Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Asian American / Asian Research Institute welcomes Dr. Yung-Yi Diana Pan as the newly appointed interim executive director of the Institute. Diana is foremost a collaborator whether it is in the classroom with students or in meetings with colleagues. Most recently an Associate Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College/CUNY and the CUNY Graduate Center, … Read more
We are pleased to announce Asian American Studies in the 2020s: Disciplinary, Ethnic, Diasporic Identities as the theme for our 2024 conference. Proposal deadline, extended to October 9, 2023.
After a unanimous City Council vote, caste and indigeneity are now protected categories in Fresno, California.
A little-known federal program has helped to empower generations of underserved Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students. This week, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking new steps to strengthen it.
Novelist Wendy Law-Yone, tracks Aung San Suu Kyi’s transformation from daughter of a national hero to materfamilias of Myanmar, placing her firmly within the context of the Burmese Buddhist notions of nationhood and motherhood and explaining her continuing role as the figurehead of the nation’s struggles.
On September 22, 2023, President Joseph Biden Jr. proclaimed September 25 to October 1, 2023 Asian American Native American and Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) Week. Colleges with at least 10% of the student body identifying as Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) qualify as an AANAPISI. Fourteen of The City University of … Read more