Events

Join us for an evening of film, conversation, and community at Turkevi Center (Turkish House) as we explore the stories we inherit, the identities we carry, and the unexpected connections that shape our world. In The Bengali, named one of Nonfics' Top 20 Documentaries, director Kavery Kaul takes an American woman to India to uncover her grandfather Shaik ... Read more

Filipino families are often described through the lens of utang na loob (debt of gratitude) and reciprocal obligation, but who actually ends up providing and receiving support as parents age — and why — remains an open empirical question. Is support concentrated in a single tagasaló — the family member who catches every financial and ... Read more

Join us for a special program in celebration of Filipino American History Month.

On September 9, 1924, 16 Filipino plantation workers and 4 law enforcement officers were killed during the Hanapēpē Labor Strike in Kauaʻi, becoming known as the Hanapēpē Massacre. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Hanapēpē Massacre. In honor of FAHM, join us to learn more about the 1924 Hanapēpē Massacre and how it ... Read more

Her name translates to “Goddess of Melody and Song”—a title bestowed upon her by a Tibetan lama, and one she has carried across the globe.

Join us for the APA VOICE South Brooklyn Candidate Forum — a non-partisan opportunity to meet the candidates running to represent us in Senate District 17 & Assembly District 49!  

Join us to know about a Chinese American Woman's Journey at NASA! Born in Vance, Mississippi, Josephine Jue began working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1963 as a mathematician.  Presenter: Josephine Jue Discussant: Gilroy Chow Moderator: Bob Stein

The 30-minute movement-based performance combines choreography from the Asian tradition of park dancing with US military parade sequences, Qigong, and gestures taken from pregnancy, childrearing, and sex work. Performed by an intergenerational ensemble to a score that layers Chinese nursery rhymes, traditional East Asian instrumentals, in utero recordings, and “Taps,” the piece proposes caregiving as ... Read more

Who has the authority to tell Ifugao history, and what changes when communities take part in that work? This conversation draws from archaeology in Ifugao to examine how knowledge about the past is produced and shared. Research has challenged long-held claims about the age of the rice terraces and has shown how community knowledge can ... Read more

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, with support from The Asian American Foundation, presents this webinar series on teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories for K-12 and University Educators. Learn from leading scholars and classroom educators how to integrate AAPI narratives into your curriculum.