CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

Suggested topics:

• Alaska Canneries
• Life in Alaska
• Interracial Marriage, Alaska Natives-Filipino Heritage, and Mestizos
• Early Labor Force (Agriculture, Alaska Canneries, Gold Mines, Domestics, Restaurants, etc.)
• Unions, Strikes and Economic Survival
• Migrant Workers
• Second Wave of Immigration to the U.S. (1900 - 1935)
• Filipinos in the U.S. Navy, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Merchant Marines
• The Importance of Lodges, Organizations, Churches and the “Extended Family”
• Women and Family
• “Bridge Generation”
• World War Two and Its Ramifications
• Third Wave of Immigration (1945 - 1965): War Brides / Bataan-Corregidor Survivors / Exchange Workers and Students / Philippine Consulates
• Discrimination, Civil Rights and the Asian American and Filipino American Movements
• Fourth Wave of Immigration (1965 - 2005) and Changing Filipino American Demographics
• Present-day Regional History
• Religion, Politics, Business, Education
• The World of Entertainment and Sports
• Retention of Culture (Music, Arts, Dance, Queen Contests, Fiestas, and Self Defense)
• Acculturation or Assimilation
• Youth / Students
• Teaching Filipino American History
• “How To” Workshops

DEADLINE February 28, 2008
Please submit 3 copies of one-page proposal/abstract and a brief vita(s) to:

Dorothy Laigo Cordova, Executive Director
FANHS NATIONAL OFFICE
810 18th Avenue, Room 100
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 322-0203 / fanhsnational@earthlink.net

Call for Papers doc / pdf