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Don’t forget to get your free ticket to see Jack Tchen on Saturday October 23. You can find more information and register below. We hope to see you there! |
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“The Virulent Roots of American Violent Othering: Asians as disposable things, and other stories of dehumanization”Saturday October 23, 2:00-3:00 PM Online virtual event |
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We must get to the deep taproots of Anglo-American settler colonialism to understand the virulent and violent acting out that stretches from the very beginnings of Columbus’ and Puritan arrivals. I’ll ground the story of the schizoid love/hate attitude towards Asians in the US to the deep history we ignore. The teas, porcelains, and silks of the China trade were the foundation consumables the settler colonial North American knew of “Cathay” and “The Orient.” Such love of “things,” also regularly disposed, continue to define the ways Asian beings are encountered in US culture to this day. |
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Upcoming CHSNE
events:
- September 22: Mount Hope Database Online
- October 9th: First Annual Genealogy
Workshop Course Opens
- October 16th: Genealogy Workshop Live
Q&A Session (Virtual)
- October 23rd: Tunney F. Lee Memorial
Lecture Series featuring Jack Tchen
- November 16th: Genealogy Workshop Course
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- December 8th: Annual Meeting (Details
coming soon!)
- TBD 2022 Endurance Streets (耐力街道):
Resilience and Response in Boston’s Chinese Community
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CHSNE Genealogy Workshop
Saturday October 9th, Course
Online
Saturday October 16, Live Q&A Session 2-3:30 EST
Tuesday November 16, Course Closes
Online virtual course and event
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Join us for the
first annual CHSNE Genealogy Workshop. Attendees will be given
multipart video tutorials, worksheets, book discount, and exclusive
access to a live Q&A session with three genealogists and our
community guest speakers.
On October 9th,
the Genealogy course will be uploaded in full to paid attendees. This is a paid event.
Attendees will have access to the course until November
16th.
Topics include getting started, Chinese exclusion case
files, Chinese in Hawaii, jiapu, visiting China, struggling with
language barriers and more.
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“The Virulent Roots of American Violent Othering: Asians
as disposable things, and other stories of dehumanization”
Saturday October 23,
2:00-3:00 PM
Online virtual event
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We must get to the deep taproots of Anglo-American
settler colonialism to understand the virulent and violent acting out
that stretches from the very beginnings of Columbus’ and Puritan
arrivals. I’ll ground the story of the schizoid love/hate attitude towards
Asians in the US to the deep history we ignore. The teas, porcelains,
and silks of the China trade were the foundation consumables the
settler colonial North American knew of “Cathay” and “The Orient.” Such
love of “things,” also regularly disposed, continue to define the ways
Asian beings are encountered in US culture to this day.
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Annual Meeting
- Save the Date!
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Be
on the lookout for more information soon.
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CHSNE was awarded a grant to create an outdoor exhibit! Endurance Streets (耐力街道): Resilience and Response in Boston’s Chinese Community
is a collaboration between the Chinese Historical Society of New
England and the Tisch Public Humanities Program at Tufts University,
inspired in response to the economic distress and racially motivated
attacks that have impacted Boston’s Chinese-speaking neighborhood
during the pandemic.
Significant material is drawn from the collection of the late activist
and scholar Tunney Lee, whose archive was bequeathed to the Chinese
Historical Society of New England.
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Looking
for a college level intern in graphics design or related field
for panels and brochure work for the above exhibit. Winter/Spring
opportunity. Email info@chsne.org if
interested.
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Mount Hope
Database Online
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CHSNE has been hard at work compiling a database for
burials at Mount Hope. But now we need your help! Please
consider updating or submitting any information you have. We also would
like to attach photos to each record.
Due to the number of records, the page may take several minutes to
load.
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Other events:
From Jack Tchen:
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CHSNE
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Chinese immigration in New England. Please consider becoming a member or
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Lunch and Learn: A Boston Area Painter - Mong Q. Lee April 19th, 5:00 PM EST, Zoom Meeting |
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Tickets cost $10 dollars each. For being a subscriber, please use code “LunchLearn” for $5 dollars off. Our Lunch and Learn series uses Zoom to facilitate a short talk followed by community discussion. Cameras and microphones are suggested! |
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For our first installment of our Lunch and Learn series, we are unveiling an exhibit made by volunteers. Board member and genealogist Alice Kane will take us through the NARA archives to learn more about this relatively unknown painter. Joining us, his two daughters, Cynthia Lee Johnson, and Carol Mon Lee. Please note, due to one panelist residing in Hawaii this event will be much later in the day than future installments. To suggest future events please see; http://www.chsne.org/lunch-and-learn/ |
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Mong Q. Lee was an immigrant from China in the 1930's, likely coming via the paper son route. He spent a great deal of time in immigration, before moving to Fitchburg, where he became a laundryman. He went on to serve in China during WWII, where he met his wife. When they came back to Boston, he attended college, had two girls, and his painting career took off. Mong Q. Lee passed in 1959, at the age of 37. He is buried at Mt. Hope. |
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Your ticket purchase will help us create more programming like this, and support our mission of documenting, preserving, and promoting the history of Chinese immigration in New England. If you'd prefer to simply donate please go to; https://store.chsne.org |
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Pao Arts Center & Chinese Historical Society of NE present Tunney Lee Memorial Lecture Series, Laundry Rock: Histories of Boston's ChinatownSaturday March 13th, 2:00 - 3:30 PM EST Online virtual event |
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Join us in a discussion with visual artist Wen-hao Tien, CHSNE Managing Director Brianna Allen, Shauna Lo, Assistant Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, and Eugenio Menegon, Associate Professor of History at Boston University as we explore the little-known histories of Chinese laundries in Boston Chinatown. For first-wave Chinese immigrants in the mid-1800’s, laundries became a primary source of income and a significant part of Chinese American labor history. They remain a point of shared connection between many Chinese American families today. How have these histories impacted Boston Chinatown, and what are the implications for current generations? During the discussion, we will be examining Tien’s piece, Laundry Rock, one of the works included in her culminating exhibition as Pao Arts Center’s 2020 Artist-in-Residence. The exhibit Wen-hao Tien: Home on Our Backs, is on view at Pao Arts Center's website until June 26, 2021. |
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Unsung Heroes: Recognizing and Honoring Chinese American Contributions During World War II - Now Online |
Initially recorded on December 12th, the second lecture series is now live on our YouTube. Be sure to follow to see highlights or full uploads of past events. |
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David Wong Bean Sprout Company Collection |
CHSNE acquired a new small collection towards the end of 2020 featuring this small business, formerly on Hudson Street. You can see the items in the collection on our website. |
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CHSNE NEEDS YOU! CHSNE is dedicated solely to documenting, preserving, and promoting the history and legacy of Chinese immigration in New England. Please consider becoming a member or donating to help cover our projects and operating expenses. |
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Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series 2
“Unsung
Heroes: Recognizing and Honoring Chinese American World War II Veterans”
Book Talk and Panel Discussion
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December 12,
2020. 2:00 PM EST
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“Unsung
Heroes: Recognizing and Honoring Chinese American World War II Veterans”
Book Talk and Panel Discussion
Featuring Speakers
- William
"Bill" Chen
- Dan Luke
- Mon Luke
Read more about
them on our website.
Order the book here.
Thank you to everyone who made these events possible through
their generous donations and attendance, we hope to see you on the 12th.
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‘Unsung Heroes’, Book of Remembrance, which serves to recognize and honor the contributions of our Chinese American World War II Veterans.
About this Event
The second lecture of the Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series; http://www.chsne.org/programs/tunney-f-lee-memorial-lecture-series/
Order the book here; http://www.cacaboston.org/event/unsung-heroes/
Suggested reading before the event; http://www.chsne.org/wp-content/uploads/3.-StoryArcofChineseSmericanWWIIVeterans.pdf
Featuring speakers;
William S. Chen, better known as Bill Chen, is a third-generation Chinese-American. Bill served as a career U.S. Army officer for over 32 years and retired as a Major General -- the first Chinese-American to wear 2-star rank in the U.S. Army. He then worked as a defense industry executive for almost 18 years in various domestic and international business assignments. His father, Moon Chen, was a captain and U.S. Army Air Forces pilot assigned to the 14th Air Force under Gen. Claire Chennault in the China Burma India theater during World War II.
Dan Luke is a retired engineer with over 40+ years of experience in the research and development of new innovative aerospace and sensor systems that have been widely adopted both nationally and internationally. He holds degrees in engineering physics and aeronautics & astronautics from Cornell and Stanford and has worked at MIT Lincoln Lab and The MITRE Corporation both non-profit federally funded research and development centers. He currently does part time consulting in the areas of 3D Virtual Sensor Simulation Environments and Geographical Information Systems. He is a co-editor for the book “Unsung Heroes”. His father is a U. S. Army WWII veteran that served in the European Theater and a Congressional Gold Medal recipient.
Mon Luke is a retired educator with over 25+ years of experience in the instruction of high school biology and physical sciences. She has taught in various locales across the country. She holds a degree in biology from the City University of New York (CCNY) and has pursued graduate course work at Stanford and Boston University. She has also been a research assistant in the Department of Biology at Stanford. She retired from Bedford High School, Bedford, Massachusetts but still volunteers as a math tutor at Bedford High. She is an author in the book “Unsung Heroes”. Her father is a U. S. Merchant Marine WWII veteran that served in the Atlantic Theater and is a dual Congressional Gold Medal recipient (Chinese American WWII Veteran and WWII Merchant Marine).
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Chinese Historical Society of New England - Virtual
Annual Meeting
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The Chinese Historical Society of New England is
proud to announce this years sojourner awardees.
Dr. Robert H.
P. Yuan,
Renowned neurosurgeon and co-founder of GBCCA
and
Paul Lee, Founder and leader of Asian legal and
community organizations
Join us on November
12th, 5:30 to 6:30 EST to
honor these gentlemen and look back on this year.
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Please
contact Brianna Allen at info@chsne.org or
617-338-4339 with any questions
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CHSNE Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series
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In memory of 2002 Sojourner Award recipient and our longtime friend and collaborator Professor Tunney Fee Lee (李燦輝, 1931-2020), CHSNE has established the CHSNE Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series to continue his lifelong work of preserving and promoting the history of Chinese Americans. The series will feature speakers on various topics related to the history of Chinese Americans and lectures/seminars will be held in locations in the Boston area and/or virtually based on speaker availability and health regulation at the time. Tunney himself has kindly given many interesting talks on the history of Chinese and Chinatown in Boston over the years so we see this as a fitting tribute to his legacy of historical preservation. |
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September 26th, 2:00 PM EST
- The inaugural seminar - Stories From the City: Contemporary Senior Migrants and Boston's Chinatown
Over the past several decades, increasing numbers of Chinese-born senior citizens have left China to migrate to the U.S. for the first time as older adults. For many of these seniors, their recent moves are tied to long histories of emigrant pathways from Guangdong Province to the U.S.—echoing similar kinds of influences that affected Tunney Lee to come to Boston in 1938 when he was 7 years old.
In this talk, I take inspiration from Tunney Lee’s belief that to understand a city, it’s necessary to know stories about the people who live there: Who are they? What are their lives like? What’s brought them there? I focus on stories I heard while doing 7 years of ethnographic research among seniors who hail from Guangdong Province and have relocated in their 60s and 70s to Boston, where they work in restaurants, as caregivers for children or infirm adults, as janitors and hotel cleaners, and, in a handful of cases, as administrative help in Boston Chinatown offices. Through these stories, I trace the historical pathways that have led to seniors’ later-life migration trajectories and explore the continuities and changes that have animated some typical Chinese immigrant experiences to the U.S. over the past 100+ years.
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Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series
Tunney Lee recognized at the 40th Annual Preservation Awards
In memory of 2002 Sojourner Award recipient and our longtime friend and collaborator Professor Tunney Fee Lee (李燦輝, 1931-2020), CHSNE has established the CHSNE Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture series to continue his lifelong work of preserving and promoting the history of Chinese Americans. The series will feature speakers on various topics related to the history of Chinese Americans and lectures/seminars will be held in locations in the Boston area and/or virtually based on speaker availability and health regulation at the time. Tunney himself has kindly given many interesting talks on the history of Chinese and Chinatown in Boston over the years so we see this as a fitting tribute to his legacy of historical preservation.
A giant in the field of urban planning and architecture, Tunney was the head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at MIT, founding head of the Department of Architecture at Chinese University in Hong Kong and Chief of Planning and Design at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The history of Chinese in Boston was close to his heart as his great grandfather arrived in Boston in 1892 and he himself arrived in Boston in 1938 at the age of 7. In recent years, Tunney led the multimedia Boston Chinatown Atlas project in partnership with CHSNE and many others which documented the development and changes of the neighborhood over the years. At the time of his death, Tunney was working on a book about Boston Chinatown and today CHSNE director and Tunney’s collaborator David Chang continues to work on the extensive collection of files, photos and writings left by Tunney with the objective to complete and publish his unfinished work.
York Lo, CHSNE Tunney Lee Memorial Lecture Series Committee Chair
CHSNE is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization; all or a part of your donation may be tax-deductible.
Lecture pages
Stories from the City: Contemporary Chinese Senior Migrants and Boston’s Chinatown
哈佛中國文化工作坊 （同北美華文作家協會紐英倫分會）自9月起，將與各地社團合作，計劃金秋推出一連串的雲端精彩講座：
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哈佛中國文化工作坊（同北美華文作家協會紐英倫分會）
推薦雲端講座
女性與失智症 --阿滋海默症 9月12日
時間: 美東時間 晚間7:00- 10:00 （美西時間下午4:00- 7:00
台北京滬時間 翌日早晨 7:00- 10:00）
有人說女性為阿滋海默症的中心，因為 65歲以 上的阿滋海默症患者中2/3 為女性(360萬)，2/3 的照護者為女性，專業照護人員女性占大多數，失智症的照護者中有1/3是女兒。讓我們一起來關心身邊的女性親友，藉由對話，讓我們對阿滋海默症與相關失智症，及其帶來的影響有更深的認識。
*** 主題/主講:
張珮寧 社區教育推廣經理 服務項目總監 歡迎
***「女性與阿滋海默症--失智症」
鄭文立醫師，神經科專科醫師， 花蓮慈濟醫院，助理教授，
加州大學舊金山分校
***「有關失智症的話題」
蔡懷香女士
阿滋海默症協會北加州與北內華達州分會華裔諮詢委員/講師，
阿滋海默症協會北加州與北內華達州分會亞裔基金創辦人
***「荒蕪與豐富」
蔡怡女士，家屬照顧者, 曾任職英語教學主管, 現為專職作家。
《烤神仙》，《忘了我是誰》的作者蔡怡，與失智父親朝夕相處
他人生最後的五年半，蔡怡近距離觀看並不想知道的老病過程，
目睹父親靈魂之舟擱淺於生命之河，她把每日面對的荒蕪、枯朽，
轉換成豐盛，以春暖花開的心情迎戰。
曾經和失智的父親最熟悉，卻變得最陌生。蔡怡陪在父親身邊五年
多，父親對她的稱呼由女兒，變成蔡大姐，老板娘，不認識的小姐，但這一段溫暖又傷痛的歲月，在她心中永不褪色。
日期: 2020年 9/12日星期六
時間: 美東時間 晚間7:00- 10:00 美西時間下午4:00- 7:00
台北京滬時間 翌日早晨 7:00- 10:00
2）2020年9月26日 「如歌的行板」｜評述詩人瘂弦的
影片及演講雲端會議 。
3）10月24日國家文藝奬得主夏烈教授 評述其母—林海音 的影片「兩地」；
4）11月21日師大教授須文蔚評述 楊牧的影片
「朝向一首詩的完成」；
5）12月12日名家季季評述「化城再來人」｜周夢蝶與
明星咖啡館影片。
後4場訂於美東時間：晚間 9：00--
美西時間：晚間 6：00--
台北京滬時間翌日早晨9:00--
這4場我們將與難得的全球文學團體 「海外華文女作家協會」--張鳳現任執行長--合辦，也和「他們在島嶼寫作」系列及西部的人文磚等社團合作，推出「文學與傳承」系列多集經典文學講座。藉由影片及講座方式，舉辦多次 Zoom meeting 雲端講座 ，介紹一代著名文學家給諸位。
聯合議定：合作的本會員及協辦單位會友及學生 參加免費（贊助）
歡迎有興趣參與9月12日者自由上網報名。
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