Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
What does it mean to be a hyphenated Muslim in a post-9/11 world? How do Muslim artists, writers and filmmakers address these issues of identity, assimilation, and recreation in homes they have made outside of what has been called the “Muslim World”? What was earlier Muslim Diaspora cultural production dealing with before 9/11 put them … Read more
Hunter College, CUNY Asian American Studies Program Presents Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Time: 6:30PM to 8PM Place: Hunter College, CUNY 695 Park Avenue, Manhattan Hunter West Building – 8th Floor (Faculty Lounge) Ed Lin is the author of Waylaid. Published by Kaya in 2002, Waylaid was universally praised in a broad range of publications … Read more
Almost all representations of Thailand refer to it as Buddhist. The majority of its citizens identify themselves as practitioners of Theravada Buddhism, although a history of sectarian disputes within this strand of Buddhism has also provided an idiom for regional political movements. Today, the status of religion is changing. Debates about the constitutional formalization of … Read more
