Webinar Agenda  

Theme: The Trans-Pacific Perspective of Anti-Asian Discrimination in the U.S. and Its Implications

The webinar will try to address the following questions: 1) What is driving anti-Asian prejudice in the U.S.? 2) How can this discrimination be understood alongside racism and discrimination towards Black and African Americans? 3) What distinguishes these types of racism? What is the role of the Model Minority myth in anti-Asian and anti-Black racism respectively? 4) How have Asian Americans and African Americans expressed solidarity against racial discrimination in the past? What does solidarity look like in the future? 5) As long as the U.S. and China have a cold or hostile relationship, can anti-Chinese prejudice be effectively mitigated? 6) Can the U.S. and China jointly address anti-Black racism alongside prejudice against Chinese and ethnic minorities?

Sponsors:

Center for American Studies, Fudan University, China

Carter Center, USA

Time: May 29, 2021 (9:00-11:00 US Eastern Time/21:00 to 23:00 Beijing Time)

Working Language: English

Zoom Conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q_DKwxUoQVuH98khIlY-Lg

• Welcoming remarks: Xinbo Wu & Yawei Liu (5 minutes each)

• Presentations and Discussion

Presentation: (15 minutes each)

Moderator: Dr. Yawei Liu

Panelist: Dr. Qin Gao

Panelist: Dr. Keisha Brown

Discussion (10 minutes each)

Moderator: Dr. Xinbo Wu

Discussant: Dr. Congyue Wang

Discussant: Dr. Shang E. Ha

Discussant: Dr. Hoang Chuong Chung

Discussant: Dr. Shaohua Zhan

Discussant: Dr. Weifeng Huang

Q & A

• Closing Remarks: Yawei Liu & Xinbo Wu

Participants

(In Alphabetic Order)

Brown, Keisha, Assistant Professor of History, Tennessee State University, USA

Chung, Hoang Chuong, Senior Researcher, University of Social Sciences and humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

Gao, Qin, Professor of Social Policy, Columbia University, USA

Ha, Shang E., Professor, Sogang University, Korea

Huang, Weifeng, Professor, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Liu, Yawei, Senior Advisor for China, Carter Center, USA

Wang, Congyue, Assistant Research Professor, Institute of American Studies, CASS, China

Wu, Xinbo, Professor, Dean of the Institute of International Studies and Director of the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, China

Xin, Qiang, Professor, Deputy Director of the Center for American Studies, Fudan University, China

Zhan, Shaohua, Associate Professor of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore