Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Since independence congress party has ruled India, first under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru then his daughter Indira Gandhi. In 1977 for the first time all opposition parties in India came together which resulted into congress party’s crushing defeat and formation of a non-congress government at the center led by Janta Party. This can be … Read more
We’d like to begin with a quote from Siegried Kracauer’s 1927 essay on photography: “memory-images appear to be fragments but only because photography does not encompass the meaning to which they refer and in relation to which they cease to be fragments. Similarly, from the perspective of memory, photography appears as a jumble that consists … Read more
This research study was funded by PSC-CUNY Research Grant for 2001-2002. This cross-cultural descriptive study compared the childbearing concerns and experiences of Korean and Western postnatal mothers in three areas: physiological, psychosocial and infant care. In order to ascertain whether there were cultural differences in these three areas, a survey was conducted. Fifty Western postnatal … Read more
Educational Changes in Mongolia Timeline of Mongolia’s Educational System from 1911 to 2003 1911 – The first formal and secular education in Mongolia begins. 1935 – 55% of all party members in Mongolia are illiterate. Only 2.7% of all children are enrolled in secular state schools. 13% of all children are enrolled in monastic schools. … Read more
Within the field of psychology, immigrants are often overlooked when it comes to assessing mental health. The Asian immigrant population in particular is a group that has gone through a lot of losses, including having to leave their home country, friends and family. Even though there are good reasons for traveling so far, there’s still … Read more
The show, titled “Running: The Race for City Council” was aired on Channel Thirteen in the fall of 2001. The young film-maker, Renata Huang will show and discuss the making of this documentary that she associate produced about the city council elections in New York City where three Asian American candidates lost in Manhattan’s Chinatown, … Read more