Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In the past two decades, the small-but-growing Asian-American vote has shifted dramatically in presidential elections. Source: How Asian-American Voters Went From Republican To Democratic : It’s All Politics : NPR
On November 3, 1954, Ishiro Honda’s original Gojira was released in Japan. In the sixty years since, this creation has inspired twenty-seven sequels, as well as decades of spinoffs and satires; books and blogs; and T-shirts and toys. Meanwhile, other cinema monsters, from favorites like King Kong and Mothra to newcomers like Cloverfield and The … Read more
Dr. Ya-chen Chen will discuss her new book, New Modern Chinese Women and Gender Politics: The Centennial of the End of the Qing Dynasty. The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on film, history, literature, and personal experience. The past century witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of modern Chinese women and gender politics. Whilst … Read more
Association for Asian American Studies Conference Putting Asian Americans on the Map: The Politics of Redistricting in New York City Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 Time: 10:15AM to 11:45AM Place: Capital Hilton Hotel – California Room Washington, DC AAARI sponsored panel on Redistricting in New York City at the 2012 Association for Asian American Studies … Read more
Date: Friday, May 6, 2011 Time: 8:30AM to 5PM Place: New York Times Building 620 Eighth Avenue, 15th Floor, Manhattan
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