MOCA PERFORMS – Standing Above Pajaro
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYThe Museum of Chinese in America proudly supports the creative journey of generative artists in the development of new works. In this spirit, we are honored to present Standing Above Pajaro, a poignant new opera composed by Jeremy Rafal based on the original play by Conrad A. Panganiban. Returning to MOCA with this evocative piece, ... Read more
Yekwon Sunwoo in Recital
Korean Cultural Center NY 122 E 32nd St, New York, NYNew York Classical Players and Korean Cultural Center New York co-present an evening of exceptional piano artistry, featuring Yekwon Sunwoo. The program begins with the timeless elegance of J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C minor, followed by Rachmaninoff’s captivating Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42, which showcases the composer’s lyrical depth and ... Read more
2024 ARISE NY! Anti-Bullying Youth Summit
The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NYAs part of our Youth Program, Turning Point for Women and Families hosts an annual Summit addressing bullying, racism, and discrimination, as well as avenues of empowerment for youth to address these issues. This is a FREE summit open to youth of all backgrounds. Lunch will be served and MetroCards will be provided if needed.
Ho Tam in Conversation with Herb Tam
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an insightful conversation between artist Ho Tam and Herb Tam, MOCA’s Curator and Director of Exhibitions. They will explore Tam’s self-published magazine Hotam, his journey in creating artist books, and his reflections on living in New York during the 1990s.
MOCA PERFORMS – Prologue, Part II
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYWhat will you pack in your suitcase when you are going somewhere far away and strange, and you don’t know when you will be back? This is the question resonates deeply with many of us immigrants, with our parents and grandparents, and with the senior Chinese ladies who frequented the Homecrest Bensonhurst Community Center in ... Read more
MOCA PERFORMS – Prologue, Part II (A Shadow Puppet Performance)
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYWhat will you pack in your suitcase when you are going somewhere far away and strange, and you don’t know when you will be back? This is the question resonates deeply with many of us immigrants, with our parents and grandparents, and with the senior Chinese ladies who frequented the Homecrest Bensonhurst Community Center in ... Read more
Rovaco Dance Party 2024
CPR - Center for Performance Research 361 Manhatan Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesRovaco Dance Company presents their sixth annual Rovaco Dance Party. This evening of live music, dance, theater, and cultural exchange begins with an informal social hour inspired by Indian hospitality traditions. Guests are served delectable Indian snacks prepared by Chef Ashmita Biswas alongside complimentary Lunar Hard Seltzers, an award-winning Asian American brand. After the social, ... Read more
Javanese Gamelan in the World: Traditional and Hybrid Compositions
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYJoin us for a concert of Javanese gamelan compositions composed by the renowned composer I.M. Harjito, featuring a mix of traditional gamelan and hybrid compositions that incorporate other instruments. Now 80, the master musician is one of the greatest Javanese musicians and composers of his generation. Harjito will present a selection of his works in ... Read more
Yekwon plays Beethoven (NYC)
W83 Auditorium 150 West 83rd Street, New York, NYExperience the extraordinary artistry of esteemed pianist and Van Cliburn competition laureate, Yekwon Sunwoo, as he returns to the spotlight. This time, Sunwoo offers an insightful interpretation of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, showcasing his deep connection with the composer's intricate and reflective work. The program also includes Holst's majestic Jupiter and J.S. Bach's Prelude, ... Read more
Afro-Arab Jazz featuring Tarek Yamani & Yacine Boulares Quartet
Queens College - Kupferberg Center for the Arts 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing, NYDiscover the electrifying fusion in “Afro-Arab Jazz,” a dynamic collaboration between Lebanese pianist Tarek Yamani and French-Tunisian saxophonist Yacine Boulares, blending Arabic trance rhythms and jazz harmonies. With a quartet featuring Jongkuk Kim on drums and Sam Minaie on bass, they weave together Arabic trance rhythms and jazz harmonies, from Lebanese Dabke to Tunisian Stambeli ... Read more
Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir with Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYJoin us for a special conversation with Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani on the occasion of his latest book, Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir. Ambassador Mahbubani has distinguished himself in two distinct careers, in diplomacy (1971-2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019). Asia Society President and CEO Dr. Kyung-wha Kang will sit with him to ... Read more
Rethinking the Statue of Liberty
The Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York, NYWhen the Statue of Liberty was installed with great fanfare, speeches, and a celebration of close to 1 million in 1886, no one mentioned immigration, nor did they mention abolition. The association with immigration only came with the passage of decades, and the arrival of millions of immigrants. The formative connection to abolition, the original ... Read more
Chinatown Arts Festival is right around the corner!
Think!Chinatown Studio 1 Pike Street, New York, NYChinatown Arts Festival returns to the neighborhood for the seventh year this October! Opening October 9th, our annual series of cultural programming features traditional Chinese folk art alongside emerging Asian-American artists. Chinatown Arts Festival celebrates the cultural richness of Manhattan’s Chinatown through Chinese opera, puppetry, film, visual art and music.
Regarding Repatriation: Museums and Native Communities Today
Join us for a conversation about the 2024 revisions to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), including its effects on museums and Native communities featuring Danyelle Means, Interim Director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM and co-curator of the Kupferberg Holocaust Center’s 2019-2020 exhibition, Survivance and ... Read more
What’s at Stake in November?
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NYThe Roosevelt House Public Policy Program, together with the Hunter College Department of Political Science, are pleased to present a panel discussion on the key policy issues shaping the historic 2024 Presidential Election—featuring expert analysis from Hunter faculty members. As Election Day nears, this event will provide an opportunity to learn from some of our ... Read more
“otherland: nourishing our roots”: healing & song with treya lam + Dr Elizabeth So
Think!Chinatown Studio 1 Pike Street, New York, NYWarm up for the cold season ahead with an intimate musical and healing experience by treya lam and Dr Elizabeth So! At this communal gathering, treya lam’s multi-instrumental and vocal performances will draw from “otherland”, a multidisciplinary grief and regeneration ritual that utilizes song, movement, film and storytelling to explore loss as a catalyst for ... Read more
The Other Korea – Stories from the Diaspora
The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NYJoin authors Ery Shin (Spring On the Peninsula) and Christine Ma-Kellams (The Band) as they discuss their books and stories from the Korean diaspora. Part of Town Hall's "K-Town Hall Series." Each ticket includes a copy of Spring On the Peninsula and The Band.
The Many Truths about Asian Americans: Debunking the Stereotype of the Model Minority
CUNY Graduat School of Public Health and Health Policy 55 W 125th St, New York, NY, United StatesFrank H. Wu, President of Queens College, will share history, law, social science, and personal experience to present a portrait of Asian immigrants and their American born progeny. His presentation will offer a new perspective on the civil rights movement, integrating Asian Americans in a manner that advances the cause of social justice through bridge ... Read more
Workshop I: Chinese Americans and the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype
While Chinese Americans have found success in the United States, they continue to face barriers and challenges rooted in the perpetual foreigner stereotype. In this workshop, participants will learn about the ways this stereotype has manifested in fields such as science and technology, civic engagement, and the arts. Participants will reflect on their ideas about ... Read more
The Way You Want to Be Loved (Book Talk)
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesIn agile and frank prose, The Way You Want to Be Loved (Gaudy Boy, 2024) tells the stories of queer, displaced lives from India’s Northeast, an underrepresented region in English fiction.
One-day International Symposium – Along the Steppe-Silk Road
China Institute 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NYThis full-day international symposium, in conjunction with the exhibition “Gold from Dragon City: Masterpieces of Three Yan from Liaoning, 337-436,” provides an immersive environment to investigate Three Yan artifacts and discover the life of the once-dominated ancient nomad tribe Murong Xianbei, alongside prominent scholars in the field. Through various artifacts, from the shining golden headdress ... Read more
AAPI Training on Voters’ Rights
Free nonpartisan workshops for Asian American, South Asian, and Pacific Islander community groups. Experienced lawyers will help community leaders and Asian Americans, South Asians, and Pacific Islanders understand: their rights in the election how to obtain language assistance typical voting problems and how to cure deficiencies. Attorneys will also cover the legal rules regarding electoral and voter education activities for tax-exempt nonprofit ... Read more
Stephanie Chou: Chinatown Dreams
Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NYFollowing April’s successful performance of Comfort Girl, Stephanie brings her band back to Joe’s Pub for a performance of entirely different material! Stephanie Chou is a composer/saxophonist/singer who blends influences from her Chinese heritage with Western jazz and pop to create a bracingly original sound. Tonight’s show will feature live premieres of newly-written material and ... Read more
The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to join an insightful discussion with Thomas S. Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University and author of The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age. This event will uncover the fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges ... Read more
British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End: The Changing Landscape of Dress and Language
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesPopular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices, particularly the hijab and niqab. Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men, examining how factors like the global war on terror influenced and changed their sartorial choices and use of language.
Diwali Lights Up Asia Society 2024
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYDiwali, often known as the festival of lights, is celebrated in South Asia, by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. It symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Diwali returns to Asia Society with colorful, fun-filled, and multi-sensorial afternoon, presented in collaboration with The Culture Tree. On October 26th, 2024, ... Read more
Love Can’t Feed You: A Conversation With Author Cherry Lou Sy and English Professor Helen Phillips
This event celebrates the publication of Cherry Lou Sy’s debut novel, Love Can’t Feed You. Sy will be joined in conversation by novelist and Brooklyn College English Professor Helen Phillips. The book is a stunning coming-of-age story that finds Queenie, a young woman attempting to assimilate after immigrating to the United States, adrift between familial ... Read more
Family Amnesia: Chinese American Resilience
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesFamily Amnesia (Daylight Books, 2024) is a visual tribute and love letter honoring author Betty Yu’s Chinese American family roots in the United States. The art book explores her family’s multi-generational resilience and resistance through mixed-media collages, her grandfather’s photographs, and own captured images and archival material.
Frontiers in Medicine 2024: Interdisciplinary Updates for North American Chinese Health
The conference theme, Frontiers in Medicine, Interdisciplinary updates, is exemplified in the three plenary lectures. The keynote speaker, Professor Scarlett Lin Gomez, will present the new groundbreaking NCI funded study that supports the creation of a national cohort called ASPIRE, or ASian American ProspectIve Research to study cancer in Asian American populations. This will truly ... Read more
Shinnai Meets Puppetry: One Night in Winter & The Peony Lantern
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFollowing her highly popular run of SHEEP #1 at Japan Society in 2021, NYC-based artist Sachiyo Takahashi/Nekaa Lab presents two whimsical and spooky tales: a heart-warming-then-wrenching fable on the friendship between a shapeshifting tanuki trickster and a lonely old man; and a classical Japanese ghost story to chill you to the bone. These stories were ... Read more
Closing the Golden Door: Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island Closing the Golden Door: Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island
Ellis Island and New York are associated with large-scale European immigration while Angel Island and California are more often associated with Asian immigration. How does our understanding of Asian American history change when we shift our focus to Ellis Island and to New York? Why did Asian immigrants come to Ellis Island and New York? ... Read more
2024 Nonprofit New York Annual Conference
Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice 320 East 43rd Street, Manhattan, United StatesNonprofits have always found ways to grow in challenging environments. Recent years have been characterized by unprecedented uncertainty, testing our resilience to the core. Together, rooted in the rich soil of community, we can do more than just survive—we can thrive. Let's embrace the challenges ahead, knowing our roots grow deeper and our impact grows ... Read more
Special Lecture by Christine Balance
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NYProf. Christine Balance, the 2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, will discuss current research for her single-authored manuscript, Making Sense of Martial Law, and collaborations with Prof. Lucy San Pablo Burns and Jessica Hagedorn on Renaissance Renegade.
2024 National Student Vote Summit
University of Maryland, College Park 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MDOn November 20-22, the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition’s annual National Student Vote Summit will unite nonprofit leaders, campus staff, administrators, faculty members, philanthropic partners, and students from across the country. This summit aims to build connections within the nonpartisan student democratic engagement space, share valuable lessons learned, provide comprehensive training and resources, and ... Read more
Ginko Okazaki: a Japanese American Novelist in an Age of Ultranationalism
This panel presentation introduces an ongoing project to recover and translate the Japanese-language writings of the Issei novelist and teacher Ginko Okazaki (pen-name of Masue Shinozaki Orimo, 1895-1973).
The Benshi Tradition and the Silver Screen: A Japanese Puppetry Spin-off
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBenshi, Japan’s riveting “movie talkers” of the silent film era, drew in audiences with their live film narration and dramatic character portrayals, often with musicians providing accompaniment. This rich period of early Japanese cinema has a direct structural connection to the Japanese puppet theater tradition, in which chanters narrated stories and gave voice to silent ... Read more
Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesCo-editors Nicholas D. Hartlep, Terrell L. Strayhorn, and Fred A. Bonner II will present on Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty (Routledge, 2024), a new book that illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States.
Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe Contemporary Dance Festival celebrates its 20th showcase of East Asia’s juiciest contemporary dance with three ensemble pieces. From Japan, Where we were born, choreographed by Ruri Mito and performed by ensemble Co. Ruri Mito, weaves and unravels delicately and intricately connected dancers, creating one kaleidoscopic body. From Taiwan, …and, or…, choreographed by I-Ling Liu, ... Read more
Shuji Terayama’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBluebeard is given a Harajuku makeover in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, a wild burlesque-like subversion of the French gothic horror legend. Shuji Terayama, father of Japan’s angura (underground) theater movement in the 1960s and ’70s, was repeatedly drawn to the story of Bluebeard’s wives and the locked castle door, culminating in this mind-bending game of cat-and-mouse ... Read more
Lunar New Year: Celebrating the Year of the Snake
Queens College - Kupferberg Center for the Arts 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing, NYJoin us for a spellbinding family dance performance as we embrace the spirit of the Year of the Snake through the power and beauty of dance. Immerse yourself in a world of wonder as Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company takes the stage, weaving together graceful movements and vibrant costumes to bring ancient traditions to life. Come ... Read more
2025 Annual Conference
Hilton Columbus Downtown 402 N High St, Columbus, OH, United StatesWe are excited to announce that early bird registration is now open for the Association for Asian Studies 2025 Annual Conference! Join us next spring in Columbus, Ohio, for an enriching experience that promises to connect Asian studies scholars from around the globe.