Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Time: 5pm to 7pm Place: City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan – NAC Ballroom Free – Open to the Public In this talk, based on her new book The Limits of Whiteness (2017, Stanford University Press), sociologist Neda Maghbouleh shares the under-theorized and sometimes heartbreaking story of … Read more
Museum of Chinese in America Date: Thursday, October 19, 2017 Time: 6:30pm to 8pm Place: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, Manhattan In conjunction with the Museum of Chinese in America’s new exhibition, FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Structures, which presents the story of passengers of the Golden Venture which ran aground in 1993, … Read more
Sujani K. Reddy is the 2017-2018 Thomas Tam Visiting Professor of Asian American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Dr. Reddy’s work focuses on histories of U.S. imperialism, immigration, and South Asian diaspora, as well as mass criminalization, immigrant rights, transnational feminism, and struggles for liberation. She is the author of Nursing & Empire: Gendered Labor and Migration from India to the United States (UNC Press, 2015) and co-editor of The Sun Never Sets: South Asian Migrants in an Age of U.S. Power (NYU Press, 2013). Both books are also published in South Asia by Orient BlackSwan.
Date: Sunday, August 20, 2017 Time: 2pm to 4pm Place: Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel 135-20 39th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 Candidates competing to represent District 20 in the New York City Council will participate in a public forum. District 20 includes Downtown Flushing, Murray Hill and Queensboro Hill. Incumbent, Peter Koo, faces a challenge from … Read more
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2017 Time: 6pm to 8pm Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Join Dharma Path for a discussion on the Buddhist practice of meditation, diligence and wisdom, with Ven. Changtzu, Ven. Shiyi & Ven. Yanrong. Ven. Changtzu (Lecturer, Fuyan Buddhist Institute, Taiwan) Pointers on Meditation … Read more
Description Since 2004, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF), presented by the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), has recognized and awarded student filmmakers enrolled at the City University of New York, including City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, Lehman College, College of Staten Island, and Queens … Read more