PROGRAM

(Updated 26 October)

Session 1

Histories

Jessie Liu

Beyond A Racial Subject: Exploring the Asian Settler Positioning

Anna Wilkinson

Re-imagining Asian-Australian History: A Case Study of Asian War Bride Marriages During the Vietnam War

Dr. Nisha Thapliyal

Make Us Visible:  Education as Milestone for South Asian Australian Diaspora

Session 2

Voices and Representation

Grace Gassin

Telling Asian New Zealand stories at Te Papa

Stephanie Niu

Dear Christmas Island: The Historical Document as a Commons for Feeling

Amrita Malhi

Enumeration, Awards Ceremonies, and Cultural Essentialism: Fixing an Asian Australian Essence in a World of “Diversity”

Session 3

Cultural Flows and Identities

Dr. Sijun Shen & Professor Crystal Abidin

What Is Asian-Australian Food? – Identity Politics and Asian-Australian Food Influencers on YouTube

Sophia Fluin

Hallyu and its Effects on Asian-Australian Identities

Megan Moon

From Sydney to Seoul: Asian-Australian Idols in the K-pop Industry

Yinghua Yu

‘I am a professional!’: Temporal and Multifaceted Construction of professional and Chinese identities in the Australian Workplace

Session 4

Creative/Personal Stories as Praxis

Gok-Lim Finch

A Personal Intergenerational Narrative about Christmas Island’s Labour History

Dr Bic Tieu

What Does it Mean to be a Creative Asian-Australian in Southwestern Sydney?

David Walker

Writing a Dual China-Australia Memoir

Session 5

Regional and Global Engagement 

Masako Fukui & Sophie Constable – Nikkei Australia

Nikkei Australia’s First International Collaboration: Past Wrongs Future Choices

Alexandra Lee

‘Coming to Terms’ with who I am: Young Asian Australians’ Relational Journeys of Growth

Aoife Wilkinson

Unravelling Identities: A Journey of Tangled Mobilities for Mixed Japanese and Australian Youth

Ngoc Lan Tran (Laura)

Un/forgetting Agent Orange: Towards A Reimagining of Vietnamese Forests