• Gallery After Hours: Kawai Kanjirō: House to House

    Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    We are delighted to invite you to a private Gallery After Hours tour of Kawai Kanjirō: House to House—the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States and the only time this collection has left Japan. Enjoy sake and light refreshments, then join Naomi Kuromiya, Senior Research Associate at the Japan Society Gallery, for an insider’s ... Read more

  • Eunbi Kim: it feels like a dream

    National Sawdust 80 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Pianist Eunbi Kim makes her National Sawdust debut with it feels like a dream, an intimate solo program exploring family and identity, offering listeners a sound space to reflect on the dreams they carry and pass on. The program features works by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Angélica Negrón, Pauchi Sasaki, and Sophia Jani for piano, ... Read more

    $40
  • Akane-banashi World Premiere

    Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Akane-banashi is an acclaimed manga written by Yuki Suenaga and illustrated by Takamasa Moue. The series is praised for its authentic presentation of Rakugo, a traditional Japanese style of storytelling, and for making this 400-year-old artform accessible to new generations.

    $28
  • Association for Asian American Studies 2026 Annual Conference

    Honolulu, Hawaii
    Non AAARI Events

    Our 2026 AAAS gathering in Hawai‘i coincides with a series of anniversaries that present a timely opportunity to consider the promises and limits of Asian American Studies from the belly of the U.S. imperial beast. Here we’re especially thinking about how 2026 marks the semiquincentennial of the United States’ declaration of independence from the British ... Read more

  • Book Talk | A Solitary Traveler in the Long Night

    China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    China Institute invites you to an evening conversation with Zhang Qin, author of A Solitary Traveler in the Long Night, an intimate portrait of Tong Jun, a pioneering architect and architectural educator whose work helped shape the intellectual foundations of modern Chinese architecture. Blending architectural history, personal reflection, and cultural analysis, the book reveals the inner ... Read more

    $10
  • Book Talk | A Solitary Traveler in the Long Night

    China Institute of America 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    China Institute invites you to an evening conversation with Zhang Qin, author of A Solitary Traveler in the Long Night, an intimate portrait of Tong Jun, a pioneering architect and architectural educator whose work helped shape the intellectual foundations of modern Chinese architecture. Blending architectural history, personal reflection, and cultural analysis, the book reveals the ... Read more

    $10
  • Southeast Asian Studies Initiative (SEASI)’s 6th Annual Symposium

    Watson School of International and Public Affairs - Brown University 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI
    Non AAARI Events

    The symposium will take place on Saturday, April 4th, 2026, at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. The program will feature a keynote address by a leading scholar in Southeast Asian Studies, student presentations from Brown University and institutions across the Northeast, a cultural performance, and catered lunch and dinner.

  • Hidden Voices: Integrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Stories into the Classroom

    Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Amplify Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) histories and voices in your classroom! Rooted in the NYC DOE’s Hidden Voices: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in United States History coursebook, this series offers rich historical content, classroom connections, and practical tools. Explore the Museum of Chinese in America’s (MOCA’s) collection of over 85,000 artifacts and oral histories ... Read more

  • Sotong & Against This Messy World

    Non AAARI Events

    This Spring, GETSEA will host two short films highlighting the challenges to art and expression in Malaysia’s complex political, legal, and societal landscape. Sotong follows four fierce local drag queens who were part of the 2022 Halloween party raided by the authorities. One of them, Juan, was arrested for ‘a man dressing up as a ... Read more

  • Spotlight: Resources on Korea and U.S.-Korea Relations

    Non AAARI Events

    Join us for a virtual tour of archival resources about Korea and U.S.-Korea relations available for virtual and U.S.-based researchers. This discussion highlights a diverse array of both longstanding and emerging collections, providing a wide survey of available historical resources. How can educators, researchers, historians, writers, and students best take advantage of this treasure trove ... Read more

  • The Digital Infrastructure of New York City’s “New Chinatown”

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

    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.”

  • STRANGERS IN THE LAND

    Columbia University (Pulitzer Hall) 2950 Broadway, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America Join us for a book reading by Michael Luo in conversation with Kat Chow, with welcoming remarks by Qin Gao, Acting Director of the Asian American Initiative.