Co-sponsored
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | 12:30pm to 2pm
CUNY Graduate Center – Martin Segal Theatre
Join this special lunch with Ava Chin—author, performer, and professor—as she performs and talks about her new in paperback book Mott Street (Penguin Books), about the impact of the country’s first immigration restrictions on four generations of her family in New York City’s Chinatown.
Co-sponsored
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 6pm to 9pm
CUNY School of Law – Auditorium
Join the CUNY Law South Asia Law Student Association for a screening and discussion of the documentary, Bay of Blood (2023), directed by Krishnendu Bose.
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.
The AAPI 5K is a community run highlighting the vibrant Asian American community and organizations that work year-round to create a safe and welcoming space. Sign up to run or walk 5K to raise funds for AAARI towards our goal of $2,000 for programs.
10th Commemorative Edition
To mark this first decade of publication, CUNY FORUM: Asian American / Asian Studies, published by the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), has gathered Asian American memoirs, personal accounts, essays, and public roundtables of writers that span at least a century and more. These authors cross the borders of states and nations, East and West: from New York to Michigan; Mississippi to California; and, China, Japan, India, Korea, and the Philippines to the United States.
Latest Event
Hong Kong Media and Asia’s Cold War
Through untapped archival materials, contemporary sources, and numerous interviews with filmmakers, magazine editors, and student activists, Po-Shek Fu explores how global conflicts were localized and intertwined with myriad local historical experiences and cultural formation.
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