Rapa Nui Voice, Stance, and Subjectivities
Miki Makihara draws from her new co-authored book, Language and Political Subjectivity, to explore a central challenge for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) language and political activists.
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From Screen to Clay: Exploring the Relationships Between Image and Material
Dr. Yonghao Yan examines the development of contemporary ceramics in Jingdezhen, in Jianxi, China and the evolving creative practices at Jingdezhen Ceramic University.
Serica Storytellers: The Presidents with David Wu & Frank Wu
A hybrid panel with Queens and Baruch College presidents explores how student visa revocations are reshaping CUNY campuses, immigrant communities, and New York’s educational landscape.
A National Landscape of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI): Exploring Historical Foundations and Current Dilemmas in Higher Education
This presentation offers a national landscape of AANAPISIs, focusing on their history and influence in higher education, as well as current dilemmas in today’s political climate.
Destigmatizing Poverty: The Cost of Living Documentary, Narrative Change, and Organizing
This presentation examines survey results from three screenings of The Cost of Living (2023, Sixty First Productions), a documentary highlighting the financial struggles of three families in Flushing.
Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America
Born 1941 in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, William Gee Wong is the only son of his father, known as Pop. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Pop emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912 and entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong’s evocative dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America.