AAARI Events

Susan Miyo Asai examines how music functions as a performance of social, cultural, and political identification for a population historically excluded from the racial boundaries of American citizenship, provoking a broader discussion on national identity and the challenges of nation-building.

Success Won’t Save Us considers the dual reality that Asian Americans must contend with in the United States: they are both celebrated for their achievements and subjected to racialized violence.

Join distinguished art historians and filmmaker for an insightful panel discussion reflecting on the visionary career and enduring impact of the late avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.

Prof. Araceli Tinajero explores dynamic Transpacific cultural exchanges while illuminating the historical and creative connections between Asia and the Caribbean.

For decades, Hong Kong has held a distinct place in global literature and cinema. In this talk, scholar and poet Tammy Ho explores how Hong Kong has been imagined and portrayed in Western literature and film, and examines how local writers respond to, resist, and remake these external portrayals to reclaim their own stories.

This project analyzes Chinese-language political content on YouTube during the 2024 U.S. presidential election, asking how diasporic communities construct a parallel public sphere that intersects with — but is not reducible to — either Chinese or American mainstream politics.