Jason Finkelman in Conversation with Robert Buscher

• Event Date: Sunday, September 10, 2023
• Time: 2:00 pm–3:30 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL

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Philadelphia-based Asian American Studies scholar Rob Buscher will join curator Jason Finkelman in a discussion on Nikkeijin Illinois, an exhibition on the Japanese American Experience on display at Spurlock. Artifacts from Buscher’s collection of anti-Japanese material, along with images of his collaborative work “American Peril: Faces of the Enemy” with Justin Chiu will be explored, along with personal connections to the Illinois stories on display.

Rob Buscher is a film and media specialist, educator, curator, and published author who has held leadership positions in non-profit organizations for over a decade. As a person of mixed-race Japanese American heritage who is deeply involved in his community, Rob also has an expertise in cultural sensitivity training, community organizing, and advocacy issues related to the Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Rob serves as Philadelphia Chapter President of the civil rights group Japanese American Citizens League and lectures part-time at University of Pennsylvania's Asian American Studies Program.