Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Author Kaila Yu as she discusses her memoir-in-essays, Fetishized, exploring how she reclaimed her identity after growing up in a media culture that forced Asian women to sexualize themselves to be seen.
Author Anisa Rahim will discuss her book, An American Meo, a hybrid work of nonfiction, fiction, and myth that explores identity, heritage, and the weight of generational memory.
Author Abigail Savitch-Lew will discuss her debut novel Livonia Chow Mein — a gripping, four-generation saga set in Brownsville, Brooklyn, centered on a Chinese family-owned restaurant and its deep roots in a neighborhood shaped by waves of immigrant and working-class communities.
This book explores how Manhattan’s Koreatown transformed into a “transclave”—a commercialized ethnic hub driven by South Korea’s global nation-branding strategy and the diverse cultural mosaic of New York City.
Razid Season, filmmaker and alum of The City College of New York, Elijah, a coming-out story of a second-generation Bengali-American who desires to live life fully as a man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture.
Prof. Sumanth Inukonda speaks with media theorist Oliver Boyd-Barrett, and presumptive 2026 Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 5th District U.S. House seat Christian Vukasovich, about the implications of conflict over Iran for the world and America.