Houston Asian American Archive - HAAA

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717B Dunson Glen Drive

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

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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

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

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!

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.

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!

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].

11/12/2024

📢 Share this exciting Opportunity for Junior Scholars with friend!

The Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA) is offering cash prizes of $2000 each to support research on the Asian diaspora and immigration experience inspired by the materials in its collection!

Eligibility: Graduate students or recent grads.

Submit your proposal by November 30th.

Learn more and apply: https://haaa.rice.edu/funding-junior-scholars

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11/08/2024

😉 The Houston Asian American Archive cordially invites you to the Liu Distinguished Visitor Series, talk by Prof. Chia Youyee Vang.

11/04/2024

The Shepherd School of Music at Rice and Musiqa is inviting you to a free, advanced screening of a new documentary film about the pioneering American composer Earl Kim.
You can reserve your tickets at https://givebutter.com/Earl

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https://haaa.rice.edu/

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Houston, TX
77005

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	2pm - 5pm