• Critical Comparison: Sanctions on North Korea vs. Iran

    The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Brewer, Visiting Professor at King's College, London, on the differences, similarities, and trajectories of international sanctions on North Korea and Iran. In conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado, Dr. Brewer discusses evolving UN Security Council sanctions, their utility within larger diplomatic frameworks, their implementation and circumvention, and North ... Read more

  • Min Kwon: America/Beautiful 250

    The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    For her project America/Beautiful, Korean-American pianist Min Kwon commissioned almost eighty leading composers across the United States to each write a variation on America the Beautiful, producing a vast mosaic of voices, aesthetics, identities, and histories. No two variations are alike. Some are tender and lyrical, others bracing and dissonant; some meditate, others protest. Together ... Read more

    $90
  • A4 Unscripted and Immersive Acting Audition Workshop

    Pearl Studios NYC 500 8th Ave, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Are you an artist looking to sharpen your skills in unscripted and immersive theater? Are you an actor or actress with no experience in this growing expression but are looking for resources on how to audition with confidence? Join A4 and the Disney Talent Casting team for an interactive experience centered on the global performance ... Read more

  • Play – Until the First Snow (Show 2)

    Theatre Row Theatres 410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Pan Asian Rep culminates its 49th Milestone Season with the annual NuWorks Festival, an experimental series of self-created work from innovative artists exploring an eclectic range of genres and techniques using poetry, text, dance and music.  Synopsis Amid the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Kelly travels to her grandmother’s home on the outskirts of Seoul, where ... Read more

    $43
  • Radical Relations: Creative Conversations on Solidarity, Legacy, Activism + Art

    MFA Design for Social Innovation at School of Visual Arts 136 West 21st Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Alongside a few special guests, the afternoon will feature: Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson speaking on the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, which honors Yuri’s legacy and carries on her commitment to bring people together and build cross movement, cross racial solidarity in support of human rights, dignity, and self-determination for all oppressed people. traci kato-kiriyama reading from their ... Read more

  • The 24th World Korean Traditional Art Competition

    Barrymore Film Center 153 Main Street, Fort Lee, NJ
    Non AAARI Events

    The Traditional Art Society of Korea (TASK) & The Federation of Korean Associations, USA host the 24th World Korean Traditional Art Competition. This event aims to promote Korea’s excellent traditional culture widely, discover and support talented next-generation Korean musicians living abroad, and enhance the skills of overseas Korean musicians, thereby expanding the base of traditional ... Read more

  • Book Launch Party – Horizon Hong Kong: Selected Stories

    Accent Sisters 89 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    One of Hong Kong’s leading English writers, Xu Xi investigates and invigorates the transnational, transcultural, and translingual dimensions of her beloved city in these 22 stories covering the 1960s to the present day. Accent Sisters is proud to present the book launch of Xu Xi’s short story collection, Horizon Hong Kong, a Gaudy Boy publication ... Read more

  • K-Pop Dance Night With DJ MOOBEK & HWARANG

    The Dance Floor at Josie Robertson Plaza 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Lincoln Center’s Silent Disco series continues with a high-energy night led by DJ MOOBEK, founder of KCORE PRODUCTION. MOOBEK has performed at major festivals and clubs across North America, Asia, and South America. Drawing from extensive experience on international stages, he delivers more than just a DJ set, creating a fully immersive performance that blends ... Read more

  • Buddhism Along the Silk Road

    High Line Spur at 30th St, 10th Av 30th Street & 10th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Featuring a lecture by Jin Xu, Jane and Leopold Swergold Associate Professor of Chinese Art History at Columbia University, this session situates the Bamiyan Buddha within the broader history of Buddhist transmission across East, Central, and South Asia. The session highlights how trade routes facilitated cultural encounters, religious coexistence, and the circulation of artistic forms. ... Read more

  • FANHS DMV 2026 Conference – PiNoise on the Potomac: Monuments to Change

    Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA
    Non AAARI Events

    The FANHS conference forms a national home for students, scholars, community leaders, artists, and healers. The space opens pathways for shared research, storytelling, and cultural memory. Emerging scholars and students enter this home with new questions, new narratives, and new visions for Filipino American history.

    $445
  • About Face: Disrupting Ballet Film Screening

    David Rubenstein Atrium 61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    Presented as part of Lincoln Center's Chinese Arts Week and China Institute's centennial celebration, About Face: Disrupting Ballet, a new feature-length documentary, spotlights the efforts of former New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin and author, producer, and choreographer Phil Chan as they launch their global Final Bow for Yellowface movement and challenge the dance ... Read more

  • 2026 Building CAPACD Convention

    Hyatt Regency Long Beach 200 S. Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA
    Non AAARI Events

    The Building CAPACD Convention is where we come together to turn community power into action. Every two years, community development practitioners, leaders, and allies from across the country convene to strengthen neighborhoods and advance housing and economic opportunity in low-income communities. At this convening, powerful voices from diverse backgrounds will share strategies for building inclusive, ... Read more

    $725
  • The Nature of Light

    High Line Spur at 30th St, 10th Av 30th Street & 10th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Featuring a lecture by Donald S. Lopez, a distinguished university professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. This session delves deeper into the name of the artwork The Light That Shines Through The Universe, and explores light in Buddhist thought—both literal and metaphorical. The lecture will be followed by a guided ... Read more

  • 2026 ICSA Annual Conference – Bridging Traditions and Innovations: Sociological Perspectives on Transformation in Chinese Societies

    CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
    Non AAARI Events

    The International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) is pleased to announce its 2026 Annual Conference in New York City. In an era of profound global transformation, societies are navigating unprecedented social, economic, political, and cultural shifts. This conference will convene leading scholars to examine the dynamic challenges and opportunities confronting Chinese communities worldwide, fostering a critical ... Read more

    $120
  • Koreatown, NYC: The Consumption of a Transnational BrandThis book explores how Manhattan’s Koreatown transformed into a “transclave”—a commercialized ethnic hub driven by South Korea’s global nation-branding strategy and the diverse cultural mosaic of New York City.

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

    This book explores how Manhattan’s Koreatown transformed into a “transclave”—a commercialized ethnic hub driven by South Korea’s global nation-branding strategy and the diverse cultural mosaic of New York City.

  • Monuments to War

    High Line Spur at 30th St, 10th Av 30th Street & 10th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
    Non AAARI Events

    Closing the series, Nico Rodriguez, deputy director of Monuments Lab, considers Nguyen’s work alongside contemporary artistic approaches to memorialization. The discussion explores how artists reimagine monuments to war by transforming sites of violence into spaces for remembrance, reflection, and collective healing. The lecture will be followed by a guided meditation by Steve Clorfeine, a meditation ... Read more