AAIFF47 Screenplay Reading: MISSUS

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (14th Floor) 25 West 43rd Street - Rooms 1425/1426, New York, NY

AAIFF47 is pleased to present the annual live reading of the winning script of the Asian American International Screenplay Competition. This year’s winner is MISSUS, written by Marissa Carpio and produced by Angelo Santos. Please join us for the World Premiere of this screenplay reading. Afterwards, enjoy a casual happy hour at Snafu (127 E ... Read more

Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons (Networking Meet-Up)

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us at our next discussion/workshop on communication with author Jessica Chen to discuss her new book, Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons. At the networking meet-up, attendees will ... Read more

Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons (Workshop – Part 1)

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us at our next discussion/workshop on communication with author Jessica Chen to discuss her new book, Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All the Right Reasons. Part 1 workshop will meet in-person ... Read more

Improving Services and Care for Parkinson’s Disease among Asian Americans

Catherine Chung and Johnny Nguyen (Asian Women For Health), and Preston Dang (WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific), will discuss their current collaborative two-year research study project, ACCESS-PD: Advancing Comprehensive Care & Enhancing Service Standards in Parkinson’s Disease among Asian Americans.

Career Paths in Insurance for College Students

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

Representatives from Seneca Insurance Company, the Hartford Insurance Company, and director of the Columbia University Master’s in Insurance Management program, will discuss careers in the insurance industry and how they are not only an intricate part of everyday life, but also an exciting and rewarding career path for CUNY students.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit: A Biography

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

Prof. Manu Bhagavan will present his biography, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Penguin, 2023), based on eight years of research and using material in five languages from seven countries and over forty archives.

The Way You Want to Be Loved (Book Talk)

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

In agile and frank prose, The Way You Want to Be Loved (Gaudy Boy, 2024) tells the stories of queer, displaced lives from India’s Northeast, an underrepresented region in English fiction.

British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End: The Changing Landscape of Dress and Language

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

Popular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men, examining how factors like the global war on terror influenced and changed their sartorial choices and use of language.

Family Amnesia: Chinese American Resilience

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

Family Amnesia (Daylight Books, 2024) 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.

Special Lecture by Christine Balance

CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Prof. Christine Balance, the 2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, will discuss current research for her single-authored manuscript, Making Sense of Martial Law, and collaborations with Prof. Lucy San Pablo Burns and Jessica Hagedorn on Renaissance Renegade.

Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty

Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United States

Co-editors Nicholas D. Hartlep, Terrell L. Strayhorn, and Fred A. Bonner II will present on Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty (Routledge, 2024), a new book that illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States.