Hunting Chinggis Khan’s Skull and Soul: Inner Asian Frontiers of Historical Ideology and Racial Imaginations

Since the early 20th century, Chinggis Khan has become an object of desire and repulsion to many nations and individuals in the world. He has been identified by the Japanese as the 13th-century tragic hero Minamoto Yoshitsune, and recognized by the Chinese as ‘the only Chinese who has ever defeated the Europeans’. His virtue and … Read more

2005 CUNY Asian Faculty & Staff Reception

Dr. Brenda Malone, CUNY Vice Chancellor for Faculty Relations, and the Hon. Trustee Wellington Z. Chen, member of the CUNY Board of Trustees will join members of the AAARI board to welcome new Asian faculty and staff to the CUNY family. Later in the evening, Trustee Chen will also dialog with those present about the vision of CUNY for the Asian American community.

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2nd CUNY Asian American Film / Media Festival (2005)

Date: Friday, May 27, 2005 | Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center – Martin E. Segal Theatre 365 5th Avenue (Corner of 34th Street), Manhattan Festival Objective: To promote the artistic visual talents of CUNY students, and to provide a central location to display their creative works.  The festival will encourage networking among … Read more

Asian-Americans in the Current Media

In the last decade, there have been so many changes in terms of Asians and Asian-Americans working in network television and the commercial cinema; this is a move that has been both unprecedented and inevitable, as it signals the ways in which television production has been atomized, with the advent of cable and the multiplicity … Read more

Experimental Workshop Series on Asian Civilizations: Introductory Exploration of the Chinese Mind

 Workshop Schedule Date: Tuesdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26; May 3, 2005 (Five Sessions) Time: 5:30PM to 7:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Fee: $25 (To Cover Cost of Materials) – Seating not guranteed unless payment received. Non-refundable after first session. – Make check payable to: Queens … Read more

2005 CUNY Asian American Dance Festival Nomad: The River

Festival Schedule Date: January 21 & 28, 2005 Time: Friday, 6:00PM to 8:00PM Place: Martin Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Corner of 34th Street, Manhattan Nomad: The River, is inspired by Yin Mei’s own search for spiritual meaning – a search which began in a childhood clouded by China’s Cultural Revolution, but … Read more