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Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Artist Talk with Leekyung Kang: Entombed in Static
Leekyung Kang, the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Queens College School of Arts (Fall 2024), will present on her recent work inspired by Buddhist cosmology's cyclical nature, creating a series of paintings, print, and installation that interrogate the formal aspects of what is architecturally defined as a form of chamber. Beginning with the visual language of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (, ), Kang plans to incorporate imagery from various religions to illustrate how ancient beliefs interpret ideas of cosmic harmony and divine presence. Drawing from ancient tomb or chamber murals across religions and cultures, her work aims to reconcile diverse elements to...
2025-07-08
44 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI 20th Annual Gala (2022)
Join the celebration! AAARIs annual fundraiser is attended by Asian and non-Asian academic, business, civic and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. At the gala, AAARI will be honoring distinguished CUNY alumni, leaders from the community, and student scholarship recipients. Proceeds from the gala go towards AAARIs academic publications and public programs such as lectures, annual conference, and student film festival.
2025-07-03
53 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Healing During Uncertainty - Close Out Session
The Asian American / Asian Research Institutes 2025 symposium, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt, explores the intersections of identity, culture, history, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities. Centered around three key themes, the symposium aims to address both longstanding and emerging challenges while equipping attendees with insights and practical strategies to advance mental health support.
2025-07-03
32 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Healing During Uncertainty - Welcome
The Asian American / Asian Research Institutes 2025 symposium, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt, explores the intersections of identity, culture, history, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities. Centered around three key themes, the symposium aims to address both longstanding and emerging challenges while equipping attendees with insights and practical strategies to advance mental health support.
2025-07-03
17 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Healing During Uncertainty - Keynote
The Asian American / Asian Research Institutes 2025 symposium, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt, explores the intersections of identity, culture, history, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities. Centered around three key themes, the symposium aims to address both longstanding and emerging challenges while equipping attendees with insights and practical strategies to advance mental health support.
2025-07-03
1h 03
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI 24th Annual Gala (2025)
Join us to celebrate the Asian American / Asian Research Institutes 24th anniversary as part of The City University of New York! AAARIs fundraising gala will convene over 200 supporters, community leaders, and advocates committed to uplifting and advancing the Asian American Pacific Islander community. In line with our mission, this years event will honor the remarkable achievements of Asian American women in public service who have paved the way for greater representation, policy innovation, and community empowerment for all.
2025-06-26
1h 28
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Subversities: Interventions in Queer Activism Past & Present
Join pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Daniel C. Tsang for a special conversation reflecting on his 50 years of activism, including his groundbreaking 1975 article Gay Awareness in Bridge Magazine, one of the first to address LGBTQ+ issues in the Asian American community. Tsang will discuss the evolution of LGBTQ+ rights, his personal journey, and the ongoing challenges facing the community. Moderated by the Museum of Chinese in America's Chief Curator Herb Tam, the event will conclude with a Q and A session for audience engagement.
2025-06-24
1h 14
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Localized Histories and Disrupting Colonial Logics: AANHPI Youth-Driven Curriculum in NY State
This panel discusses the "Localized History Project," which addresses the lack of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in New York State's Eurocentric, test-driven curriculum. The Project advocates for both a "content and pedagogical revolution" to shift who is perceived as a historian and knowledge creator. The Project is youth-driven, centering young people through Youth Action Boards in various regions of New York, who develop resources for an archive and classroom use. Utilizing oral history, semi-structured interviews, and surveys, the project explores how the absence of AANHPI history impacts youth and aims to create a "living history"...
2025-06-24
14 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Decoding Ambedkar: Ideas of Nation and Nation Building
In Decoding Ambedkar, Prof. Vivek Kumar re-examines Dr. B.R. Ambedkars vast intellectual contributions, challenging his reductive portrayal in Indian academia and media. It contrasts his domestic erasure with the significant global recognition of his ideas on society, politics, and justice. By analyzing his unique theories on the Hindu social order and his engagement with diverse thinkers, the book asserts Ambedkars crucial role as a pioneer in Indian sociology, demonstrating the capacity of Dalit intellectuals to develop profound theoretical frameworks.
2025-06-23
1h 00
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
2025 CUNY Asian American Film Festival (Award Ceremony)
Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has celebrated the creativity and vision of student filmmakers from across the City University of New York. With over $15,400 in cash prizes awarded to CUNY students from City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, Queens College, and New York City College of Technology, this is an incredible opportunity to showcase your work and gain recognition. The festival not only promotes the artistic talents of CUNY students but also fosters meaningful connections among peers from different campuses, providing a central platform to display your creative projects. Past participants...
2025-06-23
30 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Chinatown Rising (Q and A Session)
Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute for a special AANHPI Heritage Month screening of the documentary Chinatown Rising, followed by Q and A with co-director Josh Chuck.
2025-06-23
28 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Propaganda, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan
Much queer theory in America is based on white male experience and privilege, excluding people of color and severely limiting its relevance to third-world activism. Within the last three decades, chronicles from gay lesbian bisexual transgender intersex queer (GLBTIQ) communities within the South Asian diaspora in the United States have appeared, but the richness and contradictions that characterize these communities have been stifled. Too often, the limitations due to undertheorized South Asian American lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual historiescompounded by a queer canon overwrought with the East/West and tradition/modern equationsrender queer South Asian Americans as a monolithic homogeneous category...
2025-04-27
1h 30
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
National (un)Belonging: Bengali American Women on Imagining and Contesting Culture and Identity
Much queer theory in America is based on white male experience and privilege, excluding people of color and severely limiting its relevance to third-world activism. Within the last three decades, chronicles from gay lesbian bisexual transgender intersex queer (GLBTIQ) communities within the South Asian diaspora in the United States have appeared, but the richness and contradictions that characterize these communities have been stifled. Too often, the limitations due to undertheorized South Asian American lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual historiescompounded by a queer canon overwrought with the East/West and tradition/modern equationsrender queer South Asian Americans as a monolithic homogeneous category...
2025-04-17
40 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
National (un)Belonging: Bengali American Women on Imagining and Contesting Culture and Identity
Much queer theory in America is based on white male experience and privilege, excluding people of color and severely limiting its relevance to third-world activism. Within the last three decades, chronicles from gay lesbian bisexual transgender intersex queer (GLBTIQ) communities within the South Asian diaspora in the United States have appeared, but the richness and contradictions that characterize these communities have been stifled. Too often, the limitations due to undertheorized South Asian American lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual historiescompounded by a queer canon overwrought with the East/West and tradition/modern equationsrender queer South Asian Americans as a monolithic homogeneous category...
2025-04-17
40 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Double-Conscious Formation of Organizational Life: Chinese Civil Society Organizations in the U.S., 1849-1911
How does racism influence the formation and development of organizational life in a racialized community? In this paper, Prof. Simon Yamawaki Shachter extends on Du Boiss concept of double consciousness to explain community organizations roles and development. Combined with the concepts of oppositional consciousness from social movements and decoupling from organization theory, Prof. Yamawaki Shachter builds a processual model of organizational life for racialized communities. He shows how the model explains the development of 19th and early 20th century Chinese organizations in the U.S., and describes how the community formed an incomparably large, sophisticated, interconnected, and politically-active organizational field...
2025-03-29
1h 09
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Schooling in the Camps: The Effects of Wartime Incarceration on Japanese American Youth
Join Densho and the Localized History Project for a virtual workshop exploring the histories and stories of young Japanese Americans impacted by wartime incarceration. The workshop will share histories of schooling and resistance during Japanese American incarceration, the enduring legacies of this history in New York State, and how Densho utilizes oral histories to preserve, share and pass on this history.
2025-03-27
1h 00
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Love Can't Feed You: A Novel
Cherry Lou Sys debut novel Love Cant Feed You (Dutton, 2024) is a heartfelt and poignant exploration of love, sacrifice, and survival in the face of adversity. It follows the journey of a young immigrant woman from the Philippines having to navigate the complexities of a challenging relationship while grappling with the harsh realities of her life. As she faces the emotional and practical struggles of balancing her dreams and personal desires with the needs of those she loves, the story offers a raw and intimate portrayal of the ways love can both uplift and burden us.
2025-03-22
56 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Destigmatizing Poverty: The Cost of Living Documentary, Narrative Change, and Organizing
This presentation examines survey results from three screenings of The Cost of Living (2023, Sixty First Productions), a documentary highlighting the financial struggles of three families in Flushing. The film is part of the Undo Poverty: Flushing (UPF) collaboratives efforts to combat poverty and reduce stigma through a narrative change approach. The three separate screenings featured subtitles in Chinese, English, and Korean, respectively. UPF also organized community organizing training sessions for local residents during the 2024 grant cycle. The presenter will discuss key findings from the surveys, including community perceptions of poverty, primary concerns, and proposed solutions for addressing financial hardship in...
2025-03-04
57 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
A Transformative Look at the Lives of Filipina Care Workers and Their Mutual Aid Practices
Migrant workers have long been called upon to sacrifice their own health to provide care in facilities and private homes throughout the United States. What draws them to such exploitative, low-wage work, and how do they care for themselves? In Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis (University of Washington Press, 2025), Valerie Francisco-Menchavez centers the perspectives of Filipino caregivers in the San Francisco Bay Area from 2013 to 2021, illuminating their transnational experiences and their strategies and practices to help each other navigate the crumbling U.S. healthcare system.
2025-02-24
1h 01
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty
Co-editors Nicholas D. Hartlep, Terrell L. Strayhorn, and Fred A. Bonner II will present on Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty (Routledge, 2024), a new book that illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States. These narratives celebrate diverse experiences and offer unique and useful insights about how to foster what foreword author, Michael Eric Dyson, refers to as, deep belonging. This critical volume is essential reading for researchers, faculty, administrators, and graduate students in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Student Affairs, African American Studies, and Asian American Studies. Additionally, it offers crucial insights for...
2025-02-24
1h 34
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001)
Co-curator Prof. Jayne Cole Southard will present on the exhibition, Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001), an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed Asian American, a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968. Utilizing an interdisciplinary and research-driven praxis, Legacies uncovers how artists of Asian descent have historically negotiated identity in America as a set of situated practices and institutional structures amidst transnational diasporas, racial phantasms, and political imaginaries.
2024-12-17
1h 03
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Ginko Okazaki: a Japanese American Novelist in an Age of Ultranationalism
This panel presentation introduces an ongoing project to recover and translate the Japanese-language writings of the Issei novelist and teacher Ginko Okazaki (pen-name of Masue Shinozaki Orimo, 1895-1973). Ginko was part of a cohort of highly educated Japanese women who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Alan K. Ota, nephew of Ginkos daughter, will present on how the study of Ginkos life and work may offer insights to aspiring artists, activists, and teachers as they confront new forms of oppression and ultranationalism in the 21st century. Andrew Way Leong (UC Berkeley) will present on the ongoing work involved...
2024-12-12
1h 25
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
On Performance, Poetics, and Authoritarianism
Prof. Christine Balance, the 2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, will present ongoing research and writing from her book project, Making Sense of Martial Law. In it, she studies what the diverse and contradictory poetics of Philippine martial law (1972-1986) perform and reveal about authoritarianism and cultural memory, as illustrated by both U.S.- and Philippines-based performances and productions. Making Sense of Martial Law also aims to illuminate important facets of the relationship between art and politics in dictatorships across the globe.
2024-12-11
52 min
Uncomfortable Convo's
Catfish, Heightfish, and the Lies and even D*** Fishing
In this spicy episode of Uncomfortable Convo's, we dive into the modern dating pool full of deception and half-truths. From catfishing and height-fishing to "dick-fishing," we uncover why some people bend the truth before a relationship even begins. But that’s not all—we tackle a sensitive topic: erectile dysfunction. Why do some men struggle to get it up, and what’s the role of stress, confidence, or even dating itself in the equation? Tune in for raw, real talk with no filters, plenty of laughs, and a few uncomfortable truths. https://www.skarxfacevisuals.com/lin...
2024-11-18
49 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
But You're Not Black (Post-Screening Discussion)
Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute, and the Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, for a screening of the documentary, But Youre Not Black (2020), directed by Danilelle Ayow. Following the screening will be a discussion with our guest scholar speaker Dr. Aleah N. Ranjitsingh (Brooklyn College), moderated by Dr. Yung-Yi Diana Pan (Brooklyn College).
2024-11-13
38 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End: The Changing Landscape of Dress and Language
Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men, examining how factors like the global war on terror influenced and changed their sartorial choices and use of language. Rajinas new book denaturalises the ubiquitous and deeply problematic security lens through which knowledge of Muslims has been produced in the past two decades.
2024-10-28
1h 30
Uncomfortable Convo's
Answering Your Toughest Questions: Overcoming Relationship Trauma & Moving On | Uncomfortable Convo's
In this episode of Uncomfortable Convo's, SkarxFace and Ariana dive into your most pressing questions! From dealing with trauma from past relationships to learning how to let go and move forward, we’re addressing the challenges that keep us stuck and the steps needed to heal. Join us for a raw, unfiltered conversation filled with personal stories, insights, and real talk. Don’t miss it – we’re here to keep things real and help you find your way through life’s toughest moments. Got a question? Leave it in the comments for our next episode! https://w...
2024-10-28
1h 40
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
The Way You Want to Be Loved (Book Talk)
Author/professor Aruni Kashyap will read from his new story collection, The Way You Want to Be Loved (Gaudy Boy, 2024).
2024-10-22
1h 20
Uncomfortable Convo's
Why People Cheat: Our Unfiltered Stories and Honest Reasons
This week, Ariana and I dive deep into the topic of cheating—sharing our personal experiences, what led to those moments, and why it's never as simple as it seems. We explore the complexities behind why people cheat and what drives those decisions. It’s an uncomfortable convo, but an important one. Let’s break the silence and talk about what most people avoid. https://www.skarxfacevisuals.com/links https://www.instagram.com/aaari.adhd/
2024-10-21
1h 00
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Filipino-American History, Activism, and Resistance
For October, Filipino American History Month, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute is excited to uplift the voices of student researchers and activists. During this interactive workshop, attendees will hear from Gabriela Sagun, a Ph.D. Student at Duke University studying Security, Peace, and Conflict, with a focus on conflict-related violence against women in the Philippines. Gabriela will speak on the entanglements of U.S. Empire in the Philippines and Filipino-American nurses. We will then hear from Mariah Iris Ramo, Marissa Halagao and Brix Kozuki from the Filipino Curriculum Project, a youth driven activist project in Hawaii. Their course, "Filipino...
2024-10-17
1h 24
Uncomfortable Convo's
Dating with ADHD: The Struggles and Surprising Pros
Today, Edgar and Ari dive deep into the challenges of dating with ADHD. From impulsive moments to unexpected benefits, we’re unpacking it all. Can ADHD be a relationship strength? Tune in and find out how it plays a role in love and connection! #ADHDDating #Relationships #UncomfortableConvos https://www.skarxfacevisuals.com/links https://www.instagram.com/aaari.adhd/
2024-10-14
49 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: A Biography
Prof. Manu Bhagavan will present his biography, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Penguin, 2023), based on eight years of research and using material in five languages from seven countries and over forty archives. Pandit the most remarkable woman Eleanor Roosevelt had ever met, was a pioneering politician and diplomat celebrated internationally for her brilliance, charm and glamour.
2024-10-09
1h 19
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Career Paths in Insurance for College Students
Representatives from Seneca Insurance Company, the Hartford Insurance Company, and director of the Columbia University Masters in Insurance Management program, will discuss careers in the insurance industry and how they are not only an intricate part of everyday life, but also an exciting and rewarding career path for CUNY students.
2024-09-26
41 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Improving Services and Care for Parkinsons Disease among Asian Americans (Intro and Closing)
Catherine Chung and Johnny Nguyen (Asian Women For Health), and Preston Dang (Western University-College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific), will discuss their current collaborative two-year research study project, ACCESS-PD: Advancing Comprehensive Care and Enhancing ServiceStandardsin Parkinsons Disease among Asian Americans.
2024-09-24
15 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
MothSutra, an East to West Poetry Reading
Poet and editor Russell C. Leong will read from MothSutra, based upon drawings and poetry about an Asian delivery man who rides a bicycle throughout Manhattan as he cycles through his life from East to West. Leong hopes to evoke the inner lives, meditations, hopes and dreams of persons generally invisible to those who order takeout. MothSutra was first read at the Bowery Poetry Club, the University of Hong Kong Black Box Theatre, and the City University of New York. He will be introduced on video by the late Chinese American labor historian, Peter Kwong. A bilingual Q and A...
2024-09-24
49 min
Uncomfortable Convo's
Breaking the Bare Minimum: Why Settling Shouldn't Be an Option
In this episode of Uncomfortable Convo's, we dive into a conversation that many shy away from—why the bare minimum in life and relationships should never be accepted. We explore real-life examples of how settling for less can impact your growth and happiness, and why demanding more from yourself and others is essential. It’s time to raise the standard and break free from mediocrity. Tune in for an eye-opening discussion! https://www.skarxfacevisuals.com/links Arianas instagram https://www.instagram.com/aaari.adhd/
2024-09-24
50 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
Born 1941 in Oakland, Californias Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the son of a native, despite having partially false papers. 'Sons of Chinatown' is Wongs evocative dual memoir of his and his fathers parallel experiences in America.
2024-06-10
1h 13
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
2024 CUNY Asian American Film Festival (Award Ceremony)
Since 2004, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has recognized and awarded over $14,900 in cash prizes to student filmmakers enrolled at the City University of New York, including City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, and Queens College. The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.
2024-06-06
31 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Morning Keynote
For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."
2024-05-23
55 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Welcome
For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."
2024-05-23
16 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Closing Session Performance
For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."
2024-05-23
21 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Lunch and Networking
For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."
2024-05-23
05 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
AAARI Symposium on Interrogating AAPI Identities - Closing Session
For this symposium, AAARI has invited students, scholars, community organizers, and/or practitioners to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, and other activities that address the broad scope of AAPI Identities."
2024-05-23
16 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War
Hong Kong was a key battlefield in Asia's cultural cold war. After 1948-1949, an influx of filmmakers, writers, and intellectuals from mainland China transformed British Hong Kong into a hub for mass entertainment and popular publications. Hong Kong Media and Asia's Cold War discusses how Communist China, Nationalist Taiwan, and the U.S. fought to mobilize Hong Kong cinema and print media to sway ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia and across the world. Central to this propaganda and psychological warfare was the emigre media industry. This period was the golden age of Mandarin cinema and popular culture. Throughout the 1967 Riots...
2024-04-16
1h 34
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China
On a hot summer day, Wang Guiping attended her divorce trial at the Xiqing Peoples Tribunal. Taking an unfaithful spouse to court would, Guiping thought, help her end a hopeless relationship and actualize her lawful rights upon divorce. Later that day, Guiping would find herself betrayed not only by her husband, but by the court system and her own legal counsel. Taking this case as a point of departure, Ke Li recounts decades-long research on divorce litigation in rural China in her book Marriage Unbound. Ultimately, this talk articulates a firm belief: divorce, seemingly prosaic, offers a unique window onto...
2024-04-08
1h 06
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States
Based on his new book, this presentation explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York Citys Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liangs study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while...
2024-04-03
1h 29
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
The Children of This Madness
In The Children of this Madness, Gemini Wahhaj pens a complex tale of modern Bengalis, one that illuminates the recent histories not only of Bangladesh, but America and Iraq. Told in multiple voices over successive eras, this is the story of Nasir Uddin and his daughter Beena, and the intersection of their distant, vastly different lives.
2024-03-21
1h 07
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Disciplinary Futures: Sociology in Conversation with American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies
There is a growing consensus that the discipline of sociology and the social sciences broadly need to engage more thoroughly with the legacy and the present day of colonialism, Indigenous/settler colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism in the United States and globally. In Disciplinary Futures, edited by Nadia Y. Kim and Pawan Dhingra, a cross-section of scholars comes together to engage sociology and the social sciences by way of these paradigms, particularly from the influence of disciplines of American, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies.
2024-03-21
1h 15
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects
Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the United States and include approximately 50 distinct ethnic groups, but their stories and experiences have often been sidelined or stereotyped. Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects offers a vital window into the triumphs and tragedies, strength and ingenuity, and traditions and cultural identities of these communities. Edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves, the book invites readers to experience both well-known and untold stories through influential, controversial, and meaningful objects. Thematic chapters explore complex history and shared experiences: navigation, intersections, labor, innovation, belonging, tragedy, resistance and solidarity, community, service, memory...
2024-02-07
1h 11
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Soju: A Global History
Hyunhee Park offers the first global historical study of soju, the distinctive distilled drink of Korea. Searching for sojus origins, Park leads us into the vast, complex world of premodern Eurasia. She demonstrates how the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries wove together hemispheric flows of trade, empire, scientific and technological transfer and created the conditions for the development of a singularly Korean drink. Sojus rise in Korea marked the evolution of a new material culture through ongoing interactions between the global and local and between tradition and innovation in the adaptation and localization of new technologies. Parks...
2023-12-11
1h 00
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction
C.C. Wang (1907 to 2003) is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese art, a reputation that often overshadows his own art. "C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction" recenters Wangs extraordinary career in his own artistic practice to reveal an original quest for tradition and innovation in the global twentieth century. Spanning seven decades, the catalog focuses on the artists distinctive synthesis of Chinese ink painting and American postwar abstraction.
2023-11-21
1h 13
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
A Conversation with Chandra Bhan Prasad
Chandra Bhan Prasad is an Indian scholar and political commentator. He is editor of Dalit Enterprise Magazine and has been widely quoted by the world press on issues of caste and the treatment of Dalits in India. Prasad is the co-author author of Defying the Odds: The Rise of Dalit Entrepreneurs (with D Shyam Babu and Devesh Kapur), Dalit Phobia: Why Do They Hate Us?, What is Ambedkarism?, and Dalit Diary, 1999-2003: Reflections on Apartheid in India.
2023-11-18
1h 00
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Abandoned Women and Boudoir Resentment: The Feminine Voice in Chinese Literature
Abandoned Women and Boudoir Resentment: The Feminine Voice in Chinese Literature
2023-11-13
52 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools
The American suburb conjures an image of picturesque privilege: manicured lawns, quiet streets, andmost important to parentshigh-quality schools. These elite enclaves are also historically white, allowing many white Americans to safeguard their privileges by using public schools to help their children enter top colleges. Thats changing, however, as Asian American professionals increasingly move into wealthy suburban areas to give their kids that same leg up for their college applications and future careers.As Natasha Warikoo shows in Race at the Top, white and Asian parents alike will do anything to help their children get to the top of the achievement...
2023-11-10
1h 34
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
The Temple of Non-Duality (Q&A Session)
Muyisa (The Temple of Non-Duality) holds a long-kept secret that has been handed down through generations of monks. One day, a mother who lost her daughter at the Itaewon Halloween Crush, visits the temple unexpectedly and discovers the secret.
2023-11-10
14 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
One Century after Thind: Continuing the Conversation
Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute for a panel discussion for the launch of One Century after Thind, a special issue of Ethnic Studies Review, edited by Dr. Soniya Munshi (Queens College/CUNY) and Dr. Linta Varghese (Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY), examining legacies past and present of the U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v Bhagat Singh Thind (1923). Building on discussions in the special issue, we will continue examinations of caste in the South Asian diaspora, the criminalization of migrants, and the racialized citizenship debates in the early 20th century as part of U.S. state-making.
2023-11-09
1h 12
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wongs Rendezvous with American History
Born into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (19051961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywoods most famous Chinese American actress, a screen siren who captivated global audiences and signed her publicity photoswith a touch of defianceOrientally yours. Now, more than a century after her birth, Yunte Huang narrates Wongs tragic life story, retracing her journey from Chinatown to silent-era Hollywood, and from Weimar Berlin to decadent, prewar Shanghai, and capturing American television in its infancy. As Huang shows, Wongs rendezvous with history features a remarkable parade of characters, including a smitten Walter Benjamin...
2023-10-30
59 min
Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)
Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States
Prof. Edward T. Chang will present on University of California, Riversides traveling exhibition to preserve and share the history of Americas first Koreatown Pachappa Camp a community of Korean migrant workers in Riverside who contributed to the citys citrus development. Among those workers was Koreas most influential independence activists, Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, who helped foment Koreas democratic movement.
2023-10-23
1h 00
Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse
Heroines: Creating Identity in Romance
What makes a heroine in romance, a genre invested in exploring how can women be happy in culture? Is the genre a place where heroines create integrated identities that reject binaries of what society tells them to be? Dr. Jayashree Kamble discusses her latest book on romance scholarship, Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine's Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation. Shelf Love listeners can use “UShelfLove” to get 35% off the book at Indiana University Press, from now until November 2, 2023. Shelf Love:NEW! Substack for original writing and stuff | Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comGuest: Dr. J...
2023-09-18
58 min
Querida Amiga Podcast
Yo Perreo Sola
In this week's episode, I discuss the 5 stages of grief. Here is the link to the article on the stages of grief: https://www.verywellmind.com/five-stages-of-grief-4175361. Check out @educatedchingona on insta. She has a post from June 30th and @aaari.adhd hers is on Feb 4 that you guys should watch :) also @rupikaur_ post from Aug 9th and please continue watching their content. They help so much
2023-08-31
32 min
CUNY TV's Asian American Life
Celebrating Women Trailblazer For Women’s History Month
Special on Asian American women who were the first in their fields, including CUNY Law School Dean Sudha Setty, Former Judge Doris Ling-Cohan; NY Senator Iwen Chu; Tribute to CUNY's AAARI Betty Sung Lee; History lesson on Afong Moy; Women Crossing DMZ
2023-03-08
29 min
Power of Self-Mastery with Sachi
Identity Beyond Society With Chris Siemer
We are covering the Second part of Zen mind and beginner mind by capturing the ideas of both sides of the co-arising interpersonal condition. We see identity as social product. so the question is, which identity are you trying to buy as your habit or trait off the shelves like a product? Reference Links: DT Suzuki https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-T-Suzuki Mulamadhyamikakarika https://aaari.info/notes/03-06-06Tam2.pdf bio of Ikkyu Sojun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkyū
2022-04-01
22 min
Power of Self-Mastery with Sachi
Society in Identity with Chris, Writer / Director
we cover Zen mind and beginner mind by capturing the ideas of both sides of the co-arising interpersonal condition. We see identity as social product. so the question is, which identity are you trying to buy as your habit or trait off the shelves like a product? Reference Links: DT Suzuki https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-T-Suzuki Mulamadhyamikakarika https://aaari.info/notes/03-06-06Tam2.pdf bio of Ikkyu Sojun Here is the bio of Ikkyu Sojun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkyū
2022-03-25
18 min
Brooklyn, USA
47 | How We Want To Be Now That We Know
This week, we’re sending radical love and care to our AAPI neighbors. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Khyriel Palmer, Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW• Thank you to Hui and Jeffrey Su.• LINKS:Brooklyn, USA - bricartsmedia.org/Brooklyn-USABRIC statement on anti-AAPI violence: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnVZ-zjyeq/Dr. Sherry Wang - https://bit.ly/3rcrhju...
2021-03-24
42 min