Upcoming Events: Asia-Pacific Affairs

Wed 6/12

Image - Birds of Paradise Lost: Andrew Lam on Literature, Immigration and SF
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Birds of Paradise Lost: Andrew Lam on Literature, Immigration and SF

Date: Wed, June 12, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM

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Andrew Lam, Web Editor, New American Media; Author, Birds of Paradise Lost

Lam, author of a new book of short stories about Vietnamese refugees in the Bay Area, will explore the various implications of the Vietnamese diaspora in the U.S. since the Vietnam War ended and will read from his new work, a collection of 13 stories about Vietnamese immigrants who struggle to remake their lives in the Bay Area. Of Lam's latest book, writer Maxine Hong Kingston noted, "Read Andrew Lam, and bask in his love of language, and his compassion for people, both those here and those from far away. He reminds us that we have history in common; we can laugh and cry together.”
 
MLF: Asia Pacific Affairs
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program Organizers: Lillian Nakagawa and Cynthia Miyashita

 

Mon 6/24

Image - Anita Raghavan: The Billionaire's Apprentice

Anita Raghavan: The Billionaire's Apprentice

Date: Mon, June 24, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM

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Anita Raghavan, Former Reporter, Wall Street Journal; Winner, Overseas Press Club Award and the New York Press Club Award; Former London Bureau Chief, Forbes; Contributor, New York Times Dealbook and Forbes

 

Raghavan crisscrosses the globe to uncover the story of Rajat Gupta¹s meteoric rise from Delhi¹s hyper-competitive Indian Institute of Technology to the inner sanctum of corporate America as head of McKinsey & Co., and his tragic fall in 2012, when he was convicted on insider trading charges connected with an investigation of one of the world¹s largest hedge funds, The Galleon Group. Raghavan peels back the curtain on the recent rise of Indian emigres (and children of emigres) up through the ranks of the United States' most influential companies. 

 

MLF: Asia Pacific Affairs
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: D. Lai
Also know: Photo by Glen Davis

Tue 7/30

Image - Spirit of the Samurai: Martial Arts and Spiritual Training

Spirit of the Samurai: Martial Arts and Spiritual Training

Date: Tue, July 30, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM

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David A. Hall, Ph.D., Author; Professor; Ordained Buddhist Priest

The Japanese samurai were a class of warriors who dominated Japan’s military, political and social culture for almost a thousand years. Ferocious warriors, they have become known as much for their “spirituality” as for their lethal swordsmanship. Hall, author of the Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts, will discuss the training methods used by the samurai, which taught both martial skills and spiritual/psychological armoring. These methods, evolved over hundreds of years, have been preserved in a number of classical martial arts schools in Japan today. Join us for a fascinating look at martial arts and the spirit of the samurai.

MLF: Asia Pacific Affairs
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program Organizers: Lillian Nakagawa and Sylvie Grillet-Rivera