Spring 2022

This is the inaugural lecture series will be held in the lead up to the thirty-first World Hakka Conference in Markham, Ontario in June 2022. The series is organized by members of the New York Hakka Conference and the World Hakka Federations with the Hakka Scholars Network at York University.

Series Speakers (alphabetically)

• Federica Guccini, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario 

• Bayer Lee, New York Hakka Conference; Elbenwood Center, Teachers College, Columbia University; Director, Hope Jensen Leichter

• Jack H. T. Leong, York University Libraries

• Paula Madison, President, New York Hakka Conference

• William Su, President, U.S. Northeast branch, World Hakka Federations

• Chengzhi Wang, Director, Chinese Collection, Starr Library and Adjunct, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, Preservation, Columbia University