Center for HMong & East Asian Studies

Center for HMong & East Asian Studies Nyob Zoo! Welcome to the Center for HMong and East Asian Studies. Drop by or email us at [email protected] to schedule a visit and tour.

We are open to the public Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm. The Center for HMong & East Asian Studies currently offers the following programs for our students, scholars and community members:

* A biennial International Conference on HMong Studies
* A Minor in HMong Studies and its' scheduled course offerings
* Ongoing exhibits relating to the Hmong experiences
* Ongoing lectures on topics relating to

the HMong experiences
* A yearly academic and community tour to China and Southeast Asia
* A resource library and artifact collections
* Speakers bureau

Established in 2004, the Center for HMong & East Asian Studies is a Concordia University-affiliated institution. The Center exists to promote the scholarly interest, the rich legacy and the complex heritage of the HMong people. The HMong are in a unique position to articulate the ideas and practices of a shifting modern world. Dispersed across the globe, without the advantage of a written script for much of their history, the HMong are a powerful byproduct of global interactions and international relations. Bonded by a foundation of the oral, a tradition embedded in legends and memory, the HMong are an example of a global community that has survived despite the influences of dominant cultures and perspectives, the powers of market economies and the strident pulls of politics. The Center for HMong & East Asian Studies is an academic resource center that is unique in its service and commitments. The Center exists to track, document, research, develop and teach the long history, the current conditions, and the future trajectory of an international community in the midst of transition. Funded by both public and private dollars, the Center for HMong Studies is excited to meet the needs of a diverse population in the pursuit of delivering the most accurate information on the HMong. The Center for HMong & East Asian Studies is here to advance a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the HMong people and the important role they have played in the shaping of the modern world. We are here to instigate the field of HMong Study by unifying the ideas, the experiences and the wisdom of the HMong. Since its founding, over 10,000 students, scholars and community members have visited the Center

Do you recognize this village or Lima Site? From the Mac Thompson Collection. Amazing what AI can do with color and phot...
04/01/2026

Do you recognize this village or Lima Site? From the Mac Thompson Collection. Amazing what AI can do with color and photo restoration.

This is the town of Pha Kao, photo restored from black and white using AI.
04/01/2026

This is the town of Pha Kao, photo restored from black and white using AI.

Saw whole bunch of HMong and Vietnamese movies at our local Goodwill store yesterday.
04/01/2026

Saw whole bunch of HMong and Vietnamese movies at our local Goodwill store yesterday.

Students packed the Center today, to study and to build community.
10/17/2025

Students packed the Center today, to study and to build community.

I am glad they put this documentary back on their website. I did most of the interviews for SPNN.
09/22/2025

I am glad they put this documentary back on their website. I did most of the interviews for SPNN.

In 1975, at the tumultuous close of the Vietnam War, the Hmong people in Lao fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture, and began to arrive in the U.S. as refugees. Since that time, Saint Paul has become the largest home of Hmong Americans; Hmong Pioneers is their story. SPNN Thanks the countless i...

https://press.fourseasons.com/minneapolis/hotel-news/2025/heritage-dinner/
09/17/2025

https://press.fourseasons.com/minneapolis/hotel-news/2025/heritage-dinner/

Mara at Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis is thrilled to announce its upcoming Heritage Dinner on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 6:00 pm. Heritage Dinner will showcase the legacy of Hmong cuisine and culture through the talents of local culinary visionaries Thony Yang, Diane Moua, Yia Vang, and Marc He...

Since the founding of the Center for HMong and East Asian Studies, we have received many visitors from the throughout th...
09/11/2025

Since the founding of the Center for HMong and East Asian Studies, we have received many visitors from the throughout the world. When was the last time you made a visit to the Center?

Honored to give the morning keynote address to participants of the Voices for Kids Summit in St. Paul today. Participant...
09/09/2025

Honored to give the morning keynote address to participants of the Voices for Kids Summit in St. Paul today. Participants include advocates from throughout the US.

Today I had a long conversation with the head nurse who trained all of the Hmong nurses in Samthong. Diana “Dee” Quill w...
09/09/2025

Today I had a long conversation with the head nurse who trained all of the Hmong nurses in Samthong. Diana “Dee” Quill was an American nurse who served during the Secret War in Laos—a covert conflict parallel to the Vietnam War—in coordination with the International Voluntary Services (IVS) and USAID. She worked closely with Choua Thao, a leading Hmong nurse. She is now 85 years old. She came to Laos in the 1960s. Her husband was one of the people who built Phu Pha Thi as well. She said if he hadn’t taken a leave to Vientiane to Laos for vacation, her husband would have been killed on the radar installation.

Thank you Nancy Hembrow for donating over 130 photos of Laos to the Center for HMong Studies. Nancy's father served in L...
09/08/2025

Thank you Nancy Hembrow for donating over 130 photos of Laos to the Center for HMong Studies. Nancy's father served in Laos between 1971-1975.

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