AAARI Events

Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a screening and discussion of the documentary film Slumlord Millionaire, co-directed by Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching. The co-directors will joined by housing activists.

Prof. Francisco Delgado will read and discuss his novella, On Remembering My Friends, My First Job, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD (TRP: The University Press of SHSU, July 2025).

Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a screening and discussion of the documentary film Because of You: A History of Kilawin Koletibo, co-directed by Desireena Almoradie and Barbara Malaran. The co-directors will be joined by past participants of Kilawin Kolektibo.

Vina Orden will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1, examining how narratives in popular media can perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and colonial mentalities.

In Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community (Stanford University Press, 2024), historian William Gow argues that Chinese Americans in Los Angeles strategically used their performances in both Hollywood films and Chinatown tourist attractions to influence perceptions of race and national identity during the Chinese Exclusion Era.

Drawing on his role as a Cool Japan Producer for the Japanese Cabinet Office, Benjamin W. Boas highlights the need to shift from a government-branded “Cool Japan” paradigm to the more participatory, fan-driven “Your Japan.”

Prof. Aleah Ranjitingh will present her research on Chinese-Caribbean immigrants in the United States, and the ways in which they understand self in terms of race and ethnicity.

Prof. Zai Liang’s presentation focuses on the substantial challenges faced by small businesses in Manhattan Chinatown and the subsequent transitions they have made in the post-Covid pandemic era. Attendees will gain insights into the key findings conducted during Summer 2025 by the specialized research team from SUNY Albany, in collaboration with the Chinatown Partnership Local ... Read more

A hybrid panel with Queens and Baruch College presidents explores how student visa revocations are reshaping CUNY campuses, immigrant communities, and New York’s educational landscape.

Family Amnesia (Daylight Books, 2025) is a visual tribute and love letter honoring author Betty Yu’s Chinese American family roots in the United States. The art book explores her family’s multi-generational resilience and resistance through mixed-media collages, her grandfather’s photographs, and own captured images and archival material.

Prof. Jayashree Kamblé will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1, focusing on love and gender roles in the recent globally successful films Godzilla Minus One and Past Lives.

Join this free information session to learn about the 2026 AAARI Innovators Fellowship, a 16-week program empowering changemakers to address complex challenges facing Asian American communities. The AAARI Innovation Fellowship is open to CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, interested in social impact. No prior experience required.

Join this free information session to learn about the 2026 AAARI Innovators Fellowship, a 16-week program empowering changemakers to address complex challenges facing Asian American communities. The AAARI Innovation Fellowship is open to CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, interested in social impact. No prior experience required.

Join this free information session to learn about the 2026 AAARI Innovators Fellowship, a 16-week program empowering changemakers to address complex challenges facing Asian American communities. The AAARI Innovation Fellowship is open to CUNY undergraduate and graduate students, interested in social impact. No prior experience required.

Editor Meqin Wang, with contributors Midori Yamamura, Vicki Kwon and Stephanie Benzaquen-Gautier examine how contemporary art in East and Southeast Asia confronts environmental destruction, ecological degradation, and social injustice in the backdrop of global ecological crises.

The Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s Localized History Project, and The Asian American Education Project, are building New York City’s K-12 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies curriculum! New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history ... Read more

The Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA), in partnership with the Asian American Bar Association of New York and the Asian American Law Fund of New York, invites you to a screening of "Voices Against Anti-Asian Hate," hosted by Philippine Consulate General. The documentary, produced by AABANY and AALFNY, features a series of interviews with ... Read more

Prof. Sally Wen Mao will present on Sally Forth, Sad Girl!, a novel-in-progress following a Chinese American poet living in an artist residency in Shanghai.

Miki Makihara draws from her new co-authored book, Language and Political Subjectivity, to explore a central challenge for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) language and political activists.

In their study, Prof. Esther Son explores the mental health challenges and barriers to accessing services faced by Asian American/Asian college students at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, particularly after the pandemic.

New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history of Queens’ Asian American community.

Celebrate the publication of Aleah N. Ranjitsingh’s edited volume The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration, Identity, and Literary and Cultural Representations. The volume expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora.

Prof. Prithi Kanakamedala will present on their project examining the life of George DeGrasse and his family, who lived on land in New York City donated by Aaron Burr in the early nineteenth century.

The Tech Incubator at Queens College (TIQC) and the AAARI Innovators Fellowship team are hosting a 2.5-hour online workshop to help students learn vibe coding and practical AI tools to build quick prototypes and turn ideas into something real. You should attend if you: Have an idea you want to turn into a prototype (app, website, workflow, demo) ... Read more

Prof. Yuchen Chen will present on their project examining Chinese immigrants and real estate entrepreneurs in West Queens, exploring their placemaking practices in the emerging “new Chinatown.”

New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history of Staten Island’s Asian American community.

Join us for a powerful evening of film and conversation on the human consequences of China’s One-Child Policy with filmmaker Vinit Parmar.

Charlotte Brooks’s gripping tale follows the Moy family’s back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars, China’s Nationalist and Communist revolutions, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape.

New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history of Brooklyn’s Asian American community.

Please join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a special screening and discussion of the cooking documentary series, The Grocery List.

Khánh Lê and Alisha Nguyen will present on their research exploring the history, development, and impact of Vietnamese dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs in five U.S. states with significant Vietnamese populations.

May is both Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. To mark this occasion, Queens College is hosting a special program exploring calligraphic practices in the Chinese and Jewish traditions. Join Chinese calligrapher Wei Tang and Jewish sofer Rabbi Michael Gordan for a dynamic introduction to two ancient scribal ... Read more

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has proved extremely controversial, as it risks the lives of Iranians, people across the Middle Eastern conflict zone, and U.S. troops. Its impact on the nations of the Persian Gulf and global energy trade remains a cause for concern during the war and after the ceasefire. The choking of the ... Read more

Exploring grassroots power & Asian American futures in NYC after Zohran Mamdani’s historic election.

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us at our next workshop in-person workshop and networking session on "Promoting Mental Health in AANHPI Communities."

Join the youth researchers of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s Localized History Project for a dynamic showcase of history, storytelling, and collectivity.

Get ready to kick off AAPI Heritage Month with an unforgettable event — the AAPI 5K Run! Lace up your sneakers, hit the streets, and join us in celebrating the vibrant Asian American & Pacific Islander community while supporting the incredible work of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), other impactful nonprofit organizations, ... Read more

The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.

Please join AAARI for a co-sponsored event with APA VOICE, its member organizations, and community-based organizations for the New York Assembly District 65/Senate District 24 Candidate Forum, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, from 6pm to 8:15pm, at Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, 6th Floor, Manhattan. Hear from the candidates before heading out to the ... Read more

Razid Season, filmmaker and alum of The City College of New York, Elijah, a coming-out story of a second-generation Bengali-American who desires to live life fully as a man in a trans-phobic immigrant culture.