Play – Poor Yella Rednecks

New York City Center 131 West 55th Street, New York, NY

Qui Nguyen, the wildly inventive playwright (and screenwriter for Marvel and Disney) known for his use of pop culture, pop music, and puppetry, reunites with director May Adrales for this funny, sexy, and brash new play. A young Vietnamese family attempts to put down roots in Arkansas, a place as different from home as it ... Read more

The Infrastructures of Asian/Pacific/American Studies

20 Cooper Square, 3rd floor 20 Cooper Square, 3rd floor, New York, NY

In recent years, the concept of “infrastructure” has been picked up by scholars working at the intersections of Asian/Pacific/American Studies, critical ethnic studies, American studies, and other cognate disciplines. These conversations have emphasized the urgent intellectual and political need for a more capacious understanding of infrastructure that, to paraphrase the geographer Deborah Cowen, “exceeds its ... Read more

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.

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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