Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI The We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate is an integral part of our response to the challenge of rising hate in our respective neighborhoods, boroughs, and city. This initiative is in its second year and is created in partnership with The Center for Community Leadership at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY and … Read more
The Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University invites applications for a tenured appointment in modern South Asian Studies. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The department seeks a scholar with an excellent record of research and publication, in any relevant field of the … Read more
The Ethnic Studies Department invites applications for a pool of part-time lecturers from candidates qualified to teach undergraduate Ethnic Studies courses.
In a press conference at Department of Education headquarters, officials from the Adams administration announced state legislation that will make Diwali a school holiday as soon as next year. Queens Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar’s bill proposes adding Diwali to the school calendar and removing a little-celebrated holiday, Brooklyn-Queens Day.
Niketa Patel, renowned digital journalist with over 19 years of experience in audience development, partnerships and product, will start as senior director of leadership programs at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY on November 1.
Panel speakers will share personal stories about growing up with sewing mothers and grandmothers during the decades when practically every Chinese immigrant family in New York City included garment factory workers – the hard work and long hours, the social environment and friendships, union benefits and programs, and the strength, solidarity and activism of the immigrant women workers. Speakers will discuss how they teach this history and legacy to new generations.