Upcoming Exhibits & Events

Lecture and Book Signing with Ying-Ying Chang

Sunday, March 11, 2012 / 2:00 – 4:00pm
Admission $4 / Free for SDCHM and APHAFIC members and children under 12

The San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, APHAFIC, the US-China People’s Friendship Association, House of China, and San Diego Chinese Women’s Association are pleased to present a lecture and book signing featuring Ying-Ying Chang’s memoir, The Woman Who Could Not Forget: Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking.

Iris Chang’s best-selling book, The Rape of Nanking, uncovered the unspeakable horrors perpetrated during the Second World War in Asia. Her mother, Ying-Ying, reveals that researching and writing the book changed the young woman’s life just as much as it altered our understanding of this era’s history. This new book explores Iris’ life from an intimate perspective: from her homemade childhood newspaper, to her early years as a journalist, and then, as a promising young historian; it details her struggles with her son’s autism, and her tragic suicide. The Woman Who Could Not Forget is not only a biography of one of the most extraordinary minds of her generation, but it also explores the deep and beautiful bonds between a mother and daughter.

Ying-Ying Chang is the mother of Iris Chang. She has a Ph.D. from Harvard in biochemistry and was a research associate professor in biochemistry at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with her husband, Shau-Jin, a physics professor. She lives in San Jose, California and is on the board of the Iris Chang Memorial fund, irischangmemorialfund.net.

For more information or to RSVP, contact the museum at 619-338-9888, via email at info@sdchm.org, or visit the San Diego Chinese Historical Museum located at 404 Third Avenue in downtown San Diego.