The Return of Industrial Policy: Lessons from Korea

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

The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 7th Annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Competition is Dr. Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Lee will address The Return of Industrial Policy: Lessons from Korea. Industrial policy is making a comeback. Signs of government intervention ... Read more

Virtual Open House: MA program in International Migration Studies at CUNY

Learn more about the MA program in International Migration Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center from faculty and students: Learn about international migration from top migration faculty throughout CUNY in disciplines including Sociology, Political Science, Urban Studies, Anthropology, English, History, Public Policy, Psychology, and more. This multidisciplinary master’s program is the only one of its ... Read more

Transforming Global Governance Institutions in a Shifting World Order

For the last seven decades, world politics has been dominated by American leadership, the institutions it has designed, and putatively liberal norms. This international order is facing severe challenges due to the rise of new powers, breakdown of old economic arrangements, and a redistribution of technological and infrastructural activity. This academic year, we are planning ... Read more

Decolonizing Mental Health for AAPI Youth & Families – A Symposium

NYU Medical Science Building 540 1st Ave, New York, NY

As we emerge from the COVID pandemic in NYC, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are taking stock of the aftermath and impact on our lives and mental health. How do we address this when there are structural and systemic constraints in the current mental healthcare system? How do we re-envision wellness outside of Western ... Read more

APCF Capacity Building Webinar: Intro to the Grant Lifecycle and Process

Are you new to grant writing? Do you just want to learn? In this workshop you will learn about the grant lifecycle and process. Covering topics of grant application basics, organizational readiness, solicitation, reporting and stewardship. After, you will learn about current trends in the philanthropic sector. As a grants manager and volunteer grant writer, ... Read more

Reimagining Care for Americans with Severe Mental Illness

This Lancet Webinar will highlight the ongoing harms and maltreatment of serious mental illnesses in the USA and explore alternative models, such as the Trieste Model. Dr. Sarah Vinson, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Morehouse School of Medicine, will frame the current mental healthcare system’s deficits and harms in ... Read more

Alliances and Exchange: Asian American Diasporic Artists in 1960s NY

Colonel's Room, Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Join Curator Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe and Art Historian Midori Yamamura for a discussion moderated by Lisa Kim of the Ford Foundation on how Asian artists made alliances and created networks of exchange in order to come to the United States and make sustainable studio practices in New York in the 1960s.

$20

Asia in the Caribbean/El Caribe in Asia

CUNY Advanced Science Research Center 85 Saint Nicholas Terrace - Auditorium, New York, NY

Professor Tinajero will be using the Stuart Z. Katz Professorship to advance in her book manuscript: "Asia in the Caribbean/El Caribe in Asia." This project focuses on the work of contemporary Caribbean writers and artists that represent elements of the Far East (China, India, and Japan) in their works as well as in the cultural ... Read more

Saving America’s Chinatowns: Philadelphia

Thursday, November 2nd, from 5 to 6pm EST Virtual Free RSVP: https://www.chineseamericanmuseum.org/chinatown-philly   Join us for a discussion about the threats facing Chinatowns all across America, with a special focus on Philadelphia on Thursday, November 2nd, from 5 to 6 p.m. The conversation will go over how historically Chinatowns have been a targeted space and then ... Read more

Jon Kung – Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third Culture Kitchen

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

Join us at the Museum of Chinese in America for a delightful evening of culinary exploration with Detroit-based chef and renowned food content creator, Jon Kung. He will share insights from his debut cookbook, Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third Culture Kitchen. Dive into an expansive collection of over 100 recipes that transcend ... Read more

In Their Own Words: Demythifying Asian Americans

School of Visual Arts 133 West 21st Street, New York, NY

Join us for a conversation between artists and educators Ji Woo Kim, Yin Ming Wong, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi and Dr. Catherine Rosamond on the harmful effects of the Model Minority myth. Presented by MFA Fine Arts in collaboration with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SVA. This panel aims to share discourse on inclusivity and community, specifically ... Read more

In Their Own Words: Demythifying Asian Americans

School of Visual Arts 133 West 21st Street, New York, NY

Join us for a conversation between artists and educators Ji Woo Kim, Yin Ming Wong, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi and Dr. Catherine Rosamond on the harmful effects of the Model Minority myth. Presented by MFA Fine Arts in collaboration with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SVA. This panel aims to share discourse on inclusivity and community, specifically delving into ... Read more

Yekwon on Chopin

Indulge in the mastery of distinguished pianist and Van Cliburn competition laureate Yekwon Sunwoo as he soulfully performs Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto, showcasing his remarkable artistry. The evening's program begins with David Ludwig's brilliant Moto perpetuo for solo violin, followed by Tchaikovsky's profoundly poignant Pezzo Capriccioso. The night concludes with Tchaikovsky's iconic Serenade for Strings ... Read more

Collisions of the Diasporic: Cambodian Cultural Production in the United States

The entry of Cambodians in the United States was not simply a migration, but a crash-landing as refugees after an incredible loss of population, humanity, cultural & arts, religion, and thinkers. How, then, do the diasporic inheritors of this history respond via cultural production? And how does artist-scholar Sokunthary Svay’s own work including her newly ... Read more

Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience at CUNY (Zoom Meeting)

The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY group aims to build a community of practice that offers a safe and inclusive space for discussing and sharing issues concerning the Asian and Asian American experience in higher education. The group also aims to foster support, understanding, and growth ... Read more

New York Japan CineFest 2023 (Day One)

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Celebrating twelve years of New York Japan CineFest! Join us for fiction, documentary and anime, and short films around the world portraying historical and contemporary Japan. Day One features a diverse selection of shorts and a reception.

$15

US Imperialism in West Asia: A Community Teach-In for Asian Americans

Saturday, November 4 · 5:30 - 7:30pm EDT Virtual Free  and In Person in Los Angeles Virtual RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoomus-imperialism-in-west-asia-a-community-teach-in-for-asian-americans-registration-749627916277 In Person RSVP in Los Angeles: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/f2f-us-imperialism-in-west-asia-a-community-teach-in-for-asian-americans-registration-745583840337   We will use an analysis of U.S. imperialism as a foundation to see connections in West Asia through an Asian American lens.  We invite Asian Americans to this space of ... Read more

Diwali with Brown Girl Bookshelf x Yu & Me Books

Seward Park Campus Library 350 Grand Street, New York, NY

Save the date and join us for a LIT-erary Diwali! Prepare to indulge in our action-packed schedule and tasty bites - including yummy sambar. What more can you ask for than a bookish festival? We have a stacked schedule of panel discussions for you below with all these books (and more!) available for sale at ... Read more

New York Japan CineFest 2023 (Day Two)

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Celebrating twelve years of New York Japan CineFest! Join us for fiction, documentary and anime, and short films around the world portraying historical and contemporary Japan. Day Two features a special calligraphy performance at 3 p.m.!

$15

David Prize 101 – Dream Big New York – Workshop

53rd Street Library 18 W 53rd St, New York, NY, United States

This is an in-person program. 53rd Street is teaming up with The David Prize to celebrate the individuals who are creating a better, brighter city. It's no secret that New York City is home to some of the world's best talent, and we know New Yorkers are working to make it even better. The David ... Read more

Panel Discussion: Heart To Heart with People Who Collect Cans: How, Why, And What Are The Solutions?

GALLERY 456 at Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY

Saturday, November 4, 2023, 3 – 5PM In Person Free in NYC at Gallery 456, Chinese American Arts Council, 456 Broadway Info: https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/panel-discussion-heart-to-heart-with-people-who-collect-cans-how-why-and-what-are-the-solutions   In this panel discussion moderated by painter Siyan Wong as part of her “Lives of Three Canners: New York Chinese Elderly Immigrants” art exhibition (thru 11/17), you will hear directly from canners and activists ... Read more

Film Screening and Panel: One Small Visit

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Join us on November 5 at 6:30 p.m. to watch One Small Visit, a movie about crossing national, social, and planetary borders. This heartwarming 30-minute feature tells the true story of the Abrahams, an immigrant Indian family who passes through Neil Armstrong's Ohio hometown in the wake of the '69 moon landing and the civil rights ... Read more

$15

Restorative Justice in Action: Framing Our Mindsets Towards Healing

What is Restorative Justice? What is not Restorative Justice? How can RJ provide tools and resources for our audience and our communities, especially in our current climate of heightened hate and violence? Panelists Anooj Bhandari, Restorative Justice Institute Jane Shim, AALDEF Terrence Winston, Coalition for Community Schools Excellence Moderator - Josephine Hahn, Brennan Center for ... Read more