Events

In this generative workshop, we’ll discuss and experiment with a variety of daring approaches that writers today are taking toward the prose poem. These approaches allow each writer to get closer to truths at once difficult and strange.

The moving and complex story of Seabrook Farms in New Jersey where 2,500 Japanese Americans worked and settled after being released from World War II Incarceration Camps. There they were joined by people of around 21 other nationalities including Eastern European refugees fleeing persecution and African Americans escaping the Jim Crow laws in the Deep ... Read more

Rashid Khalidi will deliver the Fall 2025 Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture titled This is Not War.  Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He received a BA from Yale University in 1970 and a DPhil from Oxford University in 1974, and has taught at the Lebanese ... Read more

The event addresses how stigma—characterized by societal prejudice and discrimination—profoundly influences psychiatric care. The discussion will cover how deeply embedded stigma creates barriers to timely recognition and treatment of mental health disorders, leading to delayed care, worsened outcomes, and a diminished quality of life for patients and their families.

In this episode of Film Lab’s Elevating Women in Entertainment interview series, hosts Jennifer Betit Yen, Gina Matos, and Anoushka Sharma sit down with Dr. John J. Chin, Interim Dean of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute at CUNY. Dr. Chin shares how immigrant voices, community power, and fearless leadership can build a more ... Read more

Based on Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, The Joy Luck Club unfolds the stories of four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers, weaving together memory and generational experience to reveal the challenges of identity, love, sacrifice, and belonging. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film was groundbreaking as one of the first major Hollywood productions to center ... Read more

Based on Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, The Joy Luck Club unfolds the stories of four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers, weaving together memory and generational experience to reveal the challenges of identity, love, sacrifice, and belonging. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film was groundbreaking as one of the first major Hollywood productions to center Asian ... Read more

Some brands are already seeing huge success on Rednote — do you want to know how they did it? Join us for a 30-minute insider session where AC Marketing and Rednote experts reveal how brands are turning cultural connection into real business impact. Get an exclusive look at high-performing Rednote campaigns, learn how the platform’s ... Read more

The Philippine Consulate General in New York brings back our quarterly Filipinnovation series—this time shining a spotlight on Filipino filmmakers in the US Northeast.   This forum, “Lights, Camera, Filipinnovation: Groundbreaking Filmmakers” will explore how Filipinos are breaking barriers, building careers, and thriving in the film industry.

A solo exhibition by Sean Connelly (2025 Artist-in-Residence), Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future invites viewers to consider the built environment as oceanic, an interconnected system requiring collective cultural efforts to sustain. Join us for the opening on Wednesday, October 29, which will feature brief remarks from the artist and ... Read more

This annual event brings together advocates, educators, community leaders, and partners from across the city to explore innovative strategies for advancing human rights and equity in New York City. Attendees will hear from City leadership and community voices, and take part in sessions on: Reimagining civil rights education and enforcement Strengthening community-based responses to hate ... Read more

Join us for a special virtual discussion of Remembering Asian America, featuring a panel discussion with nonprofit and academic leaders. This is a cross-regional dialogue on the importance of remembering the origins of Asian America and how communities are recontextualizing those histories to build power in solidarity Panelists: Cathi Choi, Executive Director of Women Cross ... Read more

Over the past decade, a small Higaunon team devoted their free time to transcribing their core oral tradition, known as the Panud, into book form. The Higaunon are a Lumad (Indigenous) minority community on the island of Mindanao (Philippines), and the Panud is the story of their people from the earliest ancestors to the present. ... Read more

The Library’s Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the world’s leading collections, renowned for its size, scope, and unique holdings. Reference Librarian Jo-Ann Wong will showcase maps of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian communities, examining them from multiple viewpoints. She will highlight selections that spark deeper conversations about who has ... Read more

YAMAN (treasure in Tagalog) is more than a cultural expo—it’s a movement carrying Filipino culture forward through indigenous craftsmanship, fashion, entertainment, food, and community. Experience the world of YAMAN, become a Heritage Guardian, and support Tboli master weavers whose ancient hands are running out of time—preserving the soul of our identity for generations to come. ... Read more

Nicole will share how playing mahjong with her grandparents helped her preserve their Chinese New Zealand family history and cultural legacy. She will also share family stories and offer tips on how to start documenting your own stories. NICOLE WONG is a writer and producer based in Oakland, California. She is the creator and founder ... Read more

Reflecting on the hometown of Laozi, Wang Jiaxin, a highly representative contemporary Chinese poet, has perhaps transformed his many years of overseas experiences and reflections into clear and contemplative new poetry. The Museum of Chinese in America is once again collaborating with the North American Chinese Writers’ Association to promote Chinese-language works nurtured from the immigrant ... Read more

A training that will equip participants with the knowledge and advocacy tools needed to advocate on issues that directly impact them, such as the China Initiative, research security, fundamental rights and academic freedom in our country.

Join us for an in-depth, one-on-one dialogue between Raj Subramaniam, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, and CNBC’s global markets correspondent Seema Mody. The conversation delves into Subramaniam’s dynamic leadership philosophy, his bold strategic vision for guiding one of the world’s largest transportation and logistics companies, and his approach to navigating the complexities of today’s ... Read more

The award-winning host of Taste the Nation is joined by special guests including Michelle Buteau to launch her vibrant new cookbook, Padma’s All American, with an unforgettable evening of stories, laughter, and conversation. Based on her acclaimed Hulu series, this deeply personal book is a love letter to the immigrant and Indigenous communities who shape the flavors of America.

China Institute and Asia Art Archive in America bring together Asian and Asian Diasporic artists Bing Lee, Jean Shin, Saya Woolfalk, and Parker Fay (who will represent Ming Fay) to share the stories behind their own subway commission projects while addressing questions around the possibilities, promise, and practicalities of public art. The conversation will be ... Read more

The Korea Society and International Student Conferences are pleased to present “Connect with Korea: Opportunities for U.S. Students,” a virtual session highlighting ways for U.S. college and university students to engage with Korea. Discover a range of Korea-related activities and academic programs, including study abroad opportunities, cultural exchanges, and professional networking. Participants will have the ... Read more

  Instructor: Mike Reilley, Senior Lecturer at University of Illinois Chicago and founder of JournalistsToolbox.ai   This 90-minute training will cover the following: - Prompt Crafting: Learn how to write and refine prompts to create compelling AI-generated images and videos. - Fact-Checking Visuals: Practice using the newest tools and techniques to detect whether an image or video was created by ... Read more

Across the country, Southeast Asian refugee and immigrant communities face devastating deportation impacts. Decades after families resettled in the United States as refugees, thousands remain vulnerable to removal because of old criminal convictions, many tied to the challenges of poverty, trauma, and lack of support. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of ... Read more

As the holiday season approaches, NCAPA is holding a series of community calls on holding difficult conversations with loved ones and community members. The purpose of these events is to equip and prepare attendees to approach difficult conversations strategically in order to effectively address sensitive or controversial topics. At this community call, attendees will hear ... Read more

Edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews, Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power (Duke University Press, 2025) is the first comprehensive volume to explore the impact of empire on Afghanistan’s past and present. It features cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan and paths to decolonial futures. With a particular focus on ... Read more

Deutsches Haus at NYU, the University of Cologne North America Office, the German Research Foundation (DFG) North America, and the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York present “Adoption and Re-Kinning” as part of the conference “The Legacies of Mixed-Race Children Born of War: Kinship, Belonging and Transnational Adoption after World War II.” ... Read more

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Beth Lew-Williams, Professor of History and Director of the Program in Asian American Studies at Princeton University, on her new book John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law. In this revelatory work, Prof. Lew-Williams ... Read more

The Asian American Education Project is proud to host “Changing the Narrative: AAPIs in North Carolina,” an in-person professional development program focused on the teaching of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and experiences in the K-12 classroom. In this one-day institute, we will explore some narratives that exist about Asian Americans in North Carolina ... Read more

Throughout history, young people have had an irrepressible desire to study histories of struggle—or the efforts that came before them to fight for a more liberatory and just world. What is it that young people gain when they anchor themselves in truthful histories, histories that are often not taught, or are erased, by the state? ... Read more

The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the ninth annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Awardee is Dr. Peter Na, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine.  In his lecture, Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea, he casts suicide not as an individual failure or “extreme choice (극단적 ... Read more

In partnership with the US-China Education Trust and the Serica Initiative, we cordially invite you to join us for the launch of Bad Bad Girl, the latest semi-autobiographical novel by Gish Jen. The book traces her mother’s journey exploring gender, migration, and cultural identity through Jen’s poetic prose. The event features a reading and fireside ... Read more

Join 1,000 nonprofit professionals on November 12, 2025 for New York City’s foremost gathering for nonprofit leadership, management, and movement-building. This full-day, in-person convening is designed to co-create real solutions for our sector’s challenges, spark collaboration, and strengthen community resilience.

Join author, scholar, and poet Celina Su for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of her book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities, which presents a bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems. Following her reading, Celina Su will be joined in conversation with policy journalist ... Read more

Featured presenters include Umber Majeed, a multi-disciplinary visual artist and educator whose work engages familial archives to explore Pakistani state, urban, and digital infrastructure through a feminist lens. We’ll also hear from Sarah Cho, assistant curator at Queens Museum, about her approach to working with artists. Both speakers recently overlapped at the Queens Museum, where ... Read more

Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands. A conversation between the artist Sean Connelly (2025 Artist-in-Residence) and Professor Albert Refiti (Auckland University of Technology).

We are excited to announce our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Yang, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Research. He will be joined by other distinguished experts to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of medicine.

My new show CHOLIGARCHY is bringing me back to my roots as a political comedian. I’m so frustrated with the state of the union and I know the only weapon I have is humor. We are being taken over by the richest people in the world but the one thing they cannot afford is jokes ... Read more

Give yourself permission to abandon perfection and draw what feels right! Pause, Unwind & Sketch: Creating a Visual Diary is part of a series of workshops that focus on art-making and mental health, sponsored by QCAP (the Queens College AANAPISI Project). No prior experience or skills required, and all Queens College students are welcome! Materials ... Read more

The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to present an urgent discussion—featuring leading policymakers and advocates—about the impact of recent immigration policies on global LGBTQ migration, with a spotlight on New York. For decades, the United States has recognized the threat, and reality, of state violence against LGBTQ people as a legitimate reason to grant asylum. However, recent policy changes at the federal level ... Read more

Aligned with the CUNY School of Medicine’s commitment to under-resourced communities, the NYCenter for Advancing Translational Research and Health focuses on Harlem and the South Bronx, areas where significant health and education gaps have historically persisted. As part of the Center's efforts to connect with community, The Community Engagement Core, coordinates a monthly seminars - ... Read more

The Fair Pricing Act (S705/A2140) is proposed state legislation designed to bring transparency and equity to hospital pricing. Its core mission: Standardize the cost of routine medical procedures. Require hospitals to publicly justify any additional charges. Why does this matter? Disparate and predatory pricing is a significant barrier to necessary, affordable care, directly leading to ... Read more

Join us for a lively discussion on how immigrants are reshaping the landscape of higher education! Immigrants have long faced structural challenges when accessing and thriving within educational systems and academic spaces. These include linguistic barriers, precarious legal status, limited access to financial aid, cultural exclusion, and the emotional toll of navigating institutions not designed ... Read more

Executive Producer Nancy Bui of the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation joins GETSEA and 25 universities across North America to watch Vietnamerica together simultaneously and connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmaker about the Vietnamese diaspora, their struggle, and how Master Hoa’s story is a prism to see the larger group. Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen ... Read more

“Blackboards & Barriers” is a documentary that takes us to Cecil County, Maryland's Colored Schools through interviews with former students. This film tells a story of how community members endured and fought against civil rights issues and impacted the broader Civil Rights movement. Filmmaker, Joseph Piner, will be speaking to the audience afterwards.

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Edward Wong, diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times and author of At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China. The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, D.C., Wong grew up among family secrets, especially those surrounding his ... Read more

NCAPA will share important federal policy updates following the re-opening of the government. AAPI Data will share key findings on healthcare data and updates on our SMARTT framework for data security. We’ll also hear from Felicia Singh, director of policy and government relations for the Coalition for Asian American Children + Families (CACF), who will ... Read more

Join us for an online conversation with Professor Neda Maghbouleh, author of The Limits of Whiteness, and Professor Dana Y. Nakano, author of Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform. The discussion, moderated by BC Sociology Professor Diana Pan, will examine how racial ideologies structure non-white US citizens’ experiences of national belonging.

Join us for the Central Asia Speaker Series, a space for urgent, imaginative conversations featuring three remarkable guest speakers: Cholpon: Migration, Identity & Displacement Zumrad Mirzalieva: Ecological Storytelling & Extraction Nat Sultan: Queer Art, Faith & Exile Come listen, learn, and be in community with Central Asian voices shaping new futures To Register: Please ontact ... Read more

Our publishing conference will center the work and experiences of writers of color, convening experts and authors across industries and genres to share candid insights, advice, and experiences.

We are pleased to invite you to attend Committee of 100’s Conversations—”Recollections, Pioneers, and Heroes” featuring The Honorable Elaine Chao, who will reflect on her remarkable journey as an immigrant, trailblazer, and leader at the highest levels of government, and her insights on leadership, resilience, and service to the nation.

This fifth lecture will examine how Vietnamese middle-class female students who moved to Korea reimagine race and belonging through the practice of adorning their appearance to embody "Koreanness."  Speaker: Khánh Linh Phạm (Harin) (M.A., Women’s Studies, Ewha Womans University) Discussant: Minji Yoo (Research Fellow, Asian Center for Women's Studies) Date & Time: November 26, 2025 (Wed), 5:00–6:30 ... Read more

Many talented artists of Asian descent helped define the vibrant art scene in downtown New York in the last decades of the 20th century, including some in China Institute Gallery’s current exhibition, Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation. On World AIDS Day, we will remember their contributions and those who lost their lives during the AIDS ... Read more

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), Fridman Gallery, and New Ear, Inc. present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin, an intimate multimedia performance by Korean-born, U.S.-based musician gamin, a multi-instrumentalist and designated Yisuja (official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46). In this work, gamin invites audiences into a sonic memoir ... Read more

Join us for Citizenship as Architecture, the first event in our two-part History of Anti-AANHPI Laws and Legal Battles series. From the 1790 Naturalization Act to Wong Kim Ark, this conversation uncovers how American law built the very idea of citizenship through exclusion, loyalty, and race, and how those boundaries still shape belonging today. Featuring: ... Read more

Join us for a one-hour webinar where we’ll celebrate our shared successes, reflect on lessons learned, and chart the path ahead towards the 2026 midterms. You’ll hear best practices from fellow partners, learn how to get a head start on your 2026 plans, gain insight into what’s next for the voter engagement landscape, and get ... Read more

WHO GETS TO SHAPE AI... AND WHO IS LEFT OUT? Using his prototype robots, our Computer Science Professor Raj Korpan and his students explore how Al development often reflects narrow cultural assumptions, and why diverse and underrepresented communities are essential in rethinking what Al is and who it serves. 

The artist Sean Connelly reflects on his year-long residency at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, and shares his curatorial process and vision for Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future. The exhibition, on view at 20 Cooper Square, first floor gallery, invites viewers to consider the built environment as oceanic, an interconnected ... Read more

What is justice and how do we get it? Join Robert L. Hess Scholars Melissa Murray and Russell M. Jeung in conversation as they draw on their personal and professional journeys to address these questions. Melissa Murray, the 2024–25 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence, is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law ... Read more

The new Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a special screening of selections from Streetfilms, an online documentary project and leading platform for educational films on sustainable transportation. These “shorts” will feature Streetfilms’ signature “man on the ground” storytelling approach, capturing how smart transportation design and policy in Paris, Montreal, London, and ... Read more

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Ji-Young Lee for an examination of the circumstances and methods of Chinese military intervention in the Korean Peninsula. Dr. Lee is Associate Professor of International Relations at American University's School of International Service, and author of China's Hegemony: Four Hundred Years of East Asian Domination (2016) and an ... Read more

The Gracie Mansion Conservancy proudly presents the second concert in its Live at Gracie series: Graceful Keys and Lyrical Strings, an intimate evening of virtuosic performance featuring acclaimed musicians: violinist SoHyun Ko and pianist Yadi Liang. Held on December 4th inside the historic People’s House, this special concert continues the Conservancy’s commitment to offering enriching, inspiring, ... Read more

Join us for a conversation with Tae Kim, author of The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant. Now as the world's leading AI chipmaker, Nvidia offers a fascinating window into the new era of global entrepreneurship vis-à-vis its partnership with Korea; Nvidia's commitment to provide 260,000 GPUs to South Korean ... Read more

China Institute of America is pleased to present a special evening featuring a screening of Rosemead at AMC Lincoln Square, followed by a fireside conversation with Lucy Liu. Inspired by a harrowing true story, Rosemead follows an ailing mother who takes drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son, set against the simmering tensions of a Chinese ... Read more

Join us for Flying Horses/Sonic Threads, our Mini-Global Mashup Festival, to experience sounds exchanged along the Silk Road, an ancient trade route that crossed Asiatic and North African landscapes. Along with textiles and ceramics, rhythmic patterns, the sounds of lutes, zithers, and fiddles also spread along the Silk Road. Bringing artists from China, India, Iran, Palestine, Syria, ... Read more

A “Lav Diaz Short” may sound like an oxymoron for worldwide admirers of the Filipino master writer/director, better known for his feature films that run as long as 11 hours.  Panawin/Visions presents an opportunity to explore another facet of the artist’s prolific output with this program of his short films, with running times from 40 ... Read more

Join a MOCA educator for a public gallery tour of MOCA’s core exhibition, With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America, which provides an overview of the Chinese in America from the 19th century through the present day. Items in the Museum’s collection are used to highlight the major themes of the exhibit.  ... Read more

The Ping Chong Archival Symposium will be a full day gathering exploring the archive and artistic legacy of the visionary artist and Pink Fang Artistic Director Emertius, Ping Chong. This free, public event on December 6th marks a pivotal collaboration between Pink Fang and Hunter College Theatre Department, a semester-long partnership that includes a co-taught ... Read more