Conferences

Asia in Latin America: Across Four Continents

October 19-20, 2007
The University of Texas at Austin
Avaya Auditorium and Etter-Harbin Alumni Center

General Information

This conference highlights the diaspora of Asian communities within Latin America, and it is a great testament to the complex identities we each possess and the rich ways in which cultures interact/intersect. Topics discussed will include historical overview, comparative Mexican and Asian migration and settlement, Asians in Mexico, labor systems and cultural exchanges.

Sponsored by the Center for Asian American Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Barron Ulmer Kidd Centennial Lectureship, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, South Asia Institute, and the History Department.

For more information, contact the Center for Asian American Studies (link to ) at 512.232.6427 or visit their website.

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