Join organizers and participants of the 2024 Asian American Literature Festival for a gathering to mark the beginning of our week of cosmic kinship. Invocation: Saturday September 14, 6pm-7pm EST / 3-4pm PT Moonrise with Tarot by Mimi Khúc and Readings by Ching-In Chen, Sarah Park Dahlen, Wing Tek Lum, & Ansley Moon: An Invocation,
Join us for a special event featuring Hua Hsu – author of the 2024–2025 NYU Reads selection, Stay True – in conversation with Provost Georgina Dopico. NYU Reads, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, brings the NYU community together around a common reading, chosen by a committee made up of faculty, student, and staff representatives. Through both large- and small-scale events, the […]
Connie Chung speaks about her memoir with biographer and historian Walter Isaacson. In her first memoir, the trailblazing journalist delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry. Pre-order your copy of Connie: A Memoir and get your free ticket now! Connie Chung is […]
Join us for a celebration of writer Zara Chowdhary's memoir The Lucky Ones, in conversation with Nur Nasreen Ibrahim! Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Zara Chowdhary's memoir The Lucky Ones! Zara will be joined by journalist, television producer, and writer Nur Nasreen Ibrahim. In 2002, Zara Chowdhary is sixteen years old […]
Come meet other folx in the community, eat some food and maybe pick up a free book or two! As part of the Asian American Literature Festival, we wanted to make a chill space for Trans, Intersex, Nonbinary, & Gender Expansive People to meet and hang out! We'll have some snacks and drinks, a book […]
Join the Asian American Education Project for a live, virtual workshop that will focus on the “untold story” of the Vietnamese Fishermen’s Association vs. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1981). This workshop will feature guest speaker Dr. Thao L. Ha.
The 1990 Institute is pleased to invite you to our Teachers Workshop: Asian American Identity: Immigration History and Transgenerational Impact, held virtually, on Thursday, September 20, 2024 at 4 pm Pacific / 7:00pm Eastern with Ha-Yu Sebastian Cherng and Vivian Louie. This workshop is designed to help educators deepen their understanding of Asian American identity […]
Join Asian American Writers' Workshop and Reorienting Reads to share space for a bicoastal evening! Join Asian American Writers' Workshop and Reorienting Reads to share space for a luminous bicoastal evening of connection and kinship, uplifting our trans, intersex, non-binary, and gender expansive communities. We'll be joined in person and through the ether by Ally […]
Catherine Chung and Johnny Nguyen (Asian Women For Health), and Preston Dang (WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific), will discuss their current collaborative two-year research study project, ACCESS-PD: Advancing Comprehensive Care & Enhancing Service Standards in Parkinson’s Disease among Asian Americans.
Join us for a fun and interactive series where we read and workshop unfinished screenplays at the Film Lab!Join us for the "Unfinished Works Screenplay Reading and Workshop" series hosted by the Film Lab! This in-person event will take place at 20 Cooper Sq. Get ready to dive into the world of screenwriting and gain […]
Two cousins and their mothers confront changes generated by the past and the passing of time. In Los Angeles, one cousin faces her immigrant mother’s dementia while, in Tokyo, the other is challenged by her mother’s physical decline. Family history of the immigrant mother having married an African American and left Japan behind complicates all […]
A trailblazer in promoting understanding between Asia and the rest of the world, anchor, entrepreneur, and author Yue-Sai Kan will discuss her memoir with Asia Society Trustee Lulu C. Wang.