CUNY FORUM, edited by Russell C. Leong, is a New York-based print and on-line commons for scholars, writers, artists, practitioners and activists to develop research, to create dialogue, and to promote change around Asian American and Asian topics within the context of the Americas.
Reminder: 2019 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship (Deadline: 6/28)
Purchase Information CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 (ISSN 2329-1125, 100 pages, $15) is available for purchase online at a limited time only special sale price of $8 (includes $3 S&H) at www.aaari.info/cunyforum.
5/19, 40th Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival - Weekend Walks in Chinatown, www.capaonline.org
missed yesterday's AAARI annual conference on Citizenship, Belonging, and Identity in the Age of White Nationalism? Watch the videos online. https://aaari.info/2019citizneship/
2019 CUNY Conference on Citizenship, Belonging, and Identity in the Age of White Nationalism By AAARI | May 8, 2019 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 9:30am to 3pm CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floorbetween 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan The surge in white nationalist violence.....
While we get the videos ready from today's AAARI annual conference, check out Russell C. Leong's presentation on CUNY FORUM, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and the concept of Asian Americans as a "Majority World People."
Russell Leong discusses CUNY FORUM and the idea of Third World Peoples.
Reminder: 5/8/19 - AAARI Conference on "Citizenship, Belonging & Identity in Age of White Nationalism"
CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 (Spring Special Purchase)
Each issue of CUNY FORUM can be utilized for classroom text usage; by researchers and students; and community, cultural and policy groups. The latest Fall/Winter 2018-2019 issue focuses on three vital areas in a post-9/11 world:1. COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY
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3/27, Nadia Kim, the 2018-2019 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor, will present on 'Koreans and Race from Seoul to Los Angeles' at the College of Staten Island, https://events.cuny.edu/cec/world-on-wednesday-lecture-series-koreans-and-race-from-seoul-to-los-angeles/
2019 CUNY Student Award Opportunities - AA Film Festival & Tam Scholarship
The City University of New York (CUNY) is hiring a Visiting Professor at the senior faculty level of full or associate professor for the Dr. Thomas Tam Visiting Professorship in Asian American Studies, for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Carlos Menchaca glad to hear you liked CUNY FORUM Vol 1:1, and hope you enjoy reading Vol 6:1 and learn new things from our latest Asian American Timeline
BMCC’s Soniya Munshi shares how partnerships can be used to unlock funding, and about her NEH funded 'Building Asian American Studies Across the Community College Classroom' project, featured in CUNY FORUM Vol 6:1.
Borough of Manhattan Community College’s Soniya Munshi (Sociology) tells her story about how partnerships can be used to unlock funding.
CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 (Available to Purchase)
Each issue of CUNY FORUM can be utilized for classroom text usage; by researchers and students; and community, cultural and policy groups. The latest Fall/Winter 2018-2019 issue focuses on three vital areas in a post-9/11 world:1. COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY
CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1, now available to purchase, https://aaari.info/cuny-forum-volume-61/
CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 By AAARI | February 7, 2019 Purchase In the current political climate of “crossing out” our communities, be it by executive fiat, congressional inertia, legislative action, or institutional racism, it’s incumbent upon us—activists, artists, students, or academics of ...
CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 (Fall 2018 to Winter 2019, ISSN: 2329-1125, 100 pages, $15.00) features three sections, each examining through essays, commentaries, and research: 1. Crossing Out/In Our Communities; 2. To Serve the People and Lose Your Sexuality?; and 3. Translating There to Here
Hot off the presses in time for Lunar New Year, CUNY FORUM: Vol 6:1.
CUNY Seeks Thomas Tam Visiting Professor in Asian American Studies (2019-2020)
The City University of New York (CUNY) is hiring a Visiting Professor at the senior faculty level of full or associate professor for the Dr. Thomas Tam Visiting Professorship in Asian American Studies, for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Visiting Professor will perform teaching, research, and guida...
Time Magazine discusses Shahidul Alam - featured in “Asian American Matters” - Journey From Photographer to Prisoner.
Shahidul Alam has been targeted by authorities in his native Bangladesh
Nichi Bei writes about "Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology," and seeking a revolution: As a grad student of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, my account of Leong’s book is compelling, nostalgic, and that it inspires the idea of a possible Asian studies renaissance. “Asian American Matters” critiques the course of Asian American Studies from its inception to present day, and it flirts with the idea of becoming ever more inclusive. https://www.nichibei.org/2019/01/seeking-a-revolution/
Edited By Russell C. Leong (New York: Asian American and Asian Research Institute, The City University of New York, 2017, 256 pp., $25, paperback)
Happy New Year! We're getting ready for CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 - out end of the month.
CUNY FORUM contributor Shahidul Alam, one of the journalists collectively considered the Time Person of the Year 2018.
This year brought no shortage of other examples. Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam was jailed for more than 100 days for making “false” and “provocative” statements after criticizing Prime Min…
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12/3, A Celebration of Meena Alexander, from 4:15pm - 5:45pm, Columbia University South Asia Institute, 606 West 122nd Street, Knox Hall, Room 2018, between Broadway and Claremont
Essay and poem by Meena Alexander, featured in Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology (2017).
'The Angels Will Call on Me' – Meena Alexander, Indian-American Poet, Dies at 67
Having made India, Sudan and America her home at different occasions, Alexander said she found herself at home in languages and in poetry.
in memory of our good friend, and CUNY FORUM contributor, Distinguished Prof. and poet, Meena Alexander, listen to her read from past AAARI events.
saddened to lose our good friend, Distinguished Professor and poet Meena Alexander (Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. Here's a collection of videos from past AAARI events she participated in.
Soniya Munshi (BMCC) presenting on her collaborative project with Linta Varghese, which will be included in forthcoming CUNY FORUM Vol 6:1.
Soniya Munshi (BMCC) presenting on her collaborative project “Building Asian American Studies Across the Classroom” at CUNY-RF grantseeking town hall.
Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York
join us 12/6 at our 17th Annual Gala to congratulate Leadership awardee John Liu, NYS Senate-Elect; and CUNY Distinguished Asian American Alumni awardee Ava Chin, Associate Prof., College of Staten Island, on their achievements and contributions to their fields/community. More info online at www.aaari.info/2018banquet
Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York
check out latest edition of AAARI Spotlight online at https://aaari.info/aaari-spotlight-summer-2018/
Volume 6, coming soon.
‘Asian American Matters’ contributor Shahidul Alam, Bangladesh’s best-known photojournalist, was arrested after posting Facebook video in which he appeared to criticize the government’s handling of recent student-led protests.
Shahidul Alam, Bangladesh’s best-known photojournalist, was arrested after posting Facebook video in which he appeared to criticize the government’s handling of recent student-led protests.
Hot summer sale of Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology continues til 7/31.
Check out Kevin Nadal’s revised article on #microagressions in ‘Asian American Matters: A NY Anthology,’ www.aaari.info/cunyforum #AAFConf18
CUNY FORUM 2:1 contributor Kevin Nadal speaking on microagressions at #AAFConf18
Congrats to Shahidul Alam, featured in AAARI’s Asian American Matters, on receiving the 2018 distinguished Humanitarian Award presented by The Lucie Awards. His exceptional contribution to photography and society will be a welcomed addition to an illustrious list that has included the Josephine Herrick Project, Lisa Kristine, Nancy McGirr, Sara Terry, Zana Briski, Sebastião Salgado, and Phil Borges.
Celebrate APA Heritage Month with 'Asian American Matters: A New York Anthology'
missed last Friday's talk by Tarry Hum & Sam Stein on 'Gentrification and the Future of Work in New York City's "Chinatowns"'? Video now online.
New York City's “Chinatowns” are becoming increasingly inhospitable to both long-term residents and recent immigrants from working class backgrounds. Such immense changes in the landscape and intensive re-routings of both people and money can often be traced back to a political crisis—the atta...
World Journal coverage of Friday's talk by Tarry Hum & Sam Stein on their Asian American Matters article, 'Gentrification and the Future of Work in New York City's "Chinatowns"'.
隨著華人社區人口及經濟結構變化，中國資金大量湧入，紐約市華人區也發生著翻天覆地變化。市立大學皇后學院教授譚婉雯 …
Asian American Matters contributors Tarry Hum and Sam Stein presenting on ‘Gentrification and the Future of Work in NYC’s “Chinatowns”’.
Can’t make it to this Friday’s talk by Tarry Hum & Sam Stein? Read their essay in ‘Asian American Matters,’ for purchase online at www.asianamericanmatters.com
SinoVision clip on Raymond Fong and his talk on Martial Arts and Community.
It’s more than just a workout!
"When you’re doing Kung Fu, a lot of focus is spent on perfecting smaller things. There’s focus on becoming a good person as well as understanding the history and philosophy of Kung Fu."
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missed Raymond Fong's talk on "Kung Fu Connection:
Chinese Martial Arts and Community"? Watch the video online at http://www.aaari.info/18-04-06Fong.htm
‘AA Matters’ contributor Raymond Fong presenting at AAARI on ‘Kung Fu Connection: Chinese Martial Arts and Community.’
Raymond Fong presenting on ‘Kung Fu Connection: Chinese Martial Arts and Community.’
latest CUNY-TV Asian American Life covers Joe Bataan (https://is.gd/Gu16BB), whom we featured in CUNY FORUM 4:1 (2016) by Theo Gonzalves, www.aaari.info/cunyforum/
Russell Leong, editor of ‘Asian American Matters’ at #AAAS2018 book exhibit
#AAAS2018 last day to buy ‘Asian American Matters’ at UCLA Press table. Come by and meet editor Russell Leong. 12pm book exhibit closes. Thanks!
#AAAS2018 can't wait for tomorrow's conference. AAARI will be there, including Russell Leong, editor of 'Asian American Matters.'
AAAS attendees, check out 'Asian American Matters' on 3/29 at the New Books Reception, 7:15pm-8:30pm. Editor Russell C. Leong will be there.
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