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Symposium — Japanese/America: Transpacific and Hemispheric
Keynote: Karen Tei Yamashita, novelist
February 15, 2019 · 1:30 pm—10:00 pm · Chancellor Green Rotunda
Program in American Studies
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The Program in American Studies and the Program in Asian American Studies invite you to an exploration of Japanese America and its transpacific and hemispheric dimensions. Presentations and a panel discussion by Andrew Way Leong (UC Berkeley), Iyko Day (Mount Holyoke), and Karen Umemoto (UCLA) will draw on scholarship across disciplines. Novelist Karen Tei Yamashita will present a keynote discussing her research into her recent family memoir, “Letters to Memory,” and her introduction to a new edition of John Okada’s “No-No Boy,” forthcoming from Penguin Books. The symposium will conclude with music and multimedia by Julian Saporiti and Erin Aoyama, who perform as No-No Boy, transforming research and family legacy into song.