If you’re in the area, be sure to check out some of these Taiwanese American artists who are breaking ground in their respective fields: singer-songwriter Dawen, filmmaker and founder of TurtlistMedia.com Jason Lee, and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai!
The New Communities Symposium is an event intended to: raise awareness of the growth and reconceptualization of the field of Asian American Studies in the Midwest; explore unique characteristics of Asian American Midwestern identity; discuss contemporary Asian American-produced media, literature, and popular cultural practices; promote the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Asian American Studies Consortium; highlight the relatively new Purdue Asian American Studies program; and meet a Purdue Graduate School strategic initiative of fostering interdisciplinary graduate education.
Check out the conference website:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/asian-american/newcommunities/
See who else is speaking:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/asian-american/newcommunities/bios.html
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