Da Zheng will be speaking this Saturday on “Chiang Yee’s Transnational Experiences.” He will describe Chiang Yee’s personal encounters with racial exclusion and immigration laws, displacement, exile, and the pain he experienced while maintaining a popular public image. The talk is sponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE), of which Dr. Zhang is a board member.

The talk will be on Saturday 4 August 2012 from 2pm to 4pm at the BCNC (Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center), 38 Ash Street in Boston. It will be moderated by Dr. Peter Kiang from the Asian American Studies Program at UMass Boston. The talk is free and open to the public.  You can RSVP at info@chsne.org.

This talk is funded in part by Mass Humanities and the Wang Foundation, and is co-sponsored by BCNC. Both CHSNE and BCNC are community outreach partners of the Rosenberg Institute.

BCNC link here.