Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
A REVOLUTION IN INFORMATION technology is redefining poverty, as how much you know is becoming just as important as how much you own. “The Hole in the Wall” examines one possible solution to the growing technological gap between rich and poor — the so-called ‘digital divide’ — that threatens to consign millions to an “information … Read more
This talk will provide a forum for discussion about the acculturation of Chinese immigrant students in the high school setting. The focus of the talk will be on the conditions students believe will facilitate their adjustment to the American culture including school life. Online Notes
Join Tom Tam in an evening about the joy of making movies. This collection of reminiscences recalls the innocence of youth, and its exuberant outbursts, from a demonstration against tourist buses in Chinatown to some interesting experimentation of personal cinema. Movies shown: Chi (5 min. silent) – Contemplation of patterns on a “go” board. Something along the line of … Read more
During the little over one hundred years from its opening as a treaty port to the Communist revolution, Shanghai vividly epitomized China’s economic drive and vitality. Today, as during in its pre-war heyday, the metropolis is not only China’s leading commercial, financial and industrial center but China’s most stylish city, and trend-setter in fashion, art … Read more
This presentation is based on information from Prof. Joyce Gelb’s soon to be released publication, “Gender Policies in Japan and the United States.” In it, Prof. Gelb explores the similarities and differences in gender related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the U.S., concentrating the areas of equal employment, domestic violence, and reproductive rights, … Read more
As Taiwan was settled by waves of Han-Chinese from the Minnan speaking areas of Fujian and the Hakka-speaking areas of northern Guangdong, a sense of both local, regional and island – wide identity began to develop. By the 1870s, Taiwan had become a province of the Qing Empire, thus reinforcing the people’s sense of being … Read more