Non-AAARI News

May 18th Virtual Opening Ceremony Celebrates Local Figures of Japanese Descent in the East Coast’s First Digital Public Collection of Historical Archives

The Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowships recognize humanities and social science faculty who teach at two-year institutions and their vital contributions to scholarship, teaching, and their communities. Prof. Yin’s project, Making Literary History: The Emergence and Development of Soviet Dungan Literature, examines the emergence and development of a Dungan national literature during the Soviet period, … Read more

Asian American population numbers have jumped dramatically in a diverse set of communities over the last decade.

Our America: Asian Voices tell the stories of Asian and Pacific Islander groups in America: Korean, Vietnamese, Indian, Polynesian, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese, Chinese, and more. Some came as immigrants. Some came as refugees. Some run successful businesses. Some live in poverty. Some have spoken out for years. Some are finding their voice.

Among Pacific Islanders, specifically, there’s a renewed debate about the inclusion of Pacific Islanders within wider AAPI initiatives and programs. Some argue that Pacific Islanders benefit when categorized alongside Asian Americans. Others say Pacific Islanders are underrepresented and should be separated because their issues and needs are different from those of Asian Americans. Yet another … Read more

“The things that will keep us safe require us to think more long term and systemically about what the root causes of violence are,” Jason Wu, co-chair of the GAPIMNY-Empowering Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islanders, said.