WHO WE BE
In Who We Be: The Colorization of America (forthcoming Fall 2013), Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Stanford) carefully analyzes the gaps between what we see and what we think. He asks us to...
View ArticleCelebrating the NYTWA
A 17,000-member strong union, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance builds power for one of the most visible, yet vulnerable, immigrant workforces in New York City. Through the A/P/A Institute’s...
View ArticleLocal/Express: Asian American Arts and Community in 90s NYC
Presented by the Center for Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University, with the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU “Everywhere you turned,...
View ArticleAt the Intersections of Empire: Art, Activism & State Violence
A panel discussion featuring artists and scholars engaging with the community against militarism, the criminalization of undocumented queer activism, and the effects of US nuclear testing, using art as...
View ArticleJeju Island Now: The Long Struggle for Peace
Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, Nodutdol, NYU Department of History, and NYU Department of East Asian Studies. Since 2007, the people of Gangjeong on Jeju Island and their...
View ArticleNYC Day of Remembrance 2015
A Tribute to Yuri Kochiyama & the Leaders of the Redress Movement in New York The NY Day of Remembrance Committee invites you to a Tribute to Yuri Kochiyama & the leaders of the redress...
View ArticleA/P/A Institute Scholar Slam
Each year, the A/P/A Institute at NYU sponsors scholars, students, and artists to further research projects using the libraries and archives at NYU. This semester, the Institute hosts its first...
View ArticleAPPLY: A/P/A BRIDGE Student Leadership Program
Applications are now being accepted for A/P/A BRIDGE 2015-2016! The submission deadline is Friday, September 11, 2015 at 5PM. All NYU students interested in issues affecting Asian/Pacific American...
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Siting Honolulu: Land Use and Art Practice
An Artist Panel Discussion featuring Gaye Chan, Sean Connelly (via Skype), and SheenRu Yong. Moderated by Gary Liu. Each of the artists Gaye Chan, Sean Connelly, and SheenRu Yong asks of us to rethink...
View ArticleTo the Streets
This event, originally scheduled for November 3, has been postponed to Friday, November 13. It will take place at the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 804/805. What strategies are current...
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Art, Archives and Activism: Martin Wong’s Downtown Crossings (Mar 06, 2009 –...
March 06, 2009 – December 18, 2009 View full exhibition site The Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University is proud to present the exhibition Art, Archives, and Activism: Martin Wong’s...
View ArticleCelebrating the Life of Yuri Kochiyama
On September 27, 2015, the First Corinthian Baptist Church hosted a memorial service, organized by the Kochiyma family, to celebrate the life of activist Yuri Kochiyama (May 19, 1921-June 1, 2014)....
View ArticleThe Umbrella Revolution on Film
Presented by THE COLLOQUIUM FOR UNPOPULAR CULTURE. Cosponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and NYU Department of East Asian Studies. FILMS (all with English subtitles): DRONE...
View ArticleTo the Streets
What strategies are current movements using to end violence, reclaim space and resources, and call for justice, and how do they intersect? On November 13, 2015, Thenmozhi Soundararajan presented on...
View ArticleA/P/A Institute Scholar Slam
Each year, the A/P/A Institute at NYU sponsors scholars and artists to further research projects using the libraries and archives at NYU. On December 10, 2015, the Institute hosts its second Scholar...
View ArticleIn And Of The Movement: Student Visions of Justice, Then & Now
From 1970s Black radicalism to post-9/11 anti-war efforts, student activism at NYU has long been tied to social justice movements in the city, the country, and on other campuses. Students at NYU have...
View ArticleORGANIZING / FILMMAKING / ARCHIVING: FILMS FROM THE THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL...
Presented by Third World Newsreel and NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP). Generous support provided by the NYU Department of Cinema Studies, the Tisch School of the Arts and...
View ArticleUnsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the NYC Hyperghetto
In the years during and following the Cambodian genocide, hundreds of thousands of Cambodian refugees were resettled in the US. In the 1980s and 1990s, ten thousand of these refugees arrived in the...
View ArticleKANIKAPILA & KŪʻĒ: Songs of Sovereignty & Aloha Aina
Presented by ʻAha Aloha Aina and the Department of Social & Cultural Analysis. Cosponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. All are invited to participate in a kanikapila (impromptu...
View ArticleWe Are Power: Muslim Student Organizing Conference
Hosted by NYU Muslim Student Groups. Cosponsored by the A/P/A Institute at NYU, CAS Upstanders, and Islamic Center at NYU. The Muslim student groups at New York University cordially invite all Muslim...
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