Asian American / Asian Research Institute, The City University of New York

Lecture - Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age (May 1, 2009)

Streaming video and audio podcast of this talk is available online.

CUNY Conference on Redefining Asian America in the 21st Century (May 8, 2009)

Streaming videos for the morning plenary, keynote, and workshop summary sessions is available online.

Lecture - China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (May 15, 2009)

Streaming video and audio podcast of this talk is available online.

Co-Sponsored Event - Celebrating the Year of the Ox (May 19, 2009)

Streaming video of the dance performance is available online.

2009 CUNY Asian American Film Festival (May 29, 2009)

Streaming video of winning films is available online. Winning films will also be screened at the Asian American International Film Festival on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

AAARI Spotlight Newsletter (June 2009)

This month's Spotlight Focus of the Month is Risa Morimoto, guest speaker at the 6th Annual CUNY Asian American Film Festival.

Covered Event - Town Hall: The Future of Chinatown (June 1, 2009)

Streaming video of the Town Hall is available online.

Co-Sponsored Event - Recording Voices: Stories of APA Youth as Language Brokers in NYC (June 16, 2009)

Streaming video and audio podcast of the briefing is available online.

Sunset Cinema Series (July 10 to August 7, 2009)

This five session workshop will guide viewers on a retrospective study through some of Asian American / Asian cinema's most beloved and highly acclaimed films from the past decade.

Non-AAARI Events: New York Asian American Film Festival (June 19 to July 5, 2009)

Launched in 2002, Subway Cinema's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is America's leading and most influential showcase for popular Asian cinema. Each year, the Festival selects over 40 feature films, considering only the best, the strangest, and the most entertaining of the recent titles.

Non-AAARI News: John Jay College's Kevin Nadal Releases First Filipino American Psychology Book

Filipino Americans, the second largest immigrant population in the U.S., are frequently referred to as "the forgotten Asian Americans." Kevin Nadal's new book examines their psyche and why they remain, for the most part, invisible in social sciences.

Non-AAARI News: UCLA Releases First High School Textbook on Asian Americans

Representing more than 15 million Asian Americans in the United States, "Untold Civil Rights Stories" is the first book created for high school and freshmen college students to learn and discuss the social struggles Asian Americans have faced both before and after Sept. 11, 2001.

Non-AAARI Opportunities: AALDEF Housing Justice Project Volunteer

AALDEF's Housing Justice Project is conducting a housing needs assessment this summer and we are looking for volunteers who have language skills to do outreach work with us on specific days over the next several weeks.

Non-AAARI Events: Asian Girls Empowerment Through Media Workshop (July 11)

TED.com is looking for a New York-based video archival intern to organize our vintage TEDTalk footage from 1984-2001.

Non-AAARI Opportunities: New Works Photo Awards Fellowship

En Foco's New Works Photography Awards Fellowship is an annual program selecting three or more U.S. photographers of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific.

Non-AAARI Events: The Asian American ComiCon (JUly 11)

The event will bring together leading Asian and Asian American creators, fans and readers of mainstream and alternative graphic fiction, and the larger Asian American community for a one-of-a-kind gathering, incorporating education, dialogue, spontaneous creativity, intergenerational outreach and the chance for established and emerging talent to show off their work.

Non-AAARI Events: Home Made - Picturing Chinese Settlement in New Zealand (JUly 8)

The talk will provide an overview of the project and expands the discussion on the Cantonese Diaspora to focus on the Chinese settlement in New Zealand.

Non-AAARI Opportunities: Hate Crime Prevention Art Contest (Deadline: July 30)

Calling all NYC high school students! Bring out the artist and activist in you and help us send the message that hate crimes will NOT be tolerated!

Non-AAARI Events: A4 Town Hall (JUly 8)

The talk will provide an overview of the project and expands the discussion on the Cantonese Diaspora to focus on the Chinese settlement in New Zealand.

Non-AAARI Events: South Asian Journalists Association Convention (JUly 10-11)

We are excited to be collaborating with the Asian American Journalists Association to develop a convention benefiting members of both associations.As always, we have lined up a roster of fantastic speakers covering print, broadcast and new media.

Non-AAARI News: Education Brief

Education news from the Chronicles of Higher Education, from June 29 to July 7, 2009.

Non-AAARI Events: MOCA Chinatown Film Project (JUly 9 to August 27, 2009)

The Chinatown Film Project tackles Chinatown's elusiveness and its stereotyped representations by constructing new images for the viewer. The project starts locally, where we ask ten of New York's most exciting filmmakers to present their unique visions of this global icon.

Non-AAARI Events: 32nd Asian American International Film Festival (JUly 23 to 26, 2009)

The Asian American International Film Festival is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to showcasing films created by media artists of Asian descent and about the Asian community.