Decoding Southeast Asia’s Strange Fixation with Nazi Hate Iconography
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Online Event
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST/GMT-5
12 pm New York l 6 pm Vienna12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST/GMT-5
The Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) welcomes Simon K. LI, executive director of the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre, who will speak on “Hitler Shirts, Nazi Salute and Swastika Flags: Decoding Southeast Asia’s Strange Fixation with Nazi Hate Iconography.”
Among other things, Mr. Li was a former investigative journalist in Toronto whose acclaimed coverage of the redress of the overtly discriminatory Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act helped push the Canadian Government to provide an apology and reparation for the surviving head taxpayers. Through his current work in Holocaust and tolerance education, Mr. Li now helps to empower teachers in East Asia to educate students about difficult topics. He also served in recent years as the visiting educator of the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank House, a visiting instructor of Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies, and most recently, the Historical Dialogue & Accountability Fellow (2020-21) at Columbia University.
Join via Zoom. Register here.
For more information, call 845-758-6822,
or visit https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Be1Au5icQEKUHMQgJ3ckTw.
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Online Event