Save the date!The Chinese Historical Society of New England is pleased to announce the date of our first in-person banquet in three years celebrating our 31st year and honoring both Joe and Selina Chow and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). More information soon! |
The Celestial City: Newport and ChinaThe Chinese Historical Society of New England is pleased to share a new exhibition offered by the Newport Mansions of Rhode Island. The Celestial City : Newport and China, highlights China’s influence and shaping of life in Newport from the eighteenth century to the Gilded Age. Among the treasures on display from the Preservation Society’s collections are also contemporary artworks by Yu-Wen Wu and Jennifer Ling Datchuk illuminating the Chinese-American experience and Chinese contributions to Newport. Located at Rosecliff at 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, the exhibit is open to mansion visitors from September 1, 2023, through February 11, 2024, during the hours of 10AM until 3PM. CHSNE members receive a $5 discount on each admission ticket (up to 8 persons) to Rosecliff by presenting a copy of the below coupon or using the promo code “CHSNE” when purchasing tickets online at NewportMansions.org. | ||||||||||||||||||
ALSO sponsored by Newport Mansions in its Fall Lecture Series is Exclusion, Rhode Island, Kinship: Making Your Own Chinese Family, a presentation by Scholar John Eng-Wong examining the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and how social practices of the era impacted Chinese families. The lecture will be presented live at Rosecliff and via ZOOM on November 9, 2023, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. | ||||||||||||||||||
Endurance Streets Exhibit continues toJanuary 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Endurance Streets (堅韌的街道)Our outdoor bilingual exhibit, Endurance Streets (堅韌的街道), located at 2 Boylston and 116 Harrison, is extended to January 1, 2024! The exhibit is accompanied by an online version which will be updated regularly with new photos and information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moderator : Diane O’Donoghue - Curator, Endurance Streets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PANELISTS (in alphabetical order of surnames) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wen-Hao Tien – Creator of “Laundry Rock” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wen-Ti Tsen – Creator of “Remembering their Labor: Past and Present” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Credits Endurance Streets (堅韌的街道) was made possible through a grant from the Tisch College Community Research Center, with additional support from the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and Northeast Digital Imaging. The project was developed and is curated by Diane O’Donoghue, Director, Program for Public Humanities at Tisch College, in collaboration with the staff of CHSNE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CHSNE NEEDS YOU! CHSNE is a membership-based 501(c)(3)non-profit organization 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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“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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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The Margaret Wong Family Foundation |
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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! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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. | |
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. | |
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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Tunney F. Lee Memorial Lecture Series
York Lo, CHSNE Tunney Lee Memorial Lecture Series Committee Chair
Lecture pages
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