Siam's Twins and Early Asian America

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, Burling Library Lounge

Published:
April 24, 2015

Author Joe Orser will present a free public talk on “Siam’s Twins and Early Asian America” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Burling Library Lounge.

Orser will explore Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins who toured as a curiosity throughout the world from the 1820s to the 1890s, settling in North Carolina.

Orser teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and is the author of The Lives of Chang and Eng: Siam's Twins in Nineteenth-Century America.

Orser’s talk is part of The Asian American Association’s celebration of Asian Pacific Islander American Awareness Week, Sunday, April 26 – Saturday, May 2.

 

 

 

 

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