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    Godzilla Minus One Vs. Past Lives: Romantic Histories and Historic Romances

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    Love and gender roles in the recent globally successful films 'Godzilla Minus One' and 'Past Lives.' Prof. 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 […]

    Family Amnesia (Book Talk)

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States

    Betty Yu discusses her family's history in the United States and the impact of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.Family 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, […]

    • Chinese-Caribbean Narratives

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States

    Research on Chinese-Caribbean immigrants in the United States, and the ways in which they understand self in terms of race and ethnicity.

    From “Cool Japan” to “Your Japan” in 2025 (Hybrid)

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    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 […]

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    • Agbayani Worship: the Problematics of a Filipino Captain America (Hybrid)

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    Vina Orden examines how narratives in popular media can perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and colonial mentalities. Vina 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 […]

    Author Talk: On Remembering My Friends, My First Job, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD (Hybrid)

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    Francisco Delgado will read and discuss his novella about a CHamoru man who reflects on his teenage years while navigating the parenthood. Prof. 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 […]

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    • National (un)Belonging: Bengali American Women on Imagining and Contesting

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    Based on research from her book, Roksana Badruddoja explores the lives of two second-generation gender-queer South Asian American folx. Much 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 […]

    Creating Archives: Book Talk with Gaiuthra Bahadur

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    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 […]

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    • Chinese Civil Society Organizations in the U.S., 1849-1911

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    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 […]

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    National Landscape of AANAPISIs History and Influence on Higher education

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    AANAPISIs, focusing on their history and influence in higher education, as well as current dilemmas in today's political climate. Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute for a presentation […]

    Artist Talk with Leekyung Kang: Entombed in Static

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    Artist Leekyung Kang will present on her recent work is inspired by Buddhist cosmology's cyclical nature. Leekyung Kang, the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Queens College School of Arts (Fall 2024), […]

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    Destigmatizing Poverty: The Cost of Living

    Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, New York, NY, United States
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    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, […]

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