AAARI Events

The Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive! Please join us for a community event featuring youth presentations on localized Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history. The event will also include a showcase of the data and research we’ve conducted over the past two years, ... Read more

Join us to celebrate the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 24th anniversary as part of The City University of New York! AAARI’s fundraising gala will convene over 200 supporters, community leaders, and advocates committed to uplifting and advancing the Asian American Pacific Islander community. In line with our mission, this year’s event will honor ... Read more

Join pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Daniel C. Tsang for a special conversation reflecting on his 50 years of activism, including his groundbreaking 1975 article Gay Awareness in Bridge Magazine, one of the first to address LGBTQ+ issues in the Asian American community. Tsang will discuss the evolution of LGBTQ+ rights, his personal journey, and the ongoing ... Read more

Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 48th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: how healthcare workers navigate life and death, the intimate experiences of living in New York City basements, a Thai immigrant's journey through grief and artistic renewal, a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker's reflections on identity and belonging, the intriguing ... Read more

Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for talk on sound recording and making films with documentary filmmaker and sound mixer Emily Strong.

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us at our next workshop on practical strategies to help you manage professional responsibilities while nurturing your personal well-being.

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.”