Join the English department in welcoming Dr. Ester Kim Lee for a talk on her book Made Up Asians: Yellowface during the Exclusoin Era. The book traces the history of yellowface, the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costumes to look East Asian. Using case studies from European and US theatre, examinations of race science, and early films, Dr. Lee traces the development of this practice in the US context during the Exclusoion Era (1862-1940), when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusoins from immigration and citizenship.