Chen, Brown University, "The Impact of Highway Construction on Boston's Postwar Chinatown"

Chair, Michael Liu, University of Massachusetts Boston

Roundtable A: Asia-Pacific in the Making of the Americas: Toward a Global History

Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Robert Lee, Naoko Shibusawa, and John Eng-Wong, Brown University

Roundtable B: Uniting Community and Building Coalitions: Lobbying for an Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission in the State of Connecticut

Angela Rola, Board Members from the Asian Pacific American Coalition of CT (APAC-CT), and Commissioners from the newly-formed CT Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission (APAAC)

Session II

Paper Panel A:

Monica Chiu, University of New Hampshire, "A Pleasant Space: Harriet Low's Private Spaces in Macao's Public Venues."

Dane Morrison, Salem State University, "Different from What We Have Been Taught, Rethinking New England's Early Encounters with Asia."

Kimberly Alexander, Strawberry Banke Museum, "A Good Likeness: The Creative Exchange between Rebecca Kinsman and Lamqua, Macao, 1843."

Chair, Monica Chiu, University of New Hampshire

Paper Panel B:

Phitsamay S. Uy, Harvard University, and Yeon Jeong Son, Boston Public Schools, "Cross-cultural Comparison of Dominican, Laotian and Khmer Students: The Influence of Parents, Peers and Teachers on Academic Achievement."

Nathan Bae Kupel, Simmons College, "Asian Adoptees and Post-Adoption Services in Massachusetts: Data from Providers and Reflections from Adult Adoptees."

Angela M. De Dios , Clark University, "Filipino American Emerging Adults in New England."

Chair, Paul Niwa, Emerson College

Roundtable A: Chinese without Borders: Documenting Chinese of New England

John Eng-Wong, Brown University, and Gary Libby, Chinese and American Friendship Association of Maine

Roundtable B: Community-Research Partnerships: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies

Qingjian Shi, Danny, Ho, Dipanwita Bhattacharyya, and Dahvy Tran, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, and Oiyan Poon, University of Massachusetts Boston

Plenaries:

"AANERI and Asian American Studies in New England"
Monica Chiu, University of New Hampshire, and Miliann Kang, University of Amherst

"Cultural Performances and Cultural Representations of New England"
Susan Asai, Northeastern University with a performance by Giles Li