Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU

We are delighted to announce that Sean Connelly is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the A/P/A Institute. Connelly is an artist based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. They work across disciplines and support Native liberation in Hawai‘i and beyond. bit.ly/connelly2025

We are now accepting applications to the Visiting Scholar & Visiting Academic Programs for the 2025-26 academic year. Join our community of scholars as you conduct research in the field of A/P/A studies. Applications are due June 15 at 5:00 p.m. E.T. bit.ly/3EAP6xU

"From Hawai'i to Palestine" explores how global struggles against colonialism are interconnected. Featuring 2025 Artist-in-Residence Sean Connelly, Nadine Fattaleh, Prof. @nsdoud, and Hawai'i State Poet Laureate and Prof. Brandy Nālani MacDougall. Join us: bit.ly/hawaiitopalest…

"We are no different than Native people everywhere around the world standing for their mountaintops, for their waters, for their land bases, their oceans and their life ways." Join us for a screening of "Standing Above the Clouds" on April 9: bit.ly/3COcU0o

Thank you to all who participated in “The Security of Identity Politics” symposium organized by the A/P/A Graduate Student Working Group. Grad students from across the country presented timely & intriguing research that critiques & expands notions of A/P/A identity.

Alternatively, “Asian/Pacific/American” is an illustrative example of how identity can both gather marginalized peoples and generate forms of solidarity, knowledge, and activism across different geographies and cultures beyond the pursuit of belonging and security.

Concepts such as the model minority, affirmative action, and intersectionality have thus often been instrumentalized in the pursuit of defending and securitizing the existing political order against political challenges from both left and right.

Featuring over twenty graduate students from around the country and a keynote by Professor Jodi Melamed (Marquette University), "The Security of Identity Politics" will be held at 20 Cooper Square, third floor, on March 6 -7. Register at this link: bit.ly/2025gradsympos…

We look forward to hosting Connelly’s exhibition, "Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future," which will open on October 30, 2025 at 20 Cooper Square, first floor gallery. Detailes to be announced. Photograph of the artist by Sancia Miala Shiba Nash.

Highlighting connections between decolonial struggles in Hawai‘i and Palestine, Connelly will be in conversation with Nadine Fattaleh, Fall 2024 Student Artist-in-Residence and Nour Joudah @nsdoud, assistant professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA. bit.ly/hawaiitopalest…

We are delighted to announce that Sean Connelly is the 2025 Artist-in-Residence at the A/P/A Institute. Connelly is an artist based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. They work across disciplines and support Native liberation in Hawai‘i and beyond. bit.ly/connelly2025

We will continue to share resources in the coming months. This is just a start.

For those at colleges and universities, the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration strives to increase public understanding of how immigration policies and practices impact students, campuses, and communities. Recommended by @NYU_IDI: presidentsalliance.org

Last Friday, we hosted, with @cracscolab, a Know Your Rights teach-in to help our communities navigate the current political climate. Regardless of your immigration status, you have rights and deserve protection. This is a list of resources shared by our brilliant panelists🧵: