Ling Returns for Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture

Huping Ling, professor emerita of history, will give the Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in Violette Hall 1010. Ling’s presentation, “Asian American Heartland Story” is free and open to all. Following the event, she will be signing and selling copies of her new books, “Asian American History” and “Chinese Americans in the Heartland.” Anyone who purchases the two new books can receive free copies of her previous books.

Ling is the founding book series editor for “Asian American Studies Today” as well as a former visiting research fellow for the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is a Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor and a member of the editorial board for Overseas Chinese History Studies in Beijing.