HMONG STUDIES NEWSLETTER, SUMMER 2013
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The Hmong Studies Newsletter has since 2001 provided a very consistent source of up-to-date information about new works in Hmong Studies and Hmong-related research resources. To access back issues of this online publication dating back to 2001 visit: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongStudiesNewslettersindex.html
Hmong Studies Newsletter Editor: Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
ABOUT THE HMONG STUDIES INTERNET RESOURCE CENTER:
The Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center (www.hmongstudies.org) is the online home of the Hmong Studies Journal academic journal. This unique scholarly site also contains extensive bibliographies in Hmong Studies as well as census data and an online research paper library.
Many of the Hmong Studies articles, books and dissertations listed in this newsletter and on the website may be found at the Hmong Resource Center Library (www.hmonglibrary.org) at the Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul, the largest depository of Hmong Studies academic journal articles and graduate theses and dissertations in the United States.
ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION: The Hmong Studies Newsletter has since 2001 provided a very consistent source of up-to-date information about new works in Hmong Studies and Hmong-related research resources. To access back issues of this online publication dating back to 2001 visit: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongStudiesNewslettersindex.html
Hmong Studies Newsletter Editor: Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
ABOUT THE HMONG STUDIES INTERNET RESOURCE CENTER:
The Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center (www.hmongstudies.org) is the online home of the Hmong Studies Journal academic journal. This unique scholarly site also contains extensive bibliographies in Hmong Studies as well as census data and an online research paper library.
Many of the Hmong Studies articles, books and dissertations listed in this newsletter and on the website may be found at the Hmong Resource Center Library (www.hmonglibrary.org) at the Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul, the largest depository of Hmong Studies academic journal articles and graduate theses and dissertations in the United States.
NEW WORKS IN HMONG STUDIES:
Books/Theses/Reports
Christine Bonnin. (2012). Markets in the mountains: upland trade-scapes, trader livelihoods, and state development agendas in northern Vietnam. PhD Dissertation, McGill University (Canada). This doctoral dissertation investigates market formation and integration of the Hmong and other ethnic minorities in the northern uplands of Vietnam (Lào Cai province) through a focus on the everyday processes by which markets are created and (re)shaped by local initiatives, state actions, and wider market forces. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107672
Gavin Bryce-Samuel Bart.(2013). Methadone population pharmacokinetics: toward understanding the dose-response relationship in the treatment of opiate addiction. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This dissertation explores characteristics of methadone maintained patients and develops a population pharmacokinetic model that identifies variables associated with methadone pharmacokinetic parameters. Research was conducted among samples of Hmong and non-Hmong patients in Minnesota. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/144411
Quincy L. Daniels. (2012). A Critical Ethnography of the Hmong Experience in the Upward Bound Program. PhD Dissertation, Capella University. This study examines perceptions of Hmong students regarding
an Upward Bound Program at a university in Wisconsin and how those perceptions related to their participation in the program.
Dung Minh Mao. (2012). What does it mean to be a “Good Parent” according to Hmong parents?: a phenomenological study. M.A. Thesis, University of Minnesota. This graduate study examines the perceptions of what constitutes good parenting in the Hmong community in Minnesota. The researcher's analyses of informant interviews revealed seven domains and 46 themes that were associated with good parents, including (1) provision, (2) involvement, (3) communication, (4) characteristics of good parents, (5) community perception, (6) motivation for being good parents, and (7) good parent education. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/122986
Meng Her. (2012). MA Thesis, Multicultural Recruitment: A Case on Hmong Female College-Bound Students. University of Minnesota, Duluth. This graduate study explores the role of distance from home in the choice of higher educational institutions among Hmong Women in Minnesota and Wisconsin. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://d-commons.d.umn.edu/jspui/handle/10792/383
Bryan Karl. (2012). The College Search Process: Differences between Hmong and Somali Students. MA Thesis, University of Minnesota, Duluth. This thesis explores the college search process of three Hmong and one Somali student at four Minnesota higher education institutions using a phenomenological approach. The author notes that six themes emerged as important factors to his research informants during their college search process. The themes include: Residence, Ethnicity, Gender, Family Educational Background, Predispositions to Education, and Secondary Contributors. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://d-commons.d.umn.edu/jspui/handle/10792/359
Anna-Klara Lindeborg. (2012). Where Gendered Spaces Bend: The Rubber Phenomenon in Northern Laos. PhD Dissertation, Uppsala University (Sweden). This thesis seeks to understand and explain gendered everyday life in the Hmong village of HatNyao in Northwestern Laos, with a particular focus upon the role of rubber cultivation in impacting gender relations. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:546104
Shweta Shweta.(2012). Cervical cancer screening behavior of Hmong women: a social network analysis. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This study assesses the relationship between health and cervical cancer networks of Hmong American women residing in Minnesota and their cervical cancer screening practices. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/143754
Cindy Vang. (2013). Hmong voter education forums drawing out Hmong voters. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study focuses on voter education forums targeted at the Hmong population held prior to the November 2012 elections in California with the goal of determining whether additional work and services are needed to increase the civic engagement of Hmong community members. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/2046
William Vang. (2012). Impacts of participation in Hmong as world language classes on outcomes for Hmong American high school students. E.d.D. Dissertation, California State University, Sacramento. This doctoral study assesses the consequences of participation in two year sequences of high school level Hmong as World Language courses for Hmong American youth in California. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1760
Tyler Wang. (2012). The appropriate assistance for Hmong college students. M.A. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study assesses the challenges Hmong American college students in California confront as they pursue higher education. The researcher also explores factors that appear to be supportive of Hmong college student success. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1702
Lee Xiong. (2012). Hmong for Hmong Only - Hmong I: A Supplementary Reading Readiness Course Packet for Beginning College Hmong Students. MA Thesis, California State University, Chico. The author of this thesis presents a supplementary reading readiness course packet with the goal of promoting Hmong literacy development for second-generation Hmong American students in the US. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/xmlui/handle/10211.4/489
Moua Xiong. (2012). A Personal Story of a Hmong Student's Learning of Mathematics in School: A Case Study. MA Thesis, California State University, Chico. This graduate study examines in detail multiple processes involved for a Hmong student learning mathematics at the community college level. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/xmlui/handle/10211.4/509
Stacy Thang Yang. (2012). Perceptions of health care among Hmong Americans. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study examines challenges and obstacles that have prevented Hmong Americans from utilizing modern health care, and related services including differing philosophies toward health and illness, a providers’ lack of understanding about Hmong’s cultural beliefs and practices, and the language barrier. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1710
Yer Yang. (2013). Hmong perceptions of health and healing: shamanism, mental health, and medical interventions. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study examines the relationship between religious affiliation and mental health seeking behaviors of a sample of Hmong participants residing in California. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/2026
Academic Journal Articles/Other
Ian Baird. (2013). "The Monks and the Hmong: The Special Relationship Between the Chao Fao and the Tham Krabok Buddhist Temple in Saraburi Province, Thailand." In V. Tikhonov and T. Brekke, Eds., Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia. New York: Routledge, 120-151. This research article explores the historical relationship between Lao Hmong refugees and the Tham Krabok Buddhist temple in Thailand.
Marc Garellek et al. (2013). "Voice quality and tone identification in White Hmong." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2): 1078–1089. This study investigates the importance of source spectrum slopes in the perception of phonation by White Hmong listeners.
Pao Lor. (2013). "A Hmong Professional Woman's Reflections and Perspectives on the Influences Affecting the Changing Roles of Hmong Women in America." Journal of Cultural Diversity 20(1): 40-48. This case study explores and examines one Hmong professional woman's reflections and perspectives on the influences affecting the changing roles of Hmong women in America, including their changing roles in the community, home and work.
Nguyen Thu Huong. (2013). "At the Intersection of Gender, Sexuality and Politics: The Disposition of Rape Cases among Some Ethnic Minority Groups of Northern Vietnam." SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Vo!. 23, No. 1 (2013), pp. 132-51. This article examines how rape is perceived and handled by members of the Dao and Hmong minority groups in Lao Cai, a northem provinoe of Vietnam. The author focuses particular attention on how cultural notions relating to sexuality, female virginity and marriage are interpreted and contested among victims' family members, their wider kin networks, and local authorities.
Christian Postert. (2012). "Emotion in Exchange: Situating Hmong Depressed Mood in Social Context." ETHOS, 40(4): 453–475. This reseach paper summarizes fieldwork on the dynamics of depressed mood in Hmong highland villages in the Province of Luang Phabang, Laos.
Jessica Toft , C. David Hollister and Mary Martin. (2013). "Welfare Reform Impacts on Hmong Families in Minnesota." Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 22(1): 40-59. This research paper describes two descriptive interview studies regarding the implementation and impact of Minnesota’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program on Hmong recipients.
Pa Der Vang. (2013). "Generational Differences among a Small Group of Hmong Americans."Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 22(1): 76-92. This study assesses the effects of generational status on Hmong Americans across several factors including marriage and family planning practices, cultural identity and educational attainment.
Pa Der Vang and Matthew Bogenschutz. (2013). "Hmong women, marital factors and mental health status." Journal of Social Work, 13(2):164–183. This study examines the relationship between marital abuse and depression among Hmong women married as teenagers as compared to nonabused Hmong women who married in adulthood.
Phua Xiong and Sarah Westberg. (2012). "Perspectives from the Hmong Population on Type 2 Diabetes." Innovations in Pharmacy, 3(4). This study examines the perceptions a focus group of Hmong Americans has about Type 2 diabetes. Major themes that emerged in the research were a misunderstanding of diabetes and its treatment, a reluctance to adhere to medications, a reluctance to change cultural diet, and the need for clear education from pharmacists. This article is available in full-text online at: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/145827
Eric Young, Se Xiong, Laurel Finn and Terry Young. (2013). "Unique sleep disorders profile of a population-based sample of 747 Hmong immigrants in Wisconsin." Social Science and Medicine 79: 57-65. The authors of this article report the results of a research study focusing upon a unique Hmong sleep disorder profile of a high prevalence of sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, and other REM-related sleep abnormalities as well the interaction of culturally related nighttime stressors with these sleep problems.
Books/Theses/Reports
Christine Bonnin. (2012). Markets in the mountains: upland trade-scapes, trader livelihoods, and state development agendas in northern Vietnam. PhD Dissertation, McGill University (Canada). This doctoral dissertation investigates market formation and integration of the Hmong and other ethnic minorities in the northern uplands of Vietnam (Lào Cai province) through a focus on the everyday processes by which markets are created and (re)shaped by local initiatives, state actions, and wider market forces. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107672
Gavin Bryce-Samuel Bart.(2013). Methadone population pharmacokinetics: toward understanding the dose-response relationship in the treatment of opiate addiction. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This dissertation explores characteristics of methadone maintained patients and develops a population pharmacokinetic model that identifies variables associated with methadone pharmacokinetic parameters. Research was conducted among samples of Hmong and non-Hmong patients in Minnesota. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/144411
Quincy L. Daniels. (2012). A Critical Ethnography of the Hmong Experience in the Upward Bound Program. PhD Dissertation, Capella University. This study examines perceptions of Hmong students regarding
an Upward Bound Program at a university in Wisconsin and how those perceptions related to their participation in the program.
Dung Minh Mao. (2012). What does it mean to be a “Good Parent” according to Hmong parents?: a phenomenological study. M.A. Thesis, University of Minnesota. This graduate study examines the perceptions of what constitutes good parenting in the Hmong community in Minnesota. The researcher's analyses of informant interviews revealed seven domains and 46 themes that were associated with good parents, including (1) provision, (2) involvement, (3) communication, (4) characteristics of good parents, (5) community perception, (6) motivation for being good parents, and (7) good parent education. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/122986
Meng Her. (2012). MA Thesis, Multicultural Recruitment: A Case on Hmong Female College-Bound Students. University of Minnesota, Duluth. This graduate study explores the role of distance from home in the choice of higher educational institutions among Hmong Women in Minnesota and Wisconsin. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://d-commons.d.umn.edu/jspui/handle/10792/383
Bryan Karl. (2012). The College Search Process: Differences between Hmong and Somali Students. MA Thesis, University of Minnesota, Duluth. This thesis explores the college search process of three Hmong and one Somali student at four Minnesota higher education institutions using a phenomenological approach. The author notes that six themes emerged as important factors to his research informants during their college search process. The themes include: Residence, Ethnicity, Gender, Family Educational Background, Predispositions to Education, and Secondary Contributors. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://d-commons.d.umn.edu/jspui/handle/10792/359
Anna-Klara Lindeborg. (2012). Where Gendered Spaces Bend: The Rubber Phenomenon in Northern Laos. PhD Dissertation, Uppsala University (Sweden). This thesis seeks to understand and explain gendered everyday life in the Hmong village of HatNyao in Northwestern Laos, with a particular focus upon the role of rubber cultivation in impacting gender relations. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?searchId=1&pid=diva2:546104
Shweta Shweta.(2012). Cervical cancer screening behavior of Hmong women: a social network analysis. PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota. This study assesses the relationship between health and cervical cancer networks of Hmong American women residing in Minnesota and their cervical cancer screening practices. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/143754
Cindy Vang. (2013). Hmong voter education forums drawing out Hmong voters. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study focuses on voter education forums targeted at the Hmong population held prior to the November 2012 elections in California with the goal of determining whether additional work and services are needed to increase the civic engagement of Hmong community members. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/2046
William Vang. (2012). Impacts of participation in Hmong as world language classes on outcomes for Hmong American high school students. E.d.D. Dissertation, California State University, Sacramento. This doctoral study assesses the consequences of participation in two year sequences of high school level Hmong as World Language courses for Hmong American youth in California. View the full-text of this dissertation here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1760
Tyler Wang. (2012). The appropriate assistance for Hmong college students. M.A. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study assesses the challenges Hmong American college students in California confront as they pursue higher education. The researcher also explores factors that appear to be supportive of Hmong college student success. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1702
Lee Xiong. (2012). Hmong for Hmong Only - Hmong I: A Supplementary Reading Readiness Course Packet for Beginning College Hmong Students. MA Thesis, California State University, Chico. The author of this thesis presents a supplementary reading readiness course packet with the goal of promoting Hmong literacy development for second-generation Hmong American students in the US. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/xmlui/handle/10211.4/489
Moua Xiong. (2012). A Personal Story of a Hmong Student's Learning of Mathematics in School: A Case Study. MA Thesis, California State University, Chico. This graduate study examines in detail multiple processes involved for a Hmong student learning mathematics at the community college level. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/xmlui/handle/10211.4/509
Stacy Thang Yang. (2012). Perceptions of health care among Hmong Americans. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study examines challenges and obstacles that have prevented Hmong Americans from utilizing modern health care, and related services including differing philosophies toward health and illness, a providers’ lack of understanding about Hmong’s cultural beliefs and practices, and the language barrier. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/1710
Yer Yang. (2013). Hmong perceptions of health and healing: shamanism, mental health, and medical interventions. M.S.W. Thesis, California State University, Sacramento. This graduate study examines the relationship between religious affiliation and mental health seeking behaviors of a sample of Hmong participants residing in California. View the full-text of this thesis here: http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.9/2026
Academic Journal Articles/Other
Ian Baird. (2013). "The Monks and the Hmong: The Special Relationship Between the Chao Fao and the Tham Krabok Buddhist Temple in Saraburi Province, Thailand." In V. Tikhonov and T. Brekke, Eds., Buddhism and Violence: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia. New York: Routledge, 120-151. This research article explores the historical relationship between Lao Hmong refugees and the Tham Krabok Buddhist temple in Thailand.
Marc Garellek et al. (2013). "Voice quality and tone identification in White Hmong." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(2): 1078–1089. This study investigates the importance of source spectrum slopes in the perception of phonation by White Hmong listeners.
Pao Lor. (2013). "A Hmong Professional Woman's Reflections and Perspectives on the Influences Affecting the Changing Roles of Hmong Women in America." Journal of Cultural Diversity 20(1): 40-48. This case study explores and examines one Hmong professional woman's reflections and perspectives on the influences affecting the changing roles of Hmong women in America, including their changing roles in the community, home and work.
Nguyen Thu Huong. (2013). "At the Intersection of Gender, Sexuality and Politics: The Disposition of Rape Cases among Some Ethnic Minority Groups of Northern Vietnam." SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia Vo!. 23, No. 1 (2013), pp. 132-51. This article examines how rape is perceived and handled by members of the Dao and Hmong minority groups in Lao Cai, a northem provinoe of Vietnam. The author focuses particular attention on how cultural notions relating to sexuality, female virginity and marriage are interpreted and contested among victims' family members, their wider kin networks, and local authorities.
Christian Postert. (2012). "Emotion in Exchange: Situating Hmong Depressed Mood in Social Context." ETHOS, 40(4): 453–475. This reseach paper summarizes fieldwork on the dynamics of depressed mood in Hmong highland villages in the Province of Luang Phabang, Laos.
Jessica Toft , C. David Hollister and Mary Martin. (2013). "Welfare Reform Impacts on Hmong Families in Minnesota." Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 22(1): 40-59. This research paper describes two descriptive interview studies regarding the implementation and impact of Minnesota’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program on Hmong recipients.
Pa Der Vang. (2013). "Generational Differences among a Small Group of Hmong Americans."Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 22(1): 76-92. This study assesses the effects of generational status on Hmong Americans across several factors including marriage and family planning practices, cultural identity and educational attainment.
Pa Der Vang and Matthew Bogenschutz. (2013). "Hmong women, marital factors and mental health status." Journal of Social Work, 13(2):164–183. This study examines the relationship between marital abuse and depression among Hmong women married as teenagers as compared to nonabused Hmong women who married in adulthood.
Phua Xiong and Sarah Westberg. (2012). "Perspectives from the Hmong Population on Type 2 Diabetes." Innovations in Pharmacy, 3(4). This study examines the perceptions a focus group of Hmong Americans has about Type 2 diabetes. Major themes that emerged in the research were a misunderstanding of diabetes and its treatment, a reluctance to adhere to medications, a reluctance to change cultural diet, and the need for clear education from pharmacists. This article is available in full-text online at: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/145827
Eric Young, Se Xiong, Laurel Finn and Terry Young. (2013). "Unique sleep disorders profile of a population-based sample of 747 Hmong immigrants in Wisconsin." Social Science and Medicine 79: 57-65. The authors of this article report the results of a research study focusing upon a unique Hmong sleep disorder profile of a high prevalence of sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, and other REM-related sleep abnormalities as well the interaction of culturally related nighttime stressors with these sleep problems.
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOLARLY ANTHOLOGY PUBLISHED ON HMONG AMERICANS:
Diversity in Diaspora: Hmong Americans in the Twenty-First Century, a scholarly compilation, was published by the University of Hawaii Press at the end of February 2013. This book wrestles with Hmong Americans’ inclusion into and contributions to Asian American studies, as well as to American history and culture and refugee, immigrant, and diasporic trajectories. A demographic analysis of the Hmong American community and bibliographic essay on the research landscape of Hmong American Studies are also presented. The volume is likely the most comprehensive volume of research related to Hmong Americans to be published since the mid-1980s. This work is already in 130 academic and public libraries. Check to see if your local university or public library has it yet in the WorldCat database.
For more information about this new work including information about the Table of Contents and full-text of the book's Introduction, visit: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8939-9780824835972.aspx
For more information about this new work including information about the Table of Contents and full-text of the book's Introduction, visit: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8939-9780824835972.aspx
HMONG STUDIES VIRTUAL LIBRARY CONTINUES TO EXPAND:
The Hmong Cultural Center in Saint Paul has developed a growing
Virtual Library of links to full-text books, research articles and
published reports related to Hmong Studies and Southeast Asian
American Studies as the part of the website of its Hmong Resource Center
Library. The Hmong Studies Virtual Library consists of links to more than 300
full-text journal articles, books, dissertations and theses and research
reports available on the internet. Visit the Hmong Studies Virtual Library at: http://www.hmonglibrary.org/hmong-studies-virtual-library.html
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD, Librarian Emeritus at Hmong Cultural Center stated: “Today’s students and scholars often look online first for full-text research as they work on term papers and research projects. The Hmong Studies Virtual Library is a unique resource that provides more than 300 full-text research studies related to the Hmong in one place. The online Hmong Studies Journal publishes several peer-reviewed research articles each year and colleges and university systems including multiple schools in the California state system, as well as the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin-Stout are now posting full-text theses/dissertations and other research materials online as part of digital depositories. This online library will play an important role in facilitating easy access in one place to full-text research documents pertaining to the Hmong and will help the Hmong Resource Center Library continue its mission as a key research collection to community members, students and scholars.”
Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD, Librarian Emeritus at Hmong Cultural Center stated: “Today’s students and scholars often look online first for full-text research as they work on term papers and research projects. The Hmong Studies Virtual Library is a unique resource that provides more than 300 full-text research studies related to the Hmong in one place. The online Hmong Studies Journal publishes several peer-reviewed research articles each year and colleges and university systems including multiple schools in the California state system, as well as the University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin-Stout are now posting full-text theses/dissertations and other research materials online as part of digital depositories. This online library will play an important role in facilitating easy access in one place to full-text research documents pertaining to the Hmong and will help the Hmong Resource Center Library continue its mission as a key research collection to community members, students and scholars.”
HMONG STUDIES JOURNAL PUBLISHES VOLUME 13 DOUBLE ISSUE:
In December 2012, the Hmong Studies Journal published its annual issue, Volume 13, Issue 1 and a special 2010 Census Issue.
View the webpage for the Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1 here:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1312012.html
View the webpage for the Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 13, Issue 2 here:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1322012-2010-census-special-issue.html
The 2010 Census issue of the Hmong Studies Journal has received broad media coverage from news outlets in California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with full-length newspaper articles appearing in the Merced Sun-Star, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Eau Claire (WI) Leader-Telegram and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. View the media reports on the 2010 Census Issue here: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/media.html
In December 2012, the Hmong Studies Journal published its annual issue, Volume 13, Issue 1 and a special 2010 Census Issue.
View the webpage for the Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1 here:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1312012.html
View the webpage for the Hmong Studies Journal, Volume 13, Issue 2 here:
http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hsj-volume-1322012-2010-census-special-issue.html
The 2010 Census issue of the Hmong Studies Journal has received broad media coverage from news outlets in California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with full-length newspaper articles appearing in the Merced Sun-Star, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Eau Claire (WI) Leader-Telegram and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. View the media reports on the 2010 Census Issue here: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/media.html
HMONG WEDDING AND FUNERAL PROCEDURES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH IN NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM HMONG CULTURAL CENTER
The Hmong Cultural Center has completed a major project initiative involving the translation into English and production of two books - Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures). Earlier versions of these books were compiled by Tougeu Leepalao, the Cultural Consultant of Hmong Cultural Center between 1995 and 2005. The procedures outlined in these books form much of the curriculum of the Wedding and Funeral Ceremony classes offered on the weekends at Hmong Cultural Center. The earlier versions of the books were available in the Hmong RPA script and printed in limited numbers for distribution by Hmong Cultural Center. Key personnel on the translation project were Xai Lor, Librarian and Txongpao Lee, Executive Director of Hmong Cultural Center. The Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures) project was supported by a fiscal year 2012 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant from the Minnesota Historical Society. This activity was funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Western & Southern Life’s Saint Paul office provided generous financial support for the printing of these newly available publications. “Supporting the Hmong community is very important to Western & Southern Life and especially to me,” explained Roger Soung, Western & Southern Life’s agency manager in St. Paul. “Having a common pride in our Hmong heritage brings us all closer together as a community.”
Hmong Cultural Center’s goal with the Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures) Translation project is to help preserve and disseminate key elements of Hmong ceremonial culture to current and future generations of the Hmong community in Minnesota and beyond. The English language dissemination of detailed information about traditional Hmong Wedding Ceremony and Funeral Ceremony procedures in these two publications will make this information much more widely accessible for the first time to younger Hmong Americans who are not proficient in reading Hmong and whose primary reading and speaking language is English. The availability of the two newly translated books will also promote information and awareness of core Hmong cultural traditions to interested non-Hmong in Minnesota and beyond. An additional goal of this important project is to advance scholarly knowledge of Hmong ceremonial culture including the Hmong wedding and funeral ceremonies. Txongpao Lee, Executive Director of Hmong Cultural Center stated: “Hmong Cultural Center worked very hard on this project for more than a year. We are very excited that young Hmong and interested non-Hmong will now have access to detailed information about the traditional procedures associated with both the Hmong wedding and funeral ceremonies. The successful completion of this project will help Hmong Cultural Center better fulfill its mission of promoting knowledge of Hmong culture among both Hmong and in the wider society.”
How to Order the Books: Visit http://www.hmongcc.org/hmong-weddingfuneral-books.html or the Hmong Cultural Center offices in Saint Paul to order copies of Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures). Individual copies are $12.00 a piece if picked up at the Hmong Cultural Center or $15.00 if ordered online. A check in the amount of $15.00 or $30.00 for both books may also be mailed to Hmong Cultural Center, 995 University Avenue, Suite 214, Saint Paul, MN 55101. Institutional Purchase Orders are accepted and may be mailed or faxed to 651-917-9978. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks for delivery.
Hmong Cultural Center’s goal with the Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures) Translation project is to help preserve and disseminate key elements of Hmong ceremonial culture to current and future generations of the Hmong community in Minnesota and beyond. The English language dissemination of detailed information about traditional Hmong Wedding Ceremony and Funeral Ceremony procedures in these two publications will make this information much more widely accessible for the first time to younger Hmong Americans who are not proficient in reading Hmong and whose primary reading and speaking language is English. The availability of the two newly translated books will also promote information and awareness of core Hmong cultural traditions to interested non-Hmong in Minnesota and beyond. An additional goal of this important project is to advance scholarly knowledge of Hmong ceremonial culture including the Hmong wedding and funeral ceremonies. Txongpao Lee, Executive Director of Hmong Cultural Center stated: “Hmong Cultural Center worked very hard on this project for more than a year. We are very excited that young Hmong and interested non-Hmong will now have access to detailed information about the traditional procedures associated with both the Hmong wedding and funeral ceremonies. The successful completion of this project will help Hmong Cultural Center better fulfill its mission of promoting knowledge of Hmong culture among both Hmong and in the wider society.”
How to Order the Books: Visit http://www.hmongcc.org/hmong-weddingfuneral-books.html or the Hmong Cultural Center offices in Saint Paul to order copies of Tshoob Kos (Wedding Procedures) and Kev Cai Pam Tuag (Funeral Procedures). Individual copies are $12.00 a piece if picked up at the Hmong Cultural Center or $15.00 if ordered online. A check in the amount of $15.00 or $30.00 for both books may also be mailed to Hmong Cultural Center, 995 University Avenue, Suite 214, Saint Paul, MN 55101. Institutional Purchase Orders are accepted and may be mailed or faxed to 651-917-9978. Please allow 3 to 4 weeks for delivery.
HMONG CULTURAL CENTER RECEIVES SUPPORT TO DEVELOP HMONG MINNESOTA HISTORY EXHIBITS:
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In October 2012, Hmong Cultural Center was awarded a fiscal year 2013 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant from the Minnesota Historical Society to support the planning of expanded interpretative exhibits related to Hmong History in Minnesota as part of a Hmong American History Center and Library at the center's offices in Saint Paul. This activity is funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
The Minnesota Historical Society's grant funding will strongly support efforts to build the Hmong Cultural Center's long-established modest exhibits and displays and multicultural education resources into a more comprehensive interpretative experience for the community that will be packaged to visitors with the center's long-established Hmong research library. The funded project will involve research and development of draft text narratives for permanent displays on the topics related to Hmong History in Minnesota. To learn more about this project visit: http://www.hmongcc.org/hmong-history-center-project.html
The Minnesota Historical Society's grant funding will strongly support efforts to build the Hmong Cultural Center's long-established modest exhibits and displays and multicultural education resources into a more comprehensive interpretative experience for the community that will be packaged to visitors with the center's long-established Hmong research library. The funded project will involve research and development of draft text narratives for permanent displays on the topics related to Hmong History in Minnesota. To learn more about this project visit: http://www.hmongcc.org/hmong-history-center-project.html
HMONG 101 WEBINARS:
To respond to the need for community education about the Hmong refugee experience, Hmong history and culture and Hmong American contributions to the United States, the Hmong Cultural Center provides comprehensive and interactive multicultural education presentations about the Hmong to groups in Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the broader U.S. through its groundbreaking Hmong 101 workshops and webinars. The United States Department of Justice Community Relations Program based in Chicago has worked with the Hmong Cultural Center to adapt our presentations for anti-discrimination seminars and trainings throughout the Midwestern U.S. To learn more about the Hmong 101 Program visit: http://www.hmong101.com/
OTHER NEWS IN HMONG STUDIES:
Hmong Across Borders Conference, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, October 4-5, 2013.
The Consortium for Hmong Studies between the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/index.htm) will be hosting a conference entitled "Hmong Across Borders" on October 4-5, 2013 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. This will be an interdisciplinary, international conference that will focus on current, innovative research on the Hmong across different intellectual and national boundaries around the world. The aim of the conference is to gather scholars around the globe who are interested in critical Hmong studies and related ideas. This includes bringing together well-established scholars as well as those beginning their careers. For more info about this conference visit: http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/Conferences/fall2013minconinfo.htm
Hmong Across Borders Conference, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, October 4-5, 2013.
The Consortium for Hmong Studies between the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/index.htm) will be hosting a conference entitled "Hmong Across Borders" on October 4-5, 2013 at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. This will be an interdisciplinary, international conference that will focus on current, innovative research on the Hmong across different intellectual and national boundaries around the world. The aim of the conference is to gather scholars around the globe who are interested in critical Hmong studies and related ideas. This includes bringing together well-established scholars as well as those beginning their careers. For more info about this conference visit: http://hmongstudies.wisc.edu/Conferences/fall2013minconinfo.htm
COMPREHENSIVE AND EXPANDED HMONG STUDIES RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE ONLINE:
Doing research on a Hmong Studies research topic? More than 40 comprehensive and frequently updated online subject bibliographies of Hmong Studies works are available at the following link: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-bibliographies.html
A 2007-Present research bibliography is updated every few months with information about the latest research publications in Hmong Studies, online links to full-text are included where applicable:
http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongStudiesPublications2007Present.html
Doing research on a Hmong Studies research topic? More than 40 comprehensive and frequently updated online subject bibliographies of Hmong Studies works are available at the following link: http://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/hmong-studies-bibliographies.html
A 2007-Present research bibliography is updated every few months with information about the latest research publications in Hmong Studies, online links to full-text are included where applicable:
http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongStudiesPublications2007Present.html
