Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
“What kind of life do we want in the 21st century?” THE CHINESE TRANSLATION OF COVID-19 is 新冠肺炎 (xinguan feiyan), literally, “new crown lung inflammation,” or, “new crown pneumonia.” Given its huge impact upon people of all walks of life around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is regarded by many people as the most serious … Read more
Forty-five years after film legend Bruce Lee’s sudden death at age thirty-two, journalist and bestselling author Matthew Polly has written the definitive account of Lee’s life. An authoritative biography, Bruce Lee: A Life features dozens of rarely seen photographs of Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western … Read more
Are the concepts of God and Tao related? Is there light within us? How can we integrate Western and Eastern traditions for modern humanity? How can we live to fulfill our wishes? These issues are examined in Dr. Kwanyk Claire Sit’s two books,Lao Tzu and Anthroposophy and The Lord’s Prayer: An Eastern Perspective. Dr. Sit will share her … Read more
Dec 4, 2009, 9am Brooklyn College Dec 5, 2009, 10am CUNY Graduate Center At one time, there was lively dialogue between Western and Eastern philosophy. Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and William James were strongly influenced by Eastern philosophy. But, during recent years, Western philosophy has shown much less respect for the East than previously and there seems … Read more
This presentation summarizes some of the key findings of a four-year study of the post-911 discriminatory backlash against Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans. This backlash has taken at least two forms: 1) hate crimes and biased incidents; and 2) the USA Patriot Act, and the series of government initiatives that followed 9/11. To effectively … Read more