Conference on Southeast Asian Americans

Conference on Southeast Asian Americans to be held at Carleton, May 12.


Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, is pleased to host the
Conference on Southeast Asian Americans on May 12, 2007. Featuring
multi-disciplinary research presentations by undergraduate students on the
Hmong, Vietnamese, and Cambodian experience in America, this conference is
the first of its kind. The student speakers will represent several
Minnesota and Wisconsin schools, including Carleton, Saint Olaf,
Macalester, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, students are coming from several west and
east coast universities to present their research, including Stanford, the
University of California-Los Angeles, University of California-Irvine,
University of California-Santa Cruz, and University of
Massachusetts-Boston. For a list of paper titles and panels see the
conference website:
http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/posc/Conf_SE_Asian_Amer/

Three prominent scholars in Hmong studies will offer commentary on the
student papers: including Professor Yang Dao, Professor Gary Yia Lee, and
Professor Kou Yang. The keynote speakers: Professor Mai Na Lee, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Ms. Hai Binh Nguyen, Asian Pacific Environmental Network in Oakland, CAlifornia.

In addition, Penh Lo of Minnesota State University atMankato will deliver a talk on ethnic minority groups in Laos duringlunchtime (Great Hall, Severance Hall). The Honorable Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senator will give a dinner lecture at 6 p.m. (Great Hall, Severance hall) All events are free and open to the public (excluding meals, which are open to the public but require advance reservation and payment in advance or at the door). Conferences essions will be held in Leighton Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on May 12, Saturday.

There will be a special evening performance by Tou Ger Xiong (Carleton
B.A., 1996), rapper and comedian, in Concert Hall from 8-10 p.m. The band Watching Leona will perform after the Tou Ger Xiong performance.

For more information and to register, contact Carolyn Wong at
cwong@carleton.edu or 507-646-4680.