Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In this lecture, Benjamin Boas, a Cool Japan Ambassador working with the government’s Cabinet Office, takes a critical look at the history of Japanese culture’s appeal abroad, the ways this appeal is spread and the differing ways the phenomenon is seen domestically and abroad.
Professors Uwe Gielen and Sunghun Kim will discuss their new book, Global Changes in Children’s Lives (Cambridge University Press, 2019), comparing the nature of childhood and adolescence in three representative societies differing in their subsistence activities. The societies include Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, traditional farmers in India, and South Korean students growing up in a digital … Read more
This lecture focuses on the social and personal sides of monetary flows in the Vietnamese diaspora. With few exceptions, the private use of money has been considered too personal and too mysterious for migration scholars to tackle, unless they examine “development issues,” such as daily household expenditures. Prof. Hung Cam Thai will focus on low-wage … Read more
Prof. Daniel H. Inouye will discuss his book, Distant Islands (University Press of Colorado, 2018), a modern narrative history of the Japanese American community in New York City between America’s centennial year and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Often overshadowed in historical literature by the Japanese diaspora on the West Coast, this community, which … Read more
With the ebb and flow of China’s long history comes the waxing and waning of the longstanding tradition in the production of porcelain. As we travel through the centuries from guan-ware of the Song to fen-cai enamelware of the late-Qing, Chinese porcelain is an embodiment of continual refinement through transmission, creative innovation, and practice. On … Read more
Nicholas D. Hartlep and Daisy Ball will discuss their book Asian/American Scholars of Education: 21st Century Pedagogies, Perspectives, and Experiences, which shares the knowledge and travails of Asian/American luminaries in the field of education. This unique collection of essays acknowledges the struggle that Asian/American Education scholars have faced when it comes to being regarded as … Read more