The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans from Camptowns to America
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time
3-4:30 p.m.
Location
Description
An event for watching a lecture held by Columbia University's Center for Korean Research on Zoom. Participants can choose to watch the lecture with others at an in-person location or join the Zoom themselves with the provided link.
The lecturer, Yuri W. Doolan, discusses "how Americans created and used the concept of the Amerasian to remove thousands of mixed race children from their Korean mothers to adoptive US homes during the 1950s and 1960s."
The lecturer, Yuri W. Doolan, discusses "how Americans created and used the concept of the Amerasian to remove thousands of mixed race children from their Korean mothers to adoptive US homes during the 1950s and 1960s."
Cost
Free
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email kpopdemonhunters-club-leadership@office365.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.