Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
https://youtu.be/l7RalGKqbsw South Korea achieved urbanization and industrialization with a faster speed than any other country in the world; it was transformed from a predominantly agrarian society in 1960 to a…
https://youtu.be/hfU0_obirnM This talk will examine figurines from tombs of the Chinese “medieval period” (c. 220-750 A.D.), a turbulent but seminal period in Chinese art after the fall of the Han…
https://youtu.be/NzXZKcBt5SU The presentation will analyze the ongoing debate in Japan over how the past should be remembered, and how this impacts on issues of national identity. Prof. Weiner is speaking…
https://youtu.be/JStJNwkPgFs The main source of information for this talk is the speaker’s recently published anthology on this subject. The anthology consists of records of oral interviews as well a large…
https://youtu.be/S1ocxS8nkl0 Prof. Rishi Raj will give a preview of his upcoming book on “Balance.” Science has used this concept to derive many significant laws applicable to inanimate objects. These laws…
https://youtu.be/1fKEr1QkwpI Hsuan Tsang, the famous Chinese monk from the Tang dynasty, traveled from China to India to learn Yogacara Buddhism. He crossed deserts, mountains, rivers and spent eighteen years before…