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SUMMARY:Understanding Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Examining how inherited social hierarchies and descent-based discrimination perpetuate exclusion across diverse communities worldwide.\n\nAcross the globe\, millions of people continue to face systemic discrimination\, exclusion\, and unequal opportunities based entirely on their inherited status\, descent\, or ancestral occupation. While deeply associated with the caste system in South Asia\, these rigid intergenerational hierarchies affect diverse global populations\, including the Roma in Europe\, Haratine in Africa\, Buraku in Japan\, Osu in Nigeria\, and Quilombola and Palenque communities in Latin America. Despite distinct cultural origins\, these groups share a common reality of deep-seated social stigma\, occupational segregation\, and severe barriers to basic human rights.\n\nTo confront this global challenge\, this seminar brings together scholars\, students\, practitioners\, and policymakers to foster a comparative understanding of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD). The discussion will examine how these inherited social hierarchies are reproduced through contemporary institutions and social norms\, specifically tracking how exclusion restricts access to education\, employment\, housing\, healthcare\, and political participation across different regions. \nAdditionally\, the seminar will analyze how modern forces like migration\, urbanization\, and globalization are reshaping both the nature of this exclusion and the strategies used for grassroots resistance. Participants will reflect on the growing recognition of descent-based discrimination within international human rights platforms\, evaluating the current responses of the United Nations\, civil society\, and academic institutions as they work toward a more coherent global framework to eradicate inherited-status discrimination. \n\n\nModerator: Paul Divakar Namala \nSpeakers:  \n\nQueen Bisseng\nGabriela Hrabanova\nBeena Pallical\nJohannes Butscher
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/understanding-communities-discriminated-on-work-and-descent/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics,Education,History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T200000
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SUMMARY:2026 CUNY Asian American Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Promoting the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY filmmakers.\n\n\nSince 2004\, the CUNY Asian American Film Festival (AAFF) has celebrated the creativity and vision of student filmmakers from across the City University of New York. Having awarded over $16\,000 in cash prizes over the years\, the festival promotes the artistic talents of CUNY students and fosters meaningful connections among peers from campuses including BMCC\, City College\, Brooklyn College\, Hunter College\, Lehman College\, College of Staten Island\, Queens College\, NYC College of Technology\, and the CUNY Graduate Center. \nOn the evening of the festival\, the winners ($250 prize) and runners-up ($150 prize) will remain anonymous until after a screening of selected films. Following the screening\, we will host an awards ceremony and a Q&A session with the filmmakers. \nWe look forward to seeing you on Friday to congratulate our latest group of talented CUNY student filmmakers! \nFestival Program \nDocumentary Film\nShane Gomes (Hunter College)\nLetters to BDesh\nThree young Bengali New Yorkers write letters to Bangladesh exploring distant and recent memories\, and imaginations of their beautifully complex ancestral land. \nFiction Film\nClaro de los Reyes (Brooklyn College)\nSands Street\nUnder a moonlit sky in an unwelcoming 1940s Brooklyn\, a Filipino steward and Black welder develop an intimate connection filled with hope\, solidarity\, and tenderness. \nDocumentary Film\nGurveer Singh (Borough of Manhattan Community College)\nChardi Kala (ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ) | The Journey of an MMA Fighter\nSunder Singh is a Sikh MMA fighter navigating the balance between faith\, identity\, and the brutal world of combat sports. “Chardi Kala” (ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ) represents a mindset of relentless optimism and resilience\, something Sunder carries with him both inside and outside the cage. Through training\, reflection\, and personal struggle\, this documentary explores what it means to stay grounded in your beliefs while chasing greatness in a demanding sport. \nFiction Film\nHanju David Youk (Queensborough Community College)\n“Bint\, Bat” بنت בת – Short Film from Jerusalem\nTwo girls in the holy land. Even though one was Jew and the other was Muslim\, their friendship was golden. However the world was not so kind. \nFiction Film\nWendy Cong Zhao (Hunter College)\nA Grieving Heart\nAn immigrant woman examines her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death. The film explores how love and loss impact the ways the woman confronts her immigrant identity\, memories\, insecurities\, and regrets.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2026-cuny-asian-american-film-festival/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T170000
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SUMMARY:Conference: The New Asian NYC: Mobilization\, Grassroots Power & Pluralistic Futures
DESCRIPTION:Exploring grassroots power & Asian American futures in NYC after Zohran Mamdani’s historic election.\n\n\nThe recent election of Zohran Mamdani—the city’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor—marks a historic shift in New York City’s political landscape. This victory stands not only as a milestone for AAPI and Muslim representation but as a testament to the power of grassroots\, working-class organizing. While often characterized as the “Mamdani Moment\,” this campaign’s trajectory from just 3% in early polling offers a profound case study in the collective “social technology” of door-to-door engagement and the merging of diverse identities. \nBuilding from this watershed moment\, AAARI’s 2026 symposium\, The New Asian NYC: Mobilization\, Grassroots Power & Pluralistic Futures\, invites a deeper conversation about what such victories reveal—how they reshape understandings of Asian American identity\, highlight the intersections of class and race\, and chart evolving strategies for civic engagement in an increasingly polarized era.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-new-asian-nyc-mobilization-grassroots-power-pluralistic-futures/
LOCATION:Fiterman Hall\, 245 Greenwich Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T193000
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SUMMARY:Vietnamese Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs in the U.S. (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the history\, development\, and impact of Vietnamese dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs in five U.S. states.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/vietnamese-dual-language-bilingual-education-programs-in-the-u-s/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T193000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: The Moys of New York and Shanghai (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Born to Chinese immigrant parents\, the Moy siblings grew up in an America that questioned their citizenship and denied their equality. Sophisticated and self-consciously modern\, they challenged limitations and stereotypes in the United States and sought new opportunities in China’s tumultuous republic. Sometimes the risks they took paid off\, but their occasional recklessness also led to infidelity\, divorce\, bankruptcy\, and worse. Those in China faced pressure to collaborate with Japanese occupiers\, making choices that had serious consequences for their siblings in the United States.\n\nCharlotte Brooks’s gripping tale follows the family back and forth across the Pacific and through two world wars\, China’s Nationalist and Communist revolutions\, and the Cold War—events that the siblings and their spouses helped shape. The Moys’ incredible story offers a kaleidoscopic view of an entire generation’s struggle for acceptance and belonging.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-moys-of-new-york-and-shanghai/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T200000
DTSTAMP:20260413T072448Z
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SUMMARY:More Than One Child (Screening & Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:Film screening and discussion on the human consequences of China’s One-Child Policy with filmmaker Vinit Parmar.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/more-than-one-child-screening-discussion/
LOCATION:Calandra Institute\, 25 West 43rd Street\, #Suite 1700\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T072446Z
CREATED:20251124T045240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T072446Z
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SUMMARY:The Digital Infrastructure of New York City’s “New Chinatown”
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Yuchen Chen will present on their project examining Chinese immigrants and real estate entrepreneurs in West Queens\, exploring their placemaking practices in the emerging “new Chinatown.” Prof. Chen focuses on how Chinese ethnic media platforms mediate these processes and introduces the concept of “infrastructure” to understand diasporic identity and placemaking. By shifting the focus to the materiality of digital platforms\, the study reveals how they facilitate the circulation of people and cultures within the Chinese diaspora.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-digital-infrastructure-of-new-york-citys-new-chinatown/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T193000
DTSTAMP:20260327T120938Z
CREATED:20260323T070812Z
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SUMMARY:The DeGrasse Family of New York City (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Prithi Kanakamedala will present on their project examining the life of George DeGrasse and his family\, who lived on land in New York City donated by Aaron Burr in the early nineteenth century. DeGrasse\, listed as being born in Calcutta\, India\, and often claiming to be Burr’s former servant\, becomes the focus of a reevaluation in light of new research suggesting Burr may have had a secret Black and Indian family in the Caribbean. This work explores the possibility that the DeGrasse family represents an early Indo-Caribbean presence in New York\, and will culminate in a digital site and book chapter as part of a broader book project.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-degrasse-family-of-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T193000
DTSTAMP:20260309T065304Z
CREATED:20251124T045239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T065304Z
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SUMMARY:The Road to Healing\, Rejuvenation\, and Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Esther Son explores the mental health challenges and barriers to accessing services faced by Asian American/Asian college students.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-road-to-healing-rejuvenation-and-social-justice/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T193000
DTSTAMP:20260302T065239Z
CREATED:20251103T045239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T065239Z
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SUMMARY:Rapa Nui Voice\, Stance\, and Subjectivities
DESCRIPTION:Miki Makihara draws from her new co-authored book to explore challenges for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) language and political activists.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/rapa-nui-voice-stance-and-subjectivities/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251219T193000
DTSTAMP:20251215T050750Z
CREATED:20250811T041742Z
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SUMMARY:Godzilla Minus One Vs. Past Lives: Romantic Histories and Historic Romances
DESCRIPTION:Love and gender roles in the recent globally successful films ‘Godzilla Minus One’ and ‘Past Lives.’\n\nProf. Jayashree Kamblé will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1\, focusing on love and gender roles in the recent globally successful films Godzilla Minus One and Past Lives. Prof. Kamblé delves into how Godzilla unexpectedly challenges traditional cinematic depictions of romance and gender\, offering fresh perspectives on themes of identity and geocultural representation. Both films show how popular culture can shape our understanding of history\, belonging\, and societal dynamics. She also goes beyond the article to invite connections between the philosophy of romance in Past Lives and its Korean-Canadian-American director Celine Song’s 2025 movie\, Materialists.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/godzilla-minus-one-vs-past-lives-romantic-histories-and-historic-romances/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T193000
DTSTAMP:20251208T050737Z
CREATED:20250818T041732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T050737Z
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SUMMARY:Family Amnesia (Book Talk)
DESCRIPTION:Betty Yu discusses her family’s history in the United States and the impact of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.\n\n\nFamily Amnesia (Daylight Books\, 2024) is a visual tribute and love letter honoring author Betty Yu’s Chinese American family roots in the United States. The art book explores her family’s multi-generational resilience and resistance through mixed-media collages\, her grandfather’s photographs\, and own captured images and archival material. \nThis book project honors the past and current lives of Asian Americans and immigrants in the U.S. by examining the incalculable and traumatic impact that historical events like the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act continue to have on the Asian American experience—a painful part of our American history. Yu’s book reclaims that narrative through her own personal family story\, featuring her grandfather’s role as a founding member of the Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance of NY\, her mother’s plight as a garment worker who became a labor organizer\, and her sister’s legacy as a community activist. Though her family story may not be unique\, it is part of the larger collective Asian-American immigration experience. \nYu’s book project reminds us that the rise of COVID-related anti-Asian violence is part of a larger history of systemic racism. As the U.S. government and corporate-run media continue to vilify China as a global threat\, Family Amnesia recalls the anti-China and anti-Asian paranoia and hysteria that created the policies such as the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and the 1942 Executive Order that placed Japanese-Americans into incarceration camps. The book also draws visually on geo-political history\, recalling narratives that mocked China as the “sick man of Asia ” and demonized the Chinese as a “Yellow Peril.”
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/family-amnesia-book-talk-2/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000
DTSTAMP:20251201T045300Z
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SUMMARY:Transitions & Challenges: Chinatown Small Business after Covid
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Zai Liang’s presentation focuses on the challenges faced by small businesses in Manhattan Chinatown post-Covid pandemic.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/transitions-challenges-chinatown-small-business-after-covid/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies\, 25 West 43rd Street\, 14th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T193000
DTSTAMP:20251117T045237Z
CREATED:20250818T041731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T045237Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese-Caribbean Narratives
DESCRIPTION:Research on Chinese-Caribbean immigrants in the United States\, and the ways in which they understand self in terms of race and ethnicity.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinese-caribbean-narratives/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T193000
DTSTAMP:20251113T131153Z
CREATED:20250908T043232Z
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SUMMARY:From “Cool Japan” to “Your Japan” in 2025 (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Japan’s global appeal is undeniable—but how well do official narratives match what international audiences actually want? Drawing on his role as a Cool Japan Producer for the Japanese Cabinet Office\, Benjamin W. Boas highlights the need to shift from a government-branded “Cool Japan” paradigm to the more participatory\, fan-driven “Your Japan.” He examines what’s working (content exports\, inbound-tourism touchpoints\, local city branding) and what still misses the mark (top-down campaigns\, language access\, and diversity). Boas shares behind-the-scenes examples from NHK WORLD programs and community-level projects in Nakano\, and addresses today’s so-called “overtourism\,” arguing that many pain points are really problems of mismanagement. In contrast to top-down efforts\, grassroots phenomena are filling the gap: from overseas anime fandoms to the growth of riichi (Japanese) mahjong clubs in New York City\, organic cultural movements are shaping “Your Japan”—the personal Japan fans embrace on their own terms. He concludes with practical recommendations for educators\, policymakers\, and creatives on aligning domestic priorities with overseas expectations.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/from-cool-japan-to-your-japan-in-2025/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film,Hybrid,In Person,Television,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T193000
DTSTAMP:20251020T045233Z
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SUMMARY:Agbayani Worship: the Problematics of a Filipino Captain America (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Vina Orden examines how narratives in popular media can perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and colonial mentalities.\nVina Orden will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1\, examining how narratives in popular media can perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and colonial mentalities. Orden explores this through the complex dynamics behind the pop culture success of comics like “The United States of Captain America.” Her analysis delves into the diverse creative team behind these comics\, including queer\, Filipino\, First Nation\, and South African writers. And she critically questions whether Captain America\, despite such diverse creative input\, must still operate within a context of “imperial power dynamics” and the realities of the U.S. nation state.\n\nVina Orden is a writer based in Lenapehoking/New York City whose work has appeared in Asian Journal\, CUNY FORUM\, The FilAm\, The Halo-Halo Review\, hella pinay\, Hyperallergic\, and The Margins. As senior poetry editor at Slant’d magazine\, Vina supports and amplifies other emerging Asian American writers. She is a 2025 VONA Poetry Residency Fellow and has received fellowships from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, Kweli\, Roots. Wounds. Words.\, and Tin House. She also is working on her first novel for young adults.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/agbayani-worship-problematics-of-a-filipino-captain-america/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T193000
DTSTAMP:20251013T123351Z
CREATED:20250811T041743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251013T123351Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: On Remembering My Friends\, My First Job\, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Francisco Delgado will read and discuss his novella about a CHamoru man who reflects on his teenage years while navigating the parenthood.\nProf. Francisco Delgado will read and discuss his novella\, On Remembering My Friends\, My First Job\, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD (TRP: The University Press of SHSU\, July 2025). Winner of the 2024 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize\, the book tells the story of Cody Taitano\, a CHamoru slaman who reflects on his teenage years in 1999 while navigating the complexities of parenthood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Delgado will explore the novella’s themes of race\, class\, and the enduring nature of friendship\, as Cody recalls his first job at McDonald’s and the music that shaped his life.\n\nFrancisco Delgado is a CHamoru writer of fiction and poetry\, as well as of literary scholarship on contemporary Native American and Indigenous literatures. Prof. Delgado’s novella\, On Remembering My Friends\, My First Job\, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD (Texas Review Press\, July 2025)\, won the 2024 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. His writing has been published in MANOA: A Pacific Journal of International Writing\, Studies in the Novel\, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College\, and elsewhere. He teaches at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY\, where he created the first course devoted exclusively to the literatures of Native North America and the Indigenous Pacific. \nIf you miss this talk\, the video and podcast will be available online the following week. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend and we look forward to sharing our latest lecture with you!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/on-remembering-my-friends-my-first-job-and-my-second-favorite-weezer-cd/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T160000
DTSTAMP:20250609T034740Z
CREATED:20250310T030307Z
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SUMMARY:The Localized History Digital Archive Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive!\n\n\nThe Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive! Please join us for a community event featuring youth presentations on localized Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander history. The event will also include a showcase of the data and research we’ve conducted over the past two years\, along with fun games\, interactive booths\, and\, of course\, food! \nWe hope this event will provide an opportunity for community members\, educators\, and youth from across New York State to engage with our project\, access valuable archival stories and histories\, and participate in real-time data collection and discussions. These contributions will help shape the creation of a youth-led\, community-driven\, localized AANHPI history curriculum for New York State schools.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-localized-history-digital-archive-launch/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Court Square West\, Community Room\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T200000
DTSTAMP:20250526T033310Z
CREATED:20250512T033242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T033310Z
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SUMMARY:2025 CUNY Asian American Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Screening\, award ceremony and Q&A session with CUNY student filmmakers.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-cuny-asian-american-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T200000
DTSTAMP:20250526T033310Z
CREATED:20250526T033307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T033310Z
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SUMMARY:Chinatown Rising (Screening & Discussion)
DESCRIPTION:Chinatown Rising is a doc tracing SF Chinatown’s 1960s-80s activism\, told through 16mm footage and voices of young Asian American leaders.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinatown-rising-screening-discussion/
LOCATION:Calandra Institute\, 25 West 43rd Street\, #Suite 1700\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T160000
DTSTAMP:20250501T160136Z
CREATED:20250407T190004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T160136Z
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SUMMARY:Symposium on "Healing During Uncertainty: Asian American Mental Health"
DESCRIPTION:This symposium explores how identity\, culture\, history\, and systemic factors shape mental health in Asian communities. \nThe Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 2025 symposium\, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt\, explores the intersections of identity\, culture\, history\, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities. Centered around three key themes\, the symposium aims to address both longstanding and emerging challenges while equipping attendees with insights and practical strategies to advance mental health support. \n\n\nBuilding on the spirit of AAARI’s 2004 conference on “Asian American / Asian Studies: Aspects of Social Interaction\,” this event fosters collaboration between mental health professionals\, students\, and early-career practitioners\, while promoting meaningful discussions on policy implications and systemic change. It also reflects on past efforts and paves the way for a more inclusive\, culturally responsive approach to mental health\, benefiting both current and future generations. Despite challenges in institutionalizing Asian American studies\, CUNY has been a hub for vibrant activism and creative interventions to support AAPI students and communities. \nBy bridging research\, clinical practice\, and community engagement\, the symposium will address race-based trauma and foster partnerships to drive impactful change\, with workshops\, discussions\, and advocacy efforts aimed at advancing AAPI mental health across clinical\, organizational\, and policy levels. Join us for a day of reflection\, connection\, and action to shape the future of mental health within Asian and Asian American communities. \nThemes: \n\nYouth Mental Health: Addressing the mental health needs of Asian and Asian American youth\, with particular attention to cultural expectations and identity development.\nIdentities and Belonging: Exploring how diverse identities shape mental health experiences\, resilience\, and belonging within Asian and Asian American communities by navigating multiple identities\, challenging stereotypes\, and finding affirmation within their communities.\nMigration and Mental Health: Investigating the mental health impacts of migration\, acculturation\, and the challenges of navigating new environments.\n\nLuncheon Keynote Speaker: \n\nMimi Khúc\, Writer\, Scholar\, and Co-Editor of The Asian American Literary Review\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/symposium-on-healing-during-uncertainty-asian-american-mental-health/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Court Square West\, Community Room\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T193000
DTSTAMP:20250407T031729Z
CREATED:20241209T021753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T031729Z
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SUMMARY:National (un)Belonging: Bengali American Women on Imagining and Contesting
DESCRIPTION:Based on research from her book\, Roksana Badruddoja explores the lives of two second-generation gender-queer South Asian American folx.\n\nMuch queer theory in America is based on white male experience and privilege\, excluding people of color and severely limiting its relevance to third-world activism. Within the last three decades\,  chronicles from gay lesbian bisexual transgender intersex queer (GLBTIQ) communities within the South Asian diaspora in the United States have appeared\, but the richness and contradictions that characterize these communities have been stifled. Too often\, the limitations due to undertheorized South Asian American lesbian\, bisexual\, and transsexual histories—compounded by a queer canon overwrought with the East/West and tradition/modern equations—render queer South Asian Americans as a monolithic homogeneous category with little or no agency. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Roksana Badruddoja visits paradoxes\, difficulties\, unity\, and diversity by unraveling the lives of two second-generation gender-queer South Asian American folx\, Rupa and Ronica. They show us ways in which an often invisible and marginalized group accepts\, manipulates\, and resists hegemonic powers. A core question Dr. Badruddoja advances in her research is how can historically disenfranchised lives be animated and made to interrupt binaried discourses? She answers the question by offering an embodied theorization of an assemblage of multiple saberes or knowings that avoid the traps of binary discourses. One of the ways she accomplishes this is by offering ethnographic work as a compelling narrative and theorization of decoloniality. \nPurchase Book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/national-unbelonging-bengali-american-women-on-imagining-and-contesting/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T200000
DTSTAMP:20250402T230404Z
CREATED:20250217T030235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T230404Z
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SUMMARY:Creating Archives: Book Talk with Gaiuthra Bahadur
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive talk\, Prof. Gaiutra Bahadur will discuss her book\, Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture (University of Chicago Press\, 2013)\, and dive deep into the processes of creating a living archive\, collecting oral stories\, and preserving family histories.\n\nAbout Coolie Woman\nGaiutra Bahadur uncovers the story of her great-grandmother\, a young woman who sailed from India to Guiana in 1903 as an indentured laborer\, or “coolie\,” replacing emancipated slaves on sugar plantations. Through her journey across three continents and extensive research in colonial archives\, Bahadur not only uncovers her ancestor’s life but also sheds light on the repressed history of the quarter of a million coolie women. These women\, often widows or outcasts\, endured harsh labor\, poor conditions\, and sexual exploitation\, using their sexuality as a tool for survival and sometimes inciting uprisings. Coolie Woman is a gripping exploration of gender\, power\, and survival across generations\, revealing a complex\, untold history. \nPurchase Book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo13393932.html \nThis lecture is part of the Localized History Project Workshop Series
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/creating-archives-book-talk-with-gaiuthra-bahadur/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T193000
DTSTAMP:20250326T050429Z
CREATED:20241202T021735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T050429Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Civil Society Organizations in the U.S.\, 1849-1911
DESCRIPTION:How does racism influence the formation and development of organizational life in a racialized community? In this paper\, Prof. Simon Yamawaki Shachter extends on Du Bois’s concept of double consciousness to explain community organizations’ roles and development. Combined with the concepts of oppositional consciousness from social movements and decoupling from organization theory\, Prof. Yamawaki Shachter builds a processual model of organizational life for racialized communities. He shows how the model explains the development of 19th and early 20th century Chinese organizations in the U.S.\, and describes how the community formed an incomparably large\, sophisticated\, interconnected\, and politically-active organizational field at such an early point in U.S. history. The organizations that developed—based in historical Chinese migrant organizations that responded to anti-Chinese racism—looked different from past and contemporary Chinese or U.S.-based organizational fields. This case and theoretical model show the types of organizations and stages of development for the organizational life of communities that face racism.\n\nSimon Yamawaki Shachter is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. His research analyzes how the interrelationships between civil society and the state perpetuate and/or alleviate inequality. He takes organizational- and race-based perspectives to understand how people\, historically and today\, seek to influence policy and politics. He has studied these topics in the varied areas of international development\, party machines\, biomedical research\, immigration policy\, veteran’s benefits\, and policing. His work has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly\, Studies in American Political Development\, and Voluntas. He is a mixed methods researcher using archival\, computational\, and quantitative methods to find field-level patterns in organizational demography and institutionalized behavior. \nHe is currently undertaking a major research project on the interpenetration of immigrant organizations and urban politics during the 19th-century creation of cities on the West Coast of the U.S. This was a site where racism and ethnic community organizations played central roles in defining the boundaries among racial and ethnic groups\, developing the political institutions of the states and cities\, creating cultures of place\, and leaving enduring legacies on the organization of civil society. \nHe holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago\, and a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University. He is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area where he has been deeply involved in nonprofit organizations that promote community engagement.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/chinese-civil-society-organizations-in-the-u-s-1849-1911/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T193000
DTSTAMP:20250318T093334Z
CREATED:20241223T024737Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Love Can't Feed You: A Novel
DESCRIPTION:Cherry Lou Sy’s debut novel is a heartfelt and poignant exploration of love\, sacrifice\, and survival in the face of adversity.\n\nCherry Lou Sy’s debut novel Love Can’t Feed You (Dutton\, 2024) is a heartfelt and poignant exploration of love\, sacrifice\, and survival in the face of adversity. It follows the journey of a young immigrant woman from the Philippines having to navigate the complexities of a challenging relationship while grappling with the harsh realities of her life. As she faces the emotional and practical struggles of balancing her dreams and personal desires with the needs of those she loves\, the story offers a raw and intimate portrayal of the ways love can both uplift and burden us. \nCherry Lou Sy is a writer and playwright originally from the Philippines currently based in Brooklyn\, NY. She received her B.A. at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU and her M.F.A. in playwriting from Brooklyn College/CUNY\, where she has been an adjunct lecturer in the English and American Studies departments. Cherry is also a teacher with PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud. She has received fellowships and residencies from VONA\, Tin House\, and elsewhere. Love Can’t Feed You is her debut novel. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/love-cant-feed-you-a-novel/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T123000
DTSTAMP:20250317T031737Z
CREATED:20250217T030234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T031737Z
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SUMMARY:National Landscape of AANAPISIs History and Influence on Higher education
DESCRIPTION:AANAPISIs\, focusing on their history and influence in higher education\, as well as current dilemmas in today’s political climate.\n\nJoin the Asian American / Asian Research Institute for a presentation and discussion with Mike Hoa Nguyen (New York University)\, Caroline Hong (Queens College AANAPISI Project)\, Linh An (Hunter College AANAPISI Project)\, and Sau-fong Au (Brooklyn College AANAPISI Project) on the historical foundation of the AANAPISI program and its impact on the students and campuses at The City University of New York (CUNY). This workshop offers a national landscape of AANAPISIs\, focusing on their history and influence in higher education\, as well as current dilemmas in today’s political climate. \nOverview\nIn 2007\, the United States Congress established the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) designation\, one of the federal government’s most recent Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI)\, to enhance the capacity of institutions to serve Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) students. Today\, colleges and universities that become AANAPISIs are critical sites of innovation\, working to expand educational access and opportunities for AANHPIs. \nQueens College AANAPISI Project (QCAP)\nQCAP aims to support the academic success\, mental health\, and community engagement of Queens College’s diverse and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. QCAP addresses the specific needs of our AAPI students via a range of programs\, including multilingual peer tutoring in the Writing Center\, faculty development workshops\, mental health and art-making workshops\, an internship program\, and a community space.\n \nHunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP)\nHCAP aims to enhance academic and student support services for Asian American and Pacific Islander students and other under-served students at Hunter College\, including first-generation college goers\, multilingual learners\, and students from immigrant families. We support students through our research skills programs\, writing and speaking seminars\, financial literacy programs\, mental wellness workshops\, and our transfer peer mentor programs. We also build institutional capacity to serve our students with faculty development workshops that focus on culturally sustaining pedagogies. \n \nBrooklyn College AANAPISI Project (BCAP)\nBCAP supports our 25% Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander students—including Central Asian & Nomadic\, East Asian\, South Asian & “Desi\,” Southeast Asian & Pacific Islander\, West Asian & “MENA\,” and mixed heritage & intersecting communities. Our program aims to mitigate AAPI students’ barriers to educational achievement by enhancing institutional programs and services. BCAP addresses three main goals: 1) providing academic support for AAPI students by enhancing existing services and curriculum\, particularly Asian American Studies; 2) developing sustainable student leadership opportunities\, including the BCAP internship program; 3) engaging the campus community on AAPI students’ needs to provide culturally responsive services. \nThis event is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Education through the Hunter College AANAPISI Project
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/national-landscape-of-aanapisis/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,History,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T193000
DTSTAMP:20250303T181530Z
CREATED:20241028T021144Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Leekyung Kang: Entombed in Static
DESCRIPTION:Artist Leekyung Kang will present on her recent work is inspired by Buddhist cosmology’s cyclical nature.\nLeekyung Kang\, the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Queens College School of Arts (Fall 2024)\, will present on her recent work inspired by Buddhist cosmology’s cyclical nature\, creating a series of paintings\, print\, and installation that interrogate the formal aspects of what is architecturally defined as a form of chamber. Beginning with the visual language of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한불교조계종\, 大韓佛敎 曹溪宗)\, Kang plans to incorporate imagery from various religions to illustrate how ancient beliefs interpret ideas of cosmic harmony and divine presence. Drawing from ancient tomb or chamber murals across religions and cultures\, her work aims to reconcile diverse elements to refine the articulation of cyclical and transformative existence.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/artist-talk-with-leekyung-kang-entombed-in-static/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit,Discussion,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250228T193000
DTSTAMP:20250226T062637Z
CREATED:20250120T030324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250226T062637Z
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SUMMARY:Destigmatizing Poverty: The Cost of Living
DESCRIPTION:This presentation examines survey results from three screenings of The Cost of Living (2023\, Sixty First Productions)\, a documentary highlighting the financial struggles of three families in Flushing. The film is part of the Undo Poverty: Flushing (UPF) collaborative’s efforts to combat poverty and reduce stigma through a narrative change approach. The three separate screenings featured subtitles in Chinese\, English\, and Korean\, respectively. UPF also organized community organizing training sessions for local residents during the 2024 grant cycle. The presenter will discuss key findings from the surveys\, including community perceptions of poverty\, primary concerns\, and proposed solutions for addressing financial hardship in Flushing. The presentation will also assess the impact of the community organizing training sessions.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/destigmatizing-poverty-the-cost-of-living/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,In Person,Panel,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T180000
DTSTAMP:20241118T131147Z
CREATED:20240828T180517Z
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SUMMARY:On Performance\, Poetics\, and Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Christine Bacareza Balance presents ongoing research and writing from her book project\, Making Sense of Martial Law.\n\n\nProf. Christine Balance\, the 2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center\, will present ongoing research and writing from her book project\, Making Sense of Martial Law. In it\, she studies what the diverse and contradictory poetics of Philippine martial law (1972-1986) perform and reveal about authoritarianism and cultural memory\, as illustrated by both U.S.- and Philippines-based performances and productions. Making Sense of Martial Law also aims to illuminate important facets of the relationship between art and politics in dictatorships across the globe. \nBalance will offer a short presentation addressing the book’s main arguments\, themes\, and structure\, and her research & writing process\, as a way to open up discussion with others working in the fields of performance studies\, cultural studies\, transnational American studies\, Filipino/Filipino American studies\, and Southeast Asian studies\, as well as those interested in bridging critical & creative writing\, scholarly & public humanities projects.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/special-lecture-by-christine-balance/
LOCATION:CUNY Graduate Center\, 365 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T193000
DTSTAMP:20240828T180516Z
CREATED:20240828T180516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T180516Z
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SUMMARY:British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End
DESCRIPTION:Fatima Rajina discusses British Bangladeshi Muslim men and the changing landscape of their dress and language.\n\n\nPopular discourse around British Muslims has often been dominated by a focus on Muslim women and their sartorial choices\, particularly the hijab and niqab. Dr. Fatima Rajina takes a different angle and focuses on Muslim men\, examining how factors like the global war on terror influenced and changed their sartorial choices and use of language. Rajina’s new book denaturalises the ubiquitous and deeply problematic security lens through which knowledge of Muslims has been produced in the past two decades. \nBritish Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End offers an alternative reading of these communities and how their political subjectivities emerge. Drawing on historical events\, field research and existing academic work\, the book aims to address the multiple ways British Bangladeshi Muslim men and women create their relationship with dress and language. This book is the first to empirically examine how dress and language shape the identities of British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End\, using in-depth analysis useful for anyone interested in the study of British Muslims broadly. While the book focuses on a specific Muslim community\, the emerging themes demonstrate the interconnectedness of Muslims locally and globally and how they manifest their identities through dress and language.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/british-bangladeshi-muslims-in-the-east-end/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
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