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.
Asian American Voices, published by LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, is a collection of student literary and visual works that celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Asian and Asian American heritages at the City University of New York (CUNY). The journal showcases student works that highlight the many aspects of Asian American life, including cultures, histories, religions, … Read more
Betty Lee Sung, co-founder of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), Professor Emerita, City College of New York, and recipient of the 2017 Association for Asian American Studies Lifetime Achievement Award, has established an endowment of $100,000 at the City University of New York to create a research fund under the auspices of AAARI, on Asian American topics. The fund is intended to support the research by providing funds for a research assistant, copywriter, research travel, acquisition or access to research material and similar costs so that the researcher can complete the project.
Chinatown Rising is a doc tracing SF Chinatown’s 1960s-80s activism, told through 16mm footage and voices of young Asian American leaders.
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.
We invite students, scholars, and/or practitioners, within and outside of CUNY, to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, models for organizing and activism, and other activities at CUNY that address critical issues in Asian American studies and/or communities.