Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
How much can sound open or narrow the lens through which experience is filtered? What sound does disappointment make? What color is a scream? How can one sense represent the attributes of another? What sound does red lipstick make? The poems in Prof. Linda Jackson’s book What Yellow Sounds Like explore sound and color and … Read more
Hooked on You (Hong Kong, 2007), Running Time: 97 Minutes Hong Kong actress and pop star Miriam Yeung stars as Miu, an eligible bachelorette who reluctantly takes a job as a fishmonger to pay off her father’s debts. But her stinky job gets stinkier when a brutish rival fisherman (Eason Chan) enters the scene. Before … Read more
Typically viewed as a staple of childhood life in East Asia, cram schools are private educational institutions offering additional academic instruction during non-school hours. Over the past few decades, hundreds if not thousands of Asian American-run cram schools have been established throughout the United States, proliferating across urban areas particularly in Asian American enclaves. Despite this recent boom of Asian American cram schools, there has been very little research that examines how these educational sites affect the academic and identity development of youth.
Date: Monday, June 2, 2008 | Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre 365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan 2008 Winners & Runner-ups Fiction Film Winner: 1.5 – Dong Sik Yun (Brooklyn College) Honorable Mention: Making a Good Life – Akane Suzuki (City College) Documentary Film … Read more
