Join us for a discussion with Dr. Daryl Maeda's on his most recent book, "Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee".

Dr. Daryl Joji Maeda’s account of Bruce Lee’s legacy uniquely traces how movements and migrations across the Pacific Ocean structured the cultures Bruce Lee inherited, the milieu he occupied, the martial art he developed, the films he made, and the world he left behind. A unique blend of cultural history and biography, "Like Water" unearths the cultural strands that Lee intertwined in his rise to a new kind of global stardom. Moving from the gold rush in California and the British occupation of Hong Kong, to the Cold War and the deployment of American troops across Asia, Maeda builds depth and complexity to this larger-than-life figure. His cultural chronology of Bruce Lee reveals Lee to be both a product of his time and a harbinger of a more connected future.

Nearly half a century after his tragic death, Bruce Lee remains an inspiring symbol of innovation and determination, with an enduring legacy as the first Asian American global superstar.

This speaking engagement focused on Dr. Daryl Maeda, author of "Like Water" and Professor, Dean, and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Stanley Thangaraj of Stonehill College's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice moderated this conversation, and included his own unique poem inspired by "Like Water".

This event was hosted by the following University of Colorado Boulder entities: College of Arts & Sciences' Office for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Center for Humanities & the Arts, Center for Asian Studies, Center for African and African American Studies, Latin American Studies Center, Department for Ethnic Studies, and the Critical Sports Studies Program.

More information: https://www.colorado.edu/cha/likewater