Start: April 30, 2025 3 p.m.
End: April 30, 2025 4:30 p.m.
Location: Bracken Library, Room 104
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Dr. Liu Li
Title: "When may I be allowed to soar at my own pleasing?" Past and present in detainees' poetry at the Angel Island Immigration Station
During the years of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943), the United States imprisoned thousands of immigrants at the station on Angel Island. There, the detainees carved their hopes, fears, and anger into the walls in poems. Prof. Kathryn S. Gardiner will explore this poetry's roots in the Tang Dynasty, as well as its emotional echoes in the writings of detainees and immigrants throughout U.S. history.
When: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Location: Bracken Library 104
Asian snacks and beverages will be provided