CUNY FORUM Vol 14 & 15 – Article and Essay Submissions
AAARI is currently accepting submissions for our academic journal, CUNY FORUM Volume 14 & 15, scheduled for print in 2027/2028.
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2026 Betty Lee Sung Research Endowment Fund
Betty Lee Sung, co-founder of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), Professor Emerita, City College of New York, and recipient of the 2017 Association for Asian American Studies Lifetime Achievement Award, has established an endowment of $100,000 at the City University of New York to create a research fund under the auspices of AAARI, on Asian American topics. The fund is intended to support the research by providing funds for a research assistant, copywriter, research travel, acquisition or access to research material and similar costs so that the researcher can complete the project.
2026 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship
The Tam Scholarship is awarded annually to a qualified CUNY undergraduate student (Asian or non-Asian) who demonstrates creativity in raising awareness about issues facing the Asian American community.
2026 Dr. K. York & M. Noelle Chynn CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest
The CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest is funded by an endowment gift of $100,000 to the City University of New York from the late Dr. K. York Chynn and Noelle Chynn. This annual award promotes and stimulates thinking by CUNY students to reflect on ethics, morality, and virtuous in their daily lives.
Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making Worlds
Across Continents employs Goan literary subjectivity as epistemology to critique a specific limitation of postcolonial thought, one that does not account for the situations or afterlife of Portuguese colonialism.
Call for Proposals – AAARI Website Consultant
The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), of The City University of New York (CUNY), is seeking a qualified web development consultant or agency to redesign or enhance its website, aaari.info. Depending on the assessment of the current AAARI website by potential consultant, the project will focus on either a full site redesign or … Read more