Guest Lectures/Keynote Speeches

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GUEST LECTURES/KEYNOTE SPEECHES

1. International

  •  “ `Chinese Dream’ and the New Trends in Transnational Migration.” Jinan University, Guangzhou, July 2, 2013.
  • “Current Research Methodologies in Asian American Studies.” Jinan University, Guangzhou, July 1, 2013.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Transnational Migration and Business, 1870s-1930s.” The Research Institute of Modern Chinese History, Wuhan, China, June 18, 2013.
  • “Rise of China and Chinese in North America.” Distinguished Role Model Speaker, the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, May 15, 2012.
  • “Rethinking Transnational Migration: Socioeconomic, Cultural and Political Ties between the Overseas Chinese Communities and the Native Places.” Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, May 31, 2010.
  • “The Rise of China as Reflected in American Popular Images of Chinese Americans.” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 26, 2010.
  •  “Rethinking Transnational Migration: Socioeconomic, Cultural and Political Ties between the Overseas Chinese Communities and the Native Places.” Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, People’s Republic of China. May 25, 2010
  •  “The Critical Issues of Asian American Studies.” Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, May 19, 2010.
  •  “Historiography and Research Trend on Chinese American Women.” Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, May 19, 2010.
  • “Transformation of Chinese American Communities: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China, May 20, 2010.
  • “The Rise of China as Reflected in American Popular Images of Chinese Americans.” Central Normal University, Wuhan, China, May 20, 2010.
  • “The Rise of China as Reflected in American Popular Images of Chinese Americans.” Shanghai Social Science Academy, May 18, 2010.
  • “The Critical Issues of Asian American Studies.” Tongji University, Shanghai, China, May 18, 2010.
  • “The Rise of China as Reflected in American Popular Images of Chinese Americans.” Cultural University of Hong Kong, May 14, 2010.
  •  “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,JinanUniversity,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.
  • “WillJapanStill Maintain Its Leading Role in the Asian Economy?” Japan Study Tour 2003, sponsored by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business andKeizaiKohoCenter.
  • “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

 

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2. National

  • “The Paradox of the ‘China Model’—Its Allures and Lessons,” invited lecture, University of Missouri-St. Louis, October 12, 2015.
  • “Asian Americans and St. Louis Chinatown,” workshop by Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 10, 2015.
  • “Author Meets Critics,” Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Chicago, November 21-24, 2013.
  • “Rise of China and Chinese Americans.” Distinguished Speaker, Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2012.
  • “Chinese in St. Louis.” Missouri Botanic Garden. May 26, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” The American Mandarin Society, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” Chinese American Service League, Chicago, March 30, 2012.
  • “New Challenges for Asian Americans under the Globalization.” University of Illinois-Chicago, March 30, 2012.
  • “ ‘Celestial Women’ in the Windy City: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community.” DePaul University, Chicago, March 29, 2012.
  • “Asian Americans in Missouri.” Rotary Club, Kirksville, Missouri, March 22, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” Truman Bookstore, January 23, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” Chinese-American Museum of Chicago, January 7, 2012.
  • “Burning Questions in Asian American Studies.” As a Rosenberg Institute Visiting Scholar, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, November 5, 2010.
  • “Rise of China as Reflected in American Popular Images of Chinese Americans.” Public Lecture sponsored by Dr. Y. S. Tsiang Professorship in Chinese Studies, Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, October, 2010.
  • “The Transformation of Asian American Communities.” Ladies Sunday Book Club, Columbia, MO, June 6, 2010.
  • “The Transformation of Asian American Communities.” Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, MO, May 2, 2010.
  • “Publishing in Scholarly Journals and Academic Presses.” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 10, 2010.
  • “Voices of the Heart: Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family.” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 9, 2010.
  • “How to Publish in Journal of Asian American Studies: Insiders Views.” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, April 8, 2010.
  • “The Transformation and Trends of Asian American Communities.” Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, April 7, 2010.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community.” Chinese American Museum of Chicago, Chicago, March 28, 2010.
  • “China’s Economic Reform and Prosperity and Their Impact to the World.” Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO, March 12, 2010.
  • “Family and Social Structures in China.” Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO, March 12, 2010.
  • “Chinese in St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” Asian Affairs Center, Department of History, University of Missouri at Columbia, February 16, 2010.
  • “Globalization and Asian Americans.” University of Missouri at Columbia, February 11, 2010.
  • “The Transformation and Trends of Chinese American Communities as Reflected in American Popular Culture.” Mid-Missouri Chinese Americans, Columbia, Missouri, February 7, 2010.
  • “The Transformation and Trends of Asian American Communities as Reflected in American Popular Culture.” Columbia Friends of China, Columbia, Missouri, February 5, 2010.
  •  “Critical Issues on Asian American Studies.” Asian American Journalist Association, University of Missouri at Columbia, November 16, 2009.
  • “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,UniversityofMissouri-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. LouisPublic 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.
  • “ChineseSt. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community,”St. LouisCounty 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. LouisModernChineseSchool,St. Louis Chinese Culture Association,St. Louis Chinese American News, and Chinese American Forum, Nov. 21, 2004.
  • Keynote Address, “Chinese Women inSt. 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. LouisChinese Association, St. Louis, MO, April 17, 1999.
  • “Family and Marriage among Chinese Immigrant Women in Late 19th and Early 20th CenturyU.S.” Brown-Bag Colloquium, Department of History, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 15, 1999.

 

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3. Local

  • “Rise of China and Its Implications.” School of Social and Cultural Studies, Truman State University, Oct. 2013.
  • “China Rise” and “US Fall”? Where is Our Place? Faculty Forum, Truman State University, Oct. 1, 2013.
  • “Chinese Women in Chicago.” Rotary Club, Kirksville, MO, March 7, 2013.
  • “Rise of China and Its Repositioning under Globalization.” Faculty Forum, Truman State University, 2013.
  • “Rise of China and Its Repositioning under Globalization.” Global Issue Colloquium, Truman State University, October 18, 2012.
  • “China and Japan Dispute Over Diaoyu Islands (Sankaku).” Society of Sino-American Studies, Truman State University, October 2, 2012.
  • “Asian Americans and Mid-America.” Rotary Club, Kirksville, MO, March 22, 2012.
  • “Prospective on Sino-US Relationship,” the Society for Sino-American Studies and Multicultural Affairs, Truman, February, 28, 2012.
  • “Rise of China,” the Society for Sino-American Studies and Multicultural Affairs, Truman, April 19, 2011
  • 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 ApplyingJapanStudy Tour,” Faculty Lunch Series, Truman, November 4, 2004
  • Presentation on contemporary Chinese history and Chinese perspectives on theUS, China-Pre-Departure Workshop, Timothy Farley, Truman, July 12, 2004
  • Presentation on my research on Chinese inSt. 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 TrumanStateUniversity, January 18, 2000
  • Presentation on Chinese culture, at Gifted Conference for K-12 Students, Parents & Educators, April 19, 1997,KirksvilleJunior 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

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