Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Over the past decade, there has been an increasingly significant amount of interest in China, the country, its people and its culture, amongst the general population of the United States. Since opening its doors to market-oriented development, factors such as increased tourism, international trade and technological advancements have all contributed to the desire and need … 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
Over the past decade, there has been an increasingly significant amount of interest in China, the country, its people and its culture, amongst the general population of the United States. Since opening its doors to market-oriented development, factors such as increased tourism, international trade and technological advancements have all contributed to the desire and need … Read more
Musical performance anxiety represents a relatively unexamined but seriously debilitating problem that functionally impairs large numbers of musicians. In the past two decades, there has been considerable interest in meditation as an approach to reduce emotional distress among a large community of clinicians and empirical psychologists. Meditation research is a young but vigorous field. More … Read more
More than twenty five people attended the talk by Prof. Sridhar, the largest showing in all of the lecture series. Dr. Sridhar, a distinguished linguist who has received grants from NEH and other foundations, was a captivating speaker. He showed a short video first, followed by a power point presentation about his experience in establishing … Read more
Jewish Studies got its start more than a century ago through bible studies taught by Christian priests in this country. Later on, five universities including Yeshiva and Brandeis, were established to help educate Jewish teachers for their community. To provide social services to the Jews in this country, federations, regional bodies which raised money to … Read more