Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Baruch College Asian and Asian American Studies Program and the Asian and Asian American Research Institute at CUNY (AAARI) present a series of new films celebrating Asia and Asian Americans. Sita Sings the Blues, presented courtesy of filmmaker Nina Paley, who will be present for a post-film question and answer.
What does it mean to be a hyphenated Muslim in a post-9/11 world? How do Muslim artists, writers and filmmakers address these issues of identity, assimilation, and recreation in homes they have made outside of what has been called the “Muslim World”? What was earlier Muslim Diaspora cultural production dealing with before 9/11 put them … Read more
The reception will introduce faculty and staff to the Asian American / Asian Research Institute; our mission as a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans and professional development opportunities and programs available.
Our presentation will give a profile of Asian students at CUNY using both demographic, academic performance and student experience survey data. In addition to describing the current Asian student population, we’ll discuss trends over the past several years in some demographic, academic and social indicators. Where applicable, we’ll compare Asian students to other broad racial/ethnic … Read more
Asian Studies at Brooklyn College What can an Asian Studies minor offer to the average Brooklyn College student? In the twenty-first century, knowledge of Asia is indispensable in a liberal arts education, in multi-cultural America, and in the global economy. More than half of humanity lives in Asia, and Asian societies have produced some of … Read more
This book is a 21st Century snapshot of Asian Pacific Americans; a tapestry of tales reflecting their lives, experiences, hopes, and dreams. Ultimately the spectrum of values–in education, family, work–form a remarkable mosaic of the Asian American experience, distinct in many ways from that of Asians living in Asia, or as immigrants encountering diaspora elsewhere … Read more