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  • Mixed race of Asian and Western: Asia’s new standard of beauty

    It seems the old adage, “Beauty is relative” is not true anymore, as what is beautiful for the Asians nowadays are those who have a mixed race—Asian and Western.

  • Mixed Race in Asia: Past, Present and Future

    Mixed racial and ethnic identities are topics of increasing interest around the world, yet studies of mixed race in Asia are rare, despite its particular salience for Asian societies.

  • The Asian Turn in Mixed Race Studies: Retrospects and Prospects

    In 1930, the young Han Suyin (pen name of Rosalie Chou, 1916-2012) read this passage in a book called Races of the World: “Racial mixtures are prone to mental unbalance, hysteria, alcoholism, generally of weak character and untrustworthy…” Shaken, she prayed, “Oh God… don’t let me go mad, don’t let my brain go, I want to study.”

  • Bridging Asian and Asian American Studies through Critical Mixed Race

    Bridging Asian and Asian American Studies through Critical Mixed Race UCLA International Institute Asia Institute 2016-05-25 Samantha Fletcher (UCLA 2016) Professor Emma Teng of MIT recently examined mixed-race identities in the U.S., China and Hong Kong as part of the Taiwan Studies Lecture Series of the Asia Institute. UCLA International Institute, May 25, 2016 —…

  • Negotiating Identities: Mixed Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea

    Negotiating Identities: Mixed Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea University of San Francisco McLaren Complex – MC 250 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, California 94117-1080 2016-04-14 through 2016-04-15 The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce its spring symposium Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea,…

  • Call for Papers: Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea

    Call for Papers: Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, California 2015-07-09 Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea, April 14-15, 2016 The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce the…

  • Critical Mixed-Race In Transnational Perspective: The US, China, And Hong Kong, 1842-1943

    Critical Mixed-Race In Transnational Perspective: The US, China, And Hong Kong, 1842-1943 Center for East Asian Studies Lathrop East Asia Library, Room 224 Stanford University 518 Memorial Way, Stanford, California Thursday, 2015-01-15, 16:15-17:30 PST (Local Time) Emma Teng, T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations Massachusetts Institute of Technology This paper will examine…

  • Chinese Mixed Race in Transnational Comparison (Sawyer Seminar IV)

    Chinese Mixed Race in Transnational Comparison (Sawyer Seminar IV) University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Center for Japanese Religions and Culture University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML), Room: 110C 2013-09-27, 13:00-17:00 PDT (Local Time) USC Conference Convenors: Duncan Williams, Associate Professor of Religion University of Southern…

  • Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, 1842-1943

    In the second half of the nineteenth century, global labor migration, trade, and overseas study brought China and the United States into close contact, leading to new cross-cultural encounters that brought mixed-race families into being. Yet the stories of these families remain largely unknown.

  • Focus on Research: Emma J. Teng F’06 on the Hidden Histories of Mixed Race Families

    Focus on Research: Emma J. Teng F’06 on the Hidden Histories of Mixed Race Families American Council of Learned Societies ACLS News 2012-10-01 ACLS asked its fellows to describe their research: the knowledge it creates and how this knowledge benefits our understanding of the world. We are pleased to present this response from Emma J.…