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POSTPONED: TALK: "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CANTONESE IN 19TH CENTURY CHINA AND AMERICA” BY DR. DOUGLAS LEE

  • Wing Luke Museum 719 South King Street Seattle, WA, 98104 United States (map)

POSTPONED: BOOK TALK WITH DR. DOUGLAS LEE

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

For more information about accessibility, please contact visit@wingluke.org or call 206.623.5124

Dr. Douglas Lee’s talk is based on his new book series, The Gum-Shaan Chronicles, The Early History of Cantonese-Chinese America.

Dr. Lee is a second-generation Cantonese-Chinese American, trained as a historian of Modern China, with a special research interest in early Chinese American History.

In 1979-1980, Lee was the co-founder and first national President of the National Association for Asian American Studies. In 1981, he was cofounder of the Chinese Historical Society of the Pacific Northwest, and the first editor of its journal, The Annals of the Chinese Historical Society of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Washington).

His new book series is the result of forty-five years of research and writing.

Click here for more information on Dr. Lee and his books.

*Various copies from his book series will be sold at the WLM Marketplace for this talk. 

 Co-presented by the University of WA's Asian American Studies and American Ethnic Studies Departments.

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