The Big Brown Bag: Candid Career Conversations with Alec and Channing - Episode 3 - Dr. Konrad Ng

This episode of Candid Career Conversations features Dr. Konrad Ng, who speaks about his experiences in the field of art, culture, and more specific to his academic work, creative media. He is currently the Executive Director of Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before Shangri La, he was the Director for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. He took the time to discuss his experiences advocating for Asian Americans stories through cultural preservation and creative media, his background as the son of a Malaysian immigrant to Canada, and the power of media and storytelling in capturing the lesser known narratives and experiences of minority groups beyond Asian Americans within the United States.Support the show

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The US-Asia Institute podcast series Asia Unscripted features diverse experts with firsthand knowledge of Asia, who introduce key stories of the day in 20-30 minutes. The series covers issues in East Asia and the Asia Pacific, with episodes on China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, and the 10 countries of ASEAN. Please be reminded that the US-Asia Institute is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization with no policy agenda. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the US-Asia Institute.