Events

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Asian American Studies Program welcomes artist and memoirist GB Tran. The son of immigrants who fled the fall of Saigon and settled in the United States, Tran explores his family's history in his acclaimed graphic memoir VIETNAMERICA (Villard, 2011). Library Journal declared: “This will be called the MAUS for the Vietnam War, and for good reason. Similar premise: clueless American-born son of immigrants confronts the legacy of family pain predating his birth. Similar outcome: a kick-in- the-gut graphic novel... he purposely fragments the plot, shifting points of view, narrative voices, and settings while the reader—as did Tran—must assemble the pieces to learn how his parents became the people he knew.” Tran will show slides of VIETNAMERICA, discuss his work, and answer questions from the audience. His website is http://www.gbtran.com/. This event is co-sponsored by the Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts.

Thursday, January 19, 2012 

The Asian American Studies Program welcomes novelist and painter Julie Otsuka, author of WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE, about the internment of a Japanese American family during World War II, and the National Book Award-nominated THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC, about a group of young Japanese "pictures brides" in the early 1900s.

Otsuka will be giving a Q&A at 4:30 pm in Stewart Center, Room 318. At 7:30 pm she will be reading from her work in Krannert Auditorium, Room 140, followed by a book-signing. These events are co-sponsored by the Department of English.

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