Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Time: 4PM to 7:30PM
Place: Pace University – Student Union
1 Pace Plaza, Manhattan
Presentations about Chinese New Yorkers’ lives and reflections on 9/11, co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Pace University and the Asian American / Asian Research Institute.
4PM to 5PM – Exhibition of contemporary Chinese painting and calligraphy on the themes of memorializing 9/11 and the harmony, happiness, peace, and tranquility of the mid-autumn Chinese Moon festival. Chinese folk music by Chinese Theatre Works.
5PM – Talk on “Moon and Rice: A Tribute to 9/11 using Chinese Cultural Symbolism” by artist Chee Wong Ng, whose “Red, White, and Blue” installation is on display in the campus library.
5:30PM – Reception and brief remarks by Pace officials and local dignitaries.
6:30PM – Panel discussion with communtiy members and scholars from CUNY, Pace, and Adelphi universities:
- Jiao-xian Cen
- Lt. David Lim
- Paul Lee
- Jean Lau Chin, Adelphi University
- Joyce Moy, Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
- Joseph Lee, Pace University
