Voices from the Roof of the World: Tibetan History, Culture & Religion

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan   Scholars from China Tibetology Research Center will present on Tibetan history, culture and religion: Zheng Dui: Modern Tibetan Buddhism Studies in China In his talk Tibetan Buddhism, he will present us with … Read more

Recording Voices: Stories of APA Youth as Language Brokers in NYC

Coalition for Asian American Children and Families Presents Time: 10AM to 12PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan   A community briefing to release the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families’ newest report on the impacts of language brokering on families and to discuss the implications on … Read more

Missing Voices: Unexplored Synergies in the Dissident Poetry of China’s Fourth Generation

Missing Voices is an anthology of English translation of some 100 contemporary poems written by China’s 21st century writers who grew up after the 1989’s student uprising. This anthology attempts to uncover the missing voices of China’s contemporary generation. At a time in Chinese history when economic progress is a global obsession, I attempt to … Read more

Rethinking Feminist Ideals: The Voices of Asian American Women

The study of Asian-American women’s experience is in a relatively nascent stage despite both an established base of feminist thought centered on Asian-American women and current efforts by young Asian-American women to achieve standing as individuals and as members of a unique gender and racially-based minority in the U.S.   This lecture will discuss how … Read more