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GUEST LECTURES/KEYNOTE SPEECHES

1. International

·        “From the Changing Images of the Chinese Americans to See the Rise of China.” The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, Beijing, China, July 30, 2007.

·        “The Critical Issues of Asian American Studies.” Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, July 9, 2007.

·        “A Critical Review of Chinese American Studies.”  Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, July 11, 2007.

·        “Cultural Community—A New Theory on Ethnic American History.” Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, July 12, 2007.

·         “Chinese American Studies and Cultural Community Theory.” 2nd Conference on Overseas Chinese and China’s Development”, sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, June 22-24, 2007.

·        “New Perspectives on Chinese American Studies—Cultural Community Theory.” The Chinese Institute for Overseas Chinese History Studies, Beijing, China, Jan. 14, 2005.

·        “Will Japan Still Maintain Its Leading Role in the Asian Economy?” Japan Study Tour 2003, sponsored by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and Keizai Koho Center.

·        “Historiography and Research Methodologies of Chinese American Studies.”  Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of the PRC, Beijing, December 23-26, 2002.

·        “Historiography and Research Methodologies of Chinese American Women.” Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May 4, 2001.

·        “A Review of the Studies of Chinese American Women.” Center for Overseas Chinese Studies, Peking University, August 16, 2000.

·        Chinese Historians Delegation to Taiwan, July 27-August 7, 2000

 

2. National

·        “Chinese Community in St. Louis at the Turn of the Century.” Scott Joplin House SHS, St. Louis, Missouri, January 25, 2009.

·        “Living in America as a Chinese American.” Dr. Y.S. Tsiang in Chinese Studies of the Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Sept. 22, 2007.

·        “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” Center for International Studies, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, September 7, 2005.

·        “Chinese in St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” St. Louis Public Library-Carpenter Branch, July 25, 2005.

·        “Chinese Community in St. Louis.”  Featured guest with host Harriett Woods (former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri) at KWMU 90.7 (NPR in St. Louis) “St. Louis on the Air,” July 5, 2005.

·         “Chinese in St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” The Coalition of Asian and Pacific Americans, St. Louis, Missouri, May 7, 2005.

·        Featured guest at “Charles Brennan Show” KMOX Radio Station, “Voice of St. Louis” Feb. 4, 2005.

·        “Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community,” St. Louis County Public Library Headquarter and East Bank Books, Feb. 4, 2005.

·        “Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community,” Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 8871 Ladue Road, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 2005.

·        “Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community,” St. Louis Chinese Association, St. Louis Modern Chinese School, St. Louis Chinese Culture Association, St. Louis Chinese American News, and Chinese American Forum, Nov. 21, 2004.

·        Keynote Address, “Chinese Women in St. Louis: From ‘Hop Alley’ to a Cultural Community.”  Women’s History Month, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, March 8, 2004.

·        “Red Guards and the Cultural Revolution.” Chinese Interdisciplinary Seminar, Art History Society, Truman State University, November 15, 2001.

·         “Stories of Hop Alley and Beyond.” St. Louis Modern Chinese Language School, St. Louis Chinese American News Company, St. Louis, March 17, 2001.

·        “Hop Alley: Myth and Reality of the St. Louis Chinatown, 1860s-1930s.” 4th Annual Conference for the Preservation of the Midwest’s Ethnic Heritage, St. Louis, March 16, 2001.

·        “Asian Women, Migration, and American Dream.” Asian Affairs Center and Multicultural Affairs Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, November 15, 2000.

·        "Surviving on the Gold Mountain and Issues on Asian Americans." Mid-Missouri Chinese Association, Columbia, MO, September 11, 1999.

·        “Chinese Americans: Past and Present.” St. Louis Chinese Association, St. Louis, MO, April 17, 1999.

·        “Family and Marriage among Chinese Immigrant Women in Late 19th and Early 20th Century U.S.” Brown-Bag Colloquium, Department of History, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 15, 1999.

 

3. Local

·        Presentation on Nanjing Massacre, the Society for Sino-American Studies, Truman, April 27, 2008

·        Presentation on research for book Voices of the Heart: Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family (TSU Press, 2007), Historical Society and Phi Alpha Theta, Truman, November 28, 2007.

·        Presentation on Film “To Live,” Rotaract Club, October 28, 2006.

·        Presentation on Film “Raises the Red Lantern,” Rotary Club, November 2, 2005.

·        Presentation on Asians and health issues in Stephanie Powelson’s class, Community Health Care, Truman, Jan. 25, 2005

·        Presentation “Strategies for Applying Japan Study Tour,” Faculty Lunch Series, Truman, November 4, 2004

·        Presentation on contemporary Chinese history and Chinese perspectives on the US, China-Pre-Departure Workshop, Timothy Farley, Truman, July 12, 2004

·        Presentation on my research on Chinese in St. Louis, Faculty Lunch series, Truman, November 5, 2003

·        Presentation on Chinese culture (Chinese writing), Ray Miller Elementary School, Kirksville, Missouri, January 31, 2003

·        Presentation on Chinese New year, Rapid Academic Program, Ray Miller Elementary School, Kirksville, Missouri, January 29, 2003

·        Presentation on Chinese Culture, Primary School, Kirksville, Missouri, May 23, 2001

·        Presentation on how to be an author, Primary School, Kirksville, Missouri, March 30, 2001

·        Presentation on Chinese culture, Primary School, Kirksville, Missouri, February 4, 2000

·        Presentation on Chinese and Health to students in Nursing Program at Truman State University, January 18, 2000

·        Presentation on Chinese culture, at Gifted Conference for K-12 Students, Parents & Educators, April 19, 1997, Kirksville Junior High School

·        Presentation on interracial marriage to Truman nursing course: Life Span Development, September 4, 1996

·        Presentations to Truman nursing course: Community and Health Care, 1994, 1995, 1996

·        Speech on my research, Kirksville Branch of AAUW, October 19, 1995

Presentation on Chinese culture at Around the World Trip,  Ray Miller Elementary