Past Events (2014-2019)

2019

Seminar: (Re)Invigorating Asian American Studies at CUNY Campuses (March 14, 2019) - Charlotte Brooks (Former director of Asian and Asian American Studies at Baruch College), Madhulika Khandelwal (Director of Asian/American Center at Queens College), and Vivian Louie (Former director of the Asian American Studies Program & Center at Hunter College). This panel was moderated by Diana Pan (Brooklyn).

Seminar: Undocumented Asian America (April 4, 2019) - Karen Kithan Yau (Counsel at Kakalec Law and former Director of Membership and Capacity Building at New York Immigration Coalition), Annie Wang, (Attorney at Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Wayne Ho (President & CEO of Chinese-American Planning Council), Stephanie Ji Won Park (Community organizer at AALDEF, Hunter alumna), and Tony Liu (engineer and DACA recipient). This panel was moderated by Amy Hsin (Queens & CUNY Graduate Center) and organized by Hsin & Ava Chin (College of Staten Island).

Seminar: Asian Americans and Affirmative Action in Higher Education and the Professional World (May 1, 2019) - Margaret Chin (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center), Alice Liu (Community Marketing Associate at Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, Hunter alumna), and Jin Hee Lee (Senior Deputy Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund). This panel was moderated by Vivian Louie (Hunter College).

2017-2018

Screening of The Chinese Exclusion Act, followed by Q & A with filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu in discussion moderated by Margaret Chin (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center) (March 16, 2018)

2016-2017

Seminar: Chinese and the Making of the Immigrant Metropolis: the Future of Chinatowns (October 7, 2016)

Seminar: Comparative Militarizations and Narratives of Healing (November 4, 2016)

Conference: Comparative Racialization and the Future of Asian American Studies in NYC (December 9, 2016), organized by Angela Reyes (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center), Chong-Chon Smith (Hunter) & Stanley Thangaraj (City College)

Seminar: Vivek Bald, author of Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America (March 10, 2017)

Seminar: Asian American Scientists Wrongly Accused of Spying (April 7, 2017)

2015-2016

Sense & Sense-making: A Roundtable on Im/migration & Literary Imaginations (September 25, 2015)

Asian-Latino Coalition Building for a Just City (November 6, 2015)

The State of Asian American Studies at CUNY (December 4, 2015)

Cities, Migration, Displacement, with Githa Hariharan, author of Almost Home (March 22, 2016)

Asian Americans and Affirmative Action (April 15, 2016)

Pathways to Work, Education, and Success among Asian Americans" (May 6, 2016)

2014-2015

Faculty Book Panel (October 10, 2014) - Tarry Hum, Brooklyn's Sunset Park: Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood, Kenneth Guest (Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age), Russell Leong (CUNY Forum: Asian American/Asian Studies). The panel was moderated by Peter Kwong (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center).

Major Demographic Issues Concerning Asian American Communities in New York (November 19, 2014) - Joseph Salvo, Director and Peter Lobo, Deputy Director of the Population Division at the NYC Department of City Planning.

Tales from the Field: A Panel on Research Methods, Research Approaches in the Community, and Most of All the Joys of Discovery (December 15, 2014) - John Chin (Hunter), Margaret Chin (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center), Peter Kwong (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center), and Zai Liang (SUNY Albany, Sociology). The panel was moderated by Tarry Hum (Queens & CUNY Graduate Center).

Current Challenges to Ethnic Media in New York (March 11, 2015) - Angelo Falcon (Editor, Latino Policy eNewsletter and President, National Institute of Latino Policy) and Joe Wei (Managing and National Desk Editor, World Journal). The panel was moderated by Peter Kwong (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center).

The Politics of Gentrification: Investment, Displacement and the Fight for the Future in Chinatown and Greenpoint (March 31, 2015) - Peter Kwong (Hunter), Ida Susser (CUNY Graduate Center), Margaret Chin (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center), Kenneth Guest (Baruch), Filip Stabrowski (LaGuardia Community College & CUNY Graduate Center), and Samuel Stein (Hunter).

Ceilings of Success: Asian Americans in Elite Professions (April 15, 2015) - Diana Pan (Brooklyn) and Helen Wan (Author of The Partner Track). This panel was moderated by Margaret Chin (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center).

The Politics of Urban Economic Development: Immigrant Growth Coalition, Banks, and Transnational Capital (April 29, 2015) - Tamara Nopper (U Penn), Angie Chung (SUNY Albany), Norman Oder (journalist), and Tarry Hum (Queens & CUNY Graduate Center). This panel was moderated by Peter Kwong (Hunter & CUNY Graduate Center).

Forging Academic-Community Partnerships to Support Advocacy, Policy Change, and Social Justice for Immigrant Communities (May 6, 2015) - Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán (Baruch College & CUNY Graduate Center), Nadia Islam (Director, NYU Prevention Research Center), Rucha Kavathe (Project Manager, United Sikhs) and Howard Shih (Research and Policy Director, Asian American Federation). This panel was moderated by John Chin (Hunter).

We also co-sponsored:

The Political Activism of Sikhs in Canada and the United States (February 4, 2015), featuring Prema Kurien, CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor and Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University. The discussant for the event was Kenneth Guest (Baruch).

Chinese Immigration and Poetry at Angel Island and Ellis Island (March 6, 2015), featuring Judy Yung.

MothSutra: For Bicycle Delivery Men, NYC: A Reading, Graphic Poem, and Visual Book by Russell C. Leong (May 1, 2015).