2013 CUNY Conference on Asian American Economic Empowerment
Date: March 28, 2013 Time: 8:30AM to 5PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
Month: March 2013
Three Trees: Alberto Giacometti’s Art as Theatre and History
Playwright Alvin Eng and Art Historian Laurie Wilson will discuss Eng’s play, “Three Trees,” a historical drama that explores the unique relationship between 20th century Parisian artist, Alberto Giacometti, and his muse/model, Japanese Existential Philosopher, Isaku Yanaihara. The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will present the World Premiere of this play at the West End Theare, … Read more
China: From Cartier to Confucius
As the glistening Cartier sign, the visually arresting skyscrapers, and the shining BMWs and Ferraris scream out China’s unprecedented prosperity, the question confronting a young generation of Chinese who came of age during the period of rapid economic growth is an anxious one: Is this all there is? Researched and co-produced by Ying Zhu, “China: … Read more
Manhattan Borough President Lunar New Year Celebration
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer Lunar New Year Celebration Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2013 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM Place: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, Manhattan Presentations and a panel discussion on Asian American Diversity and the State of Asian American Research. Remarks by the Offices of State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, … Read more
Internet Hinduism and the North American Hindu Diaspora
Talk Cancelled Hinduism’s adherents, nowhere more so than in the United States, have displayed a marked tendency to turn towards various forms of digital media, and in particular the internet, to forge new forms of Hindu identity, endow Hinduism with a purportedly more coherent and monotheistic form, refashion our understanding of the history of Hinduism’s … Read more