about us events research & education resources SPRING 2002 SYMPOSIUM on Asians in Latin America: History and Community - co-sponsored by Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Tuesday, April 30th, 3:30 p.m. 111 GSE&IS Building Humberto Rodríguez Pastor ~ Professor of Anthropology, Univ. of San Marcos, Peru; Director of Dept. of Social Sciences, CONCYTEC Author of Herederos del dragón: Historia de la comunidad china en el Perú (Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, 2000) presents his most recent work Robert Chao Romero ~ Doctoral Candidate, UCLA Dept. of History "The Dragon in Big Luzón: A Transnational Theoretical Approach to a Case Study of Chinese Immigrant Smuggling (Mexico, Cuba, USA)" Nikkei Cuba Committee ~ Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress "Japanese Cubans: Uncovering History, Discovering Friendships" Reception and Book Signing 6:30 p.m. Launch of the new Stanford University Press publication: New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in Japan Akemi Kikumura-Yano (Co-Editor) and contributors will introduce and sign their book. RSVP by Friday, April 26th for reception and/or parking reservation (cost: $6) in Lot 3 to e-mail cchu@ucla.edu or call (310) 206-9368. (Directions to the GSEIS Building) Please bear with us as we reconstruct our site. Some links may not work at the moment. Thank you.