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This Land Is Our Land: Conference 2017
October 6, 2017 - October 8, 2017
$25 – $200
“This Land Is Our Land”: Chinese Pluralities Through the Americas
An International Conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America
Conference Dates: October 6–8, 2017
Location: Hilton San Francisco
750 Kearny Street (Financial District)
San Francisco, CA 94108
Conference Accommodations at the Hilton
Conference sponsored by:
San Francisco State University—Office of the President; College of Ethnic Studies; Asian American Studies
SRT Consultants
Download the Conference Program (pdf) >
Keynote Speakers
Frank H. Wu, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of Law
More to be announced.
Principal organizer: Jonathan H. X. Lee, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
Contact: conference2017 at chsa.org
Site and Logistics Chair: Dawn Lee Tu, De Anza College
Contact: tudawnlee[at]deanza.edu
Conference Honorary Committee (partial list)
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congresswoman Jackie Speier
Fiona Ma, CPA – State Board of Equalization
Assemblymember David Chiu, 17th Assembly District
Sandra Lee Fewer, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Aaron Peskin, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Katy Tang, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Norman Yee, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The Honorable Willie Brown, Jr.
Doris Him Grover, Executive Director of Community Affairs, Hilton San Francisco Financial District
Thursday, October 5 will be a free, pre-conference event at UC Berkeley, 海外華人 Chinese Overseas: Celebrating the Legacy of Scholarship & Collection Treasures at Berkeley. Please visit berkeleychineseoverseas.wordpress.com for more information.
Registration Fee
Register Here >
* Participants must register by June 30, 2017 to be included in the printed and online program.
- Regular registration $200 (May 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017)
Includes breakfasts and receptions - CHSA Members registration $150 (May 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017)
Includes breakfasts and receptions - On-site registration $250 (October 6-8, 2017)
Includes breakfasts and receptions - 1 Day Pass $25
- 2 Day Pass $40
- 3 Day Pass $50
- CHSA FUNdraiser $50 (October 8, 2017 – 6-9pm)
Conference closing night reception – See event page for details >
Day registration $75 per day
(Does not include Breakfasts and Receptions)
Student registration—must present valid student I.D. (ends September 30, 2017; then On-site)
For panel attendance only.
(Does not include Breakfasts and Receptions)
Online Registration ends September 30, 2017. After September 30, there will be on-site registration only.
The Conference
Among scholars of China and Chinese in the Americas, the heterogeneity of Chinese subjectivities and global diasporas is uncontested, but homogeneous classification and representation, specifically in reference to the “Chinese” obfuscates their embedded diversity.
This includes the histories, movements, dialects, foodways, religious beliefs and practices, ethnic communities, political ideologies, transpacific and transnational linkages, and networks.
“This Land Is Our Land”: Chinese Pluralities Through the Americas seeks to unpack, (re)examine, re(focus), (re)calibrate, and (re)imagine the pluralities of “Chinese” experiences within, among, and through the Americas—historically and presently. We enjoin participants to take a global view of the Chinese experience in the Americas. The primary focus of this Conference is research on any and all aspects of Chinese American history, Chinese American studies, and Chinese in Americas.
See our conference page at chsa.org/conference2017 for more details about the conference and call for papers.
The Conference is hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America.
Principal organizer: Jonathan H. X. Lee, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
Registration begins August 1st, 2016!
Parking: Parking is available at Portsmouth Square Garage, directly across from the Hilton.
733 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108
Accessible entrance to the hotel is street level only, so do not use the bridge unless you can walk down some stairs.
Getting there:
The Hilton is easily reachable by public transportation.
From Oakland International Airport or San Francisco International Airport take BART and exit at Montgomery Street Station. From there, walk a few blocks on Kearny Street.
For more details, kindly use Google maps.