Voices Rising: What’s Next for Asian Americans in the Arts?
“Voices Rising” seeks to explore the impact of these achievements and the future of Asian Americans in the arts.
Co-Sponsored & Special Events
LGBTQ Resilience in China
Screening of the documentary, Happily Ever After (形婚之后) , followed by a conversation between He Xiaopei (the director of the documentary) and Duan Jiling (Assistant Professor of Practice in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) on same sex desires in China.
Bay of Blood (Documentary Screening & Discussion)
Join the CUNY Law South Asia Law Student Association for a screening and discussion of the documentary, Bay of Blood (2023), directed by Krishnendu Bose.
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (Performance & Talk)
Join this special lunch with Ava Chin—author, performer, and professor—as she performs and talks about her new in paperback book Mott Street (Penguin Books), about the impact of the country’s first immigration restrictions on four generations of her family in New York City’s Chinatown.
A Conversation with Chandra Bhan Prasad
Chandra Bhan Prasad is an Indian scholar and political commentator. He is editor of Dalit Enterprise Magazine and has been widely quoted by the world press on issues of caste and the treatment of Dalits in India.
Public Talk/Book Signing with Historian and Author Greg Robinson
Greg Robinson is professor of history at l’Université du Québec À Montréal, and specialist in U.S. political history. His most recent book is The Unknown Great (U Washington Press 2023), an alternative history of Japanese Americans.