Events for Sep/24/2025
“CRAASH in Focus: Revitalizing Asian American Studies” Exhibition at Cooperman Library
On view on the third floor of Cooperman Library through Sept 2025, CRAASH in Focus: Revitalizing Asian American Studies explores the history of student activism surrounding the Asian American Studies Program (AASP) at Hunter College, from its early foundation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the revitalization of it in the 2000s and 2010s by ... Read more
Labor dynamics and Feminist Cosmopolitanism among Indonesian Women Workers in South Korea
The Asian Center for Women's Studies at Ewha Womans University presents "Critical Feminist Interventions in Asia: A Series of Emerging Scholars' Talks." This lecture series features early-career feminist researchers who have recently completed their master's or doctoral degrees in Asian Women's Studies or Women's Studies programs. This third lecture will critically examine how labor dynamics through migration empower ... Read more
Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo
Join us for a compelling evening with Michael Luo, executive editor of The New Yorker and acclaimed author of Strangers in the Land: The Struggle for Belonging in America, as he explores the complex and often overlooked history of Chinese exclusion and the Asian American experience in the United States. In celebration of the release ... Read more
Two Dragons in Hollywood: Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong, and the Past and Future of Asian American Representation
Join acclaimed biographers Jeff Chang (Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America) and Katie Gee Salisbury (Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong) for a timely and powerful conversation about two iconic trailblazers who redefined what it meant to be Asian American in the reels ... Read more
Education Workshop Webinar – Immigration
APIDAs were once excluded from entering the U.S. The Civil Rights Movement spearheaded by Black Americans led to the revision of discriminatory laws including immigration laws—leading to the passage of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. Today, APIDAs are the fastest growing population in the U.S. This workshop shows activities for students to examine ... Read more