Houston Asian American Archive - HAAA

Houston Asian American Archive - HAAA We are here to collect and archive the voices and memories of Asian and Asian Americans in all walks of life that connects them to Houston.

Research project of Rice University's Chao Center of Asian Studies. Housed at Fondren Library. Our mission is to explore the varied experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in the Houston community, and to understand both the challenges they have faced and the contributions they have made. We aim to capture all generations from all walks of life in order to create an inclusive portrayal of the As

ian and Asian American community whose experiences have connected them with the city of Houston in their journey. We intend this project to provide a documentary history linking these life stories to larger national, regional, and global narratives.

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🎬HAAA has put together eight films by Asian and Pacific Islander filmmakers for your watchlis...
05/29/2026

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! 🎬

HAAA has put together eight films by Asian and Pacific Islander filmmakers for your watchlist this May. Several are screening at HAAPIFEST 2026 in Houston (May 29–June 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Westchase), one is available for a limited online premiere, and two are streaming now. Swipe through to find your next great watch!

Our Film Recs:

🎬 May the Soil Be Everywhere by Yehui Zhao — documentary | HAAPIFEST 2026, May 31

🎬 Softshell by Jinho Myung — drama | streaming at lecinemaclub.com, now through June 5

🎬 Love Chaos Kin by Chithra Jeyaram — documentary | HAAPIFEST 2026, May 30

🎬 Ky Nam Inn by Leon Le — romance | HAAPIFEST 2026, June 6

🎬 Diamond Diplomacy by Yuriko Gamo Romer — documentary | HAAPIFEST 2026, May 31

🎬 Isle Child by Thomas Percy Kim — drama | HAAPIFEST 2026, May 31

🎬 Boy by Taika Waititi — comedy-drama | streaming on Kanopy & Prime Video

🎬 The Orator by Tusi Tamasese — drama | streaming on Kanopy & Apple TV

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 📚HAAA put together eight titles by AAPI authors with ties to Ho...
05/12/2026

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 📚

HAAA put together eight titles by AAPI authors with ties to Houston and its universities that deserve a place on your reading list this May. Swipe through to find your next great read!

Our Book Recommendations:
🔖 From From by Monica Youn
🔖 Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
🔖 Motherlands by Weijia Pan
🔖 The Night of the Storm by Nish*ta Parekh
🔖 Replica by Lisa Low
🔖 Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful by Rohan Chhetri
🔖 Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
🔖 The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong

Your story matters! Sign up for an Oral History interview with Houston Asian American Archive!
05/06/2026

Your story matters! Sign up for an Oral History interview with Houston Asian American Archive!

04/30/2026

"My hope is that my poetry can be somewhat difficult."

To mark the end of National Poetry Month, we're sharing an abridged clip from HAAA's oral history interview with poet Weijia Pan. In it, he speaks on writing poetry that resonates across cultural perspectives and his hope for a wider historical and global awareness in American verse.

Weijia Pan is the author of MOTHERLANDS, which follows the speaker-poet through a childhood in post-Maoist China and eventual move to the United States. A University of Houston MFA graduate, Pan was recently named this year's recipient of the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

🔗 Watch his full oral history interview here: y2u.be/cNhqtEsGxZA

03/27/2026

🪞 “Art is a mirror.”

In this abridged clip from her 2021 oral history interview with the HAAA, artist Hong Hong reflects on the intimacy of being seen through an artist’s work, across distance and language, without ever having met.

Hong’s largely nomadic practice coalesces ancestral Chinese papermaking, feminist performance, and textures of memory and migration. Her monumental paperworks are made from mulberry bark, local water, sunlight, and time as conduits for exile, divinity, and Chinese-American subjectivity.

🔗 Watch her full oral history interview here: youtu.be/fSIYt-82ITU

"ANDREW THOMAS HUANG: In Conversation” Q&A is co-moderated by HAAA's own Chi Pham and generously sponsored by Chao Cente...
06/04/2025

"ANDREW THOMAS HUANG: In Conversation” Q&A is co-moderated by HAAA's own Chi Pham and generously sponsored by Chao Center for Asian Studies as part of their Liu Distinguished Visitor Series and will take place on Fri, June 27th, 7:30Pm Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University. See you there!

HAAA looks forward to Rice's premiere of HAAA intern Karis Lai’s documentary film “Caught Between Cultures: The Asian Am...
04/14/2025

HAAA looks forward to Rice's premiere of HAAA intern Karis Lai’s documentary film “Caught Between Cultures: The Asian American Beauty Dilemma” at 3:00 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavilion (4/15); Presentation at 2:00 pm.

☺️A Retrospective Series on America's War in Vietnam: 50 Years Later | Lecture No. 2 | We look forward to seeing you on ...
03/18/2025

☺️A Retrospective Series on America's War in Vietnam: 50 Years Later | Lecture No. 2 | We look forward to seeing you on March 25th!

Seeking interview participants for a Rice University research study on Korean American Christians and their mission work...
01/06/2025

Seeking interview participants for a Rice University research study on Korean American Christians and their mission work! Participants must be 18 years of age or older, identify as Korean American, identify as an Evangelical Christian, be fluent in English, and have participated in a mission trip to a site with a non-Korean population.

For more information please contact Hannah Son at [email protected].

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