Join us to mark the opening of the exhibition Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives. This program will feature Erika Lee, a leading expert on Asian American history and immigration; Eunsong Kim, a scholar of Asian American literature and race, ethnic, and digital studies; and the artist, educator, and activist Shaina Lu in conversation with the exhibition curator Victor Betts.
Illuminate spotlights the stories and lives of Asian American women whose collections are held in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The exhibition provides viewers an opportunity to contextualize the often invisible and forgotten histories of Asian and Asian American women in the United States, examining how understandings of race, ethnicity, gender, citizenship, and migration impact the collective memory of a nation.
Harvard Radcliffe Institute gratefully acknowledges the Helen Blumen and Jan Acton Fund for Schlesinger Library Exhibitions, which is supporting this exhibition.
Speakers
- Erika Lee, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Faculty Director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Bae Family Professor of History, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Eunsong Kim, associate professor, Department of English, Northeastern University
- Shaina Lu, artist, educator, and community activist
Moderator
- Victor Betts, curator for collections on ethnicity and migration, Schlesinger Library, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Free and open to the public.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-illuminate-exhibition-opening-event-virtual.