Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Scholars from China Tibetology Research Center will present on Tibetan history, culture and religion: Zheng Dui: Modern Tibetan Buddhism Studies in China In his talk Tibetan Buddhism, he will present us with … Read more
Author, activist and musician, Fred Ho will discuss: 1) BLACK & YELLOW FUTURE POWER: THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT A brief history, analyses and summation of the how these two mighty social movements that emerged in the late 1960s in the U.S. inspired, influenced and effected one another as an example … Read more
Professors from the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, will share their research on various aspects of Tibetan culture and Buddhism: Du Yongbin – Tibetan Studies in Contemporary China: The Styles and Characteristics Tibetan studies is a discipline both about geography and society of Tibetan areas, and about history and today of the Tibetans. China … Read more
Authentic, intelligent and witty, China Dolls is one of the first works of commercial fiction since The Joy Luck Club to explore the impact of culture on the personal and professional lives of Asian women in America today. Examining what it means to be multicultural in the U.S., China Dolls explores life at the intersection … Read more
An efficient way to teach a foreign language, especially to adults, is to compare it to their native language. A study of the linguistic differences between them will help locate the difficulties in the learning process, thus increasing the predictability and purposefulness in teaching. This contrastive analysis is also the basis for translation studies and … Read more
This lecture will talk about unique features of CUNY-Asian-faculty-led study abroad in China program. In particular, the lecture will discuss various educational benefits of the program while students and faculty have real experience of China’s society, the people, the language, and culture. Topics: how the trip is organized prominent and unique features of the program … Read more