The Asia-Latin America Reading Group Presents: Black Flower - Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Join the Asia-Latin America Reading Group for its inaugural event! We will be reading and discussing the English translation of Kŏmŭn kkot (Black Flower), a South Korean historical novel about early twentieth century Korean indentured labor migration to Mexican plantations.

Roundtable Discussion

Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Time: 1:30 pm - 3 pm PT

Location: Virtual (Register Here)

Presenters: Dr. Rachel Lim (History, Texas A&M)

Dr. Junyoung Verónica Kim (Hispanic Languages & Literatures, University of Pittsburgh)

Dr. Andrea Mendoza (Japanese & Comparative Literature, UCSD)

Moderated by Dr. Dafna Zur (EALC, Stanford; Director of CEAS)

Join us for a virtual roundtable discussion among a cross- and interdisciplinary group of scholars working on race/ethnicity and transpacific studies with a focus on Asia-Latin America: Dr. Rachel Lim, Visiting Assistant Professor in History at Texas A&M University; Dr. Junyoung Verónica Kim, Assistant Professor of Visual Culture and Media, and Latin American Culture and Literature, in the Department of Hispanic Languages & Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh; and Dr. Andrea Mendoza, Assistant Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature at UCSD. The discussion will be held on Zoom and moderated by Dr. Dafna Zur, Associate Professor in EALC and Director of CEAS.

Co-sponsored by: Modern Thought & Literature (MTL), El Centro Chicano y Latino (El Centro), Asian American Activities Center (A3C), Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity (CCSRE), Caribbean Studies Reading Group, and Transpacific History & Culture.

Please direct questions to Michelle Ha (mha1 [at] stanford.edu (mha1[at]stanford[dot]edu)).