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A Conversation with André Dao: Narrating Memory & Imperial Violence

Date
Thu October 23rd 2025, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Event Sponsor
Asian American Research Center at Stanford
Location
Asian American Activities Center
524 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
Couchroom

Join us for a lunchtime talk with award-winning Vietnamese Australian author André Dao as he discusses his writing, research, and praxis!

Who: all Stanford affiliates

When: Thursday, October 23 from 12pm-1:30pm

Where: A3C Couchroom (Old Union Clubhouse, 2nd floor) - 524 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

André Dao is an author and researcher from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. His debut novel, Anam, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction and the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing. He is the co-founder of Behind the Wire, an award-winning oral history project documenting the stories of the adults and children who have been detained by the Australian government after seeking asylum in Australia.

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