Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
CUNY FORUM Volume 12:1 commemorates five decades since the Fall of Sài Gòn and the Vietnamese refugee diaspora—one of the largest forced migration movements of the 20th century. This issue brings together leading scholars, artists, and community voices to explore the lasting impacts of the Việt Nam War, refugee resettlement, and Vietnamese American community formation.
Join Hostos Community College and AAARI for a special AAPI Heritage Month event featuring readings and discussion from the latest CUNY FORUM, exploring diverse global and AAPI experiences.
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.
Midnight January 25, 2020, Asian Americans usher in the Lunar New Year of the Metal Rat—representing new beginnings. Two months later, those new beginnings will become misfortunes, in particular for the small businesses of New York City’s Chinatowns. Over the next two weeks Lunar New Year celebrations continued across the city, quieter than usual—brought on … Read more
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AAARI’s fourth issue of CUNY FORUM is concerned with how Asian American Studies, as a radical education initiative begun forty-years ago, can become a “change-creator,” providing a counter narrative to what is already known or practiced. Here, East Coast scholars, activists, artists and institutions, through their work and research bring critical transcultural perspectives and uncommon meanings to both voice and practice.