Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) Presents Campus Communities: Promises and Prospects of Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher Education Date: Friday, November 1, 2002 Time: 4PM to 6PM Place: Columbia University Plenary Session Dr. Shirley Hune, Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University Richard … Read more
Reception to welcome new Asian faculty and staff to CUNY.
Originally, the main focus of the lecture would be on Asian-American Media in the Last Decade, but after careful reconsideration, it was pushed back to 1987, the year the Asian American International Film Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary. Deemed the Asian American version of Brats, it was a year when many young generation filmmakers and … Read more
Ravi Kulkarni discusses his year-long experience in India, and thoughts on what AAARI can do for CUNY faculty and students.
Asian American poets Meena Alexander, Regie Cabico, Luis Francia and Kimiko Hahn share their latest work.
Beginning with a quote by Michel Foucault, Prof. Tricia Lin explained how transnation and translation were used as cultural survival strategies. The audience asked questions that explored the issue of post-colonial island literature and its impact. “We are in the epoch of simultaneity: we are in the epoch of juxtaposition, the epoch of the near … Read more