Concordia to Host International Hmong Conference

Concordia’s Center for Hmong Studies will be hosting the 2nd Biennial International Conference on Hmong Studies April 11-13, 2008. The conference will attract scholars who will present their research on Hmong studies in an effort to encourage students to do scholarly research. It will also offer the opportunity to share and receive recognition for their scholarly work.

Hmong scholars from China, Thailand, Germany and the United States will be presenting at the conference. Presentation topics include Hmong culture, history, leadership, politics, business, language, religious beliefs, health and more.
Concordia hosted more then 500 attendees at the 1st Biennial International Conference on Hmong Studies in the spring of 2006 and 30 scholarly papers were presented.

There are an estimated 10 million Hmong worldwide. Most of them reside in China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Burma with an estimated 350,000 in the United States. St. Paul, Minn. has the largest urbanized Hmong population in the United States.

Concordia is the home to the Center for Hmong Studies, the Hmong Archives and the Hmong American Institute for Learning, which publishes the literary journal “Paj Ntaub Voice.” There are more than 100,000 books, videos and artifacts relating to the Hmong people at the Center. The Center offers a Hmong Studies minor and frequently collaborates with scholars, universities, students and Hmong worldwide.

Visit www.csp.edu/hmongcenter/
Conference_Web_Page.html