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The Center for Ideas Society presents a book talk with Edward Chang (Professor of Ethnic Studies / Founding Director, Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American) in conversation with Catherine Gudis (Associate Professor of History / Director, Public History Program)
Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming, April 2021)
On March 23, 2017, official ceremony was held to install a sign marking the site of Pachappa Camp a Cultural Point of Interest by City of Riverside. Why, how, and what is the meaning of the Pachappa Camp designation and Dosan Ahn Chang Hos statue in Riverside, California? In the following text, this book explores these questions: 1) Why and how did Dosan establish Pachappa Camp in Riverside, California? 2) What was the historical importance and the significance of Pachappa Camp in the Korean American independence movement? 3) Why is it important to understand the role of Pachappa Camp in Korean American history? 4) What is the significance of erecting Dosans Statue in Riverside, California and how can I utilize it for education of second-generation Korean Americans and young people?
Edward T. Chang is Professor of Ethnic Studies and founding Director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the University of California at Riverside.He earned his B.A. (1982) in Sociology and Ph.D. (1990) in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley and M.A. (1984) in Asian American Studies at UCLA.A prolific researcher, Prof. Chang has published eleven books, seven edited volumes, and numerous articles. His latest book is the Korean Americans: A Concise History (2019).
Cathy Gudis is associate professor of history, Pollitt Endowed Term Chair for Interdisciplinary Research and Learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and director of the Public History Program at UCR. She received her B.A. in Philosophy from Smith College and PhD in American Studies (with distinction) from Yale University. For over 25 years, she has worked with art and history museums, in historic preservation, and on multi-platform, place-based humanities projects that focus on Southern California and explore how public space is privatized, landscapes racialized, and inequalities of access contested. She is an ACLS-Mellon Foundation Society and Scholars Fellow with Los Angeles Poverty Department’s Skid Row History Museum & Archive, working on a book project entitled Skid Row, By Design: History, Community, and Activism in Downtown L.A.
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