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Professor Takahashi Tetsuya from Tokyo University will give a lecture titled "Postwar Japan on the Brink: Militarianism, Colonialism, Yasukuni Shrine" at the 4:30pm in the University of Chicago's Social Sciences Building, Room 122. (1126 East 59th Street; Chicago, IL 60637. For more information, please contact the Center for East Asian Studies at 773-702-2715.
March 9-11: The Midwest Asian American Students Union Spring Conference at UIUC
The Midest Asian American Students Union will hold its annual spring conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to promote an educational dialogue and coalition building. For more information, please contact Carrie Kagawa and Simon Lee (conference co-chairs) at maasu.sc2007@gmail.com.
March 15: Blue Scholars Tentatively Scheduled to Visit Chicago, IL
The Blue Scholars will be covering the nature with its Stop the Killings Tour. They are tentatively scheduled to perform in Chicago, IL on March 15. For more information, please visit www.bluescholars.com.
March 16-17: Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora Conference in Chicago, IL
The Unversity of Illinois-Chicago's chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization will present a conference titled "Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities" on March 16 (3:00-7:30pm) and March 17 (9:00am - 8:00pm). The event will be held at the UIC Student Center East at 750 South Halsted St.; Chicago, IL.
March 24: One-Day Food and Rummage Sale: Cleveland Chapter of JACL
The Cleveland Chapter of JACL will hold a food and rummage sale at the Cleveland Buddist Temple (1573 East 214th Street; Euclid, OH 44117). Sushi and Chicken Terriyaki are on the menu!
March 30: Free Karaoke JACL Youths in Chicago, IL
The JACL Youth in Chicago will be singing the day away with free karaoke from 3:30-6:00pm at Hiromi's Oriental Restaurant (3609 W. Lawrence; Chicago IL).
Columbia College's Brand New Asian Students Organization will be hosting a night of Asian American Hip Hop and Short Films at 7pm at the Hot House (31 E. Balbo). The event is free to Columbia Students and $5 for non-students.
April 4: George Takei's speech at UIC's Asian American Awareness Month Kickoff Event in Chicago, IL
Star Trek's George Takei will be the keynote speaker at this event, which will be held at 4pm at UIC's Student Center East. The Midwest Buddhist Temple Taiko Goup will provide entertainment. For more information , please call 312.413.9569.
April 4-8: The Association for Asian American Studies Conference in New York City
The Association for Asian American Studies will host its annual conference in New York City. For more information, please visit their website at www.aaastudies.org.
April 10: Film Screening and Q &A with Eric Byler in Chicago, IL
Filmmaker Eric Byler will screen My Life Disoriented and clips from Americanese, which will open around the nation in August. This event will take place from 7-9pm at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Stuart Hall, Room 101.
April 12: Asian Americans Asserting Visability: The Arts in Chicago, IL
A panel featuring Eric Byler, Quang Bao, Kwang Wu Kim, Ray Yang, and Nancy Tom will discuss pertinent issues about Asian Americans and the Arts from 6:30-8:30pm at the Harper Memorial Library. A reception will follow.
April 13: An Asian American Literary Caravan will be held in Chicago, IL
Writers Quang Bao, Luisa A. Igloria, and Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi will read their work from 1:30-3:30pm at the University of Illinois in Chicago's Social Sciences Building, room 122.
April 13: Dr. Anisur Rahman will give a special lecture at Purdue University in Lafayette, IN
Dr. Anisur Rahman will give a lectured titled "American Literary Studies in India" at 2pm in room 2275 Beering Hall at Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN.
April 17: Sentenced Home Documentary Screening in Chicago, IL
A documentary screening and Q&A session with film director David Grabbias will be held from 7:30-9:30pm in the Social Sciences building(room 122) of the University of Illinois at Chicago.