Asian Pacific American Heritage Awareness Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Awareness Month
March 26, 2015
APAC is pleased to announce Purdue's first Asian Pacific American Heritage Awareness Month! There
will be a series of events happening in the next month covering various topics (from literature to everyday
cultural exchange) and in different forms (public lecture, sports, celebration). We would like to invite you
to celebrate the month with us! All events are free and open to public!
Event flyer is attached and you can also see the full list of events here:
http://purdueapac.weebly.com/asian-pacific-american-heritage-awareness-month.html
For further information and questions, please email Yuhan Huang (huang265 at purdue.edu).
List of Events:
1)
Public Lecture: Three Revolutionary Epics in Socialist China (1964-2006): Red Legend, Grey
Performance, or Black Restoration to Capitalism
Time & Location: Monday, March 30th , 3:30-4:30pm SC239
Speaker: Dr. Xiaomei Chen (Professor and Chair of Performance Studies Graduate Group; University of
California at Davis)
Organizer: the Chinese Program and School of Languages and Cultures
Co-sponsors: Department of East Asian Languages, Comparative Literature Program, Asian Studies
Program, Confucius Institute Questions? : Hongjian Wang, purdue.edu
2)
Public Lecture and Book Signing: What Americans See: Chinese Fiction in English Translation (
美国人眼中的中国小说: 论英译中文小说)
Time & Location: Thursday, April 2nd, 3:00-4:00 pm, RAWL 2070
Speaker: Dr. Sabina Knight 桑稟華 (Director of Comparative Literature and Professor of Chinese and
Comparative Literature; Smith College)
Co-sponsors: Purdue Comparative Literature Program, Chinese Studies, Confucius Institute Purdue,
Purdue UP, Center for Religion and Chinese Society Questions? : Angelica Duran, purdue.edu>* * “0” is
a zero.
3)
Asian American Association (AAA) Basketball tournament
Time&Location: Saturday, April 4th, The Corec Black and Gold Courts
Questions: Sharon Chung, purdue.edu>
4)
Reading and Discussion with Poet Abigail Licad: Where Sass Meets Social Justice: Hyphen
Magazine and Asian America Unabridged
Time&Location: Monday, April 6th, 4:30-5:30pm, Krannert Auditorium (Rm140)
Speaker: Abigail Licad (poet and editor-in-chief of Hyphen magazine)
Sponsors: College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Education and International Programs, Asian American
and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC), Asian Pacific American Caucus (APAC)
Questions: Allison Layfield <alayfiel at purdue.edu>
5)
Cultural Talk and Discussion with Dr. Hye-Seung Theresa Kang: When East meets West: CrossCultural Interactions
Time&Location: Monday, April 13th, 4:30-5:30pm, SC239
Speaker: Dr. Hye-Seung Theresa Kang （Associate Director of East Asia Studies Center at Indiana
University）
Sponsors: Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC), Asian Pacific American
Caucus (APAC)
Questions: Yuhan Huang purdue.edu>
6)
Asian American and Asian Cultural and Resource Center Opening Ceremony
Time&Location: Wednesday, April 29th, 4:00-6:00pm, Loeb Playhouse and
Reception with ArtVoice Exhibit will follow in Stew162
Sponsor: Asian American and Asian Cultural and Resource Center
Questions: Victoria Loong <vloong at purdue.edu>