Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Lee Kiefer joins Mariel Zagunis (saber fencer) as the second U.S. fencer with two individual Olympic gold medals. She defeated her teammate Lauren Scruggs who took the silver medal in a one-two finish for Team USA. Kiefer fences for Bluegrass Fencers’ Club in Kentucky and is the first American woman or man to win gold … Read more
This interactive session will introduce research exploring second generation, Vietnamese American perspectives of the Vietnam War. Examining these narratives provides an opportunity to engage with those stories, identify different spaces of learning of Vietnamese Americans, and provides tools to critically analyze who has the agency to construct and/or shift the national consciousness. By exploring narratives, … Read more
AAARI co-founder, Betty Lee Sung, will read from her recently published memoir, Defiant Second Daughter: My First 90 Years. This is Prof. Sung’s ninth book. What started as a request by Dr. Sung’s granddaughter to learn more about her grandmother, turned into a memoir that discusses her life as the daughter of a Paper Son, teaching Asian American Studies at CUNY, and other triumphs and struggles.