Our Work
Our programs, exhibitions, and collections highlight and make accessible A/P/A cultural and intellectual production.
Events
Engage with thought-provoking talks, discussions, performances, and gatherings.
Exhibitions
Experience powerful stories and gain new perspectives through the visions of emerging and established artists.
Collections
Explore extensive archives documenting the rich histories of Asian/Pacific/American communities.
Initiatives
Our projects highlight innovative collaborations, scholarly research, and creative endeavors that center Asian/Pacific/American narratives and address critical issues impacting our communities.
Asian/Pacific/American Documentary Heritage Archives Survey
The first systematic attempt to map existing and potential Asian/Pacific/American archival collections in the New York metropolitan area.
The Asian/Pacific/American Documentary Heritage Archives Survey seeks to address the underrepresentation of East Coast Asian America in historic scholarship and archives by surveying the collections of community-based organizations and individuals. The project serves as a central resource for learning about and accessing these collections, which have been surveyed by A/P/A Institute’s Graduate Scholars in A/P/A Archives. This project is a collaboration between the A/P/A Institute and Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. It was generously funded from 2008-11 by the Metropolitan New York Library Council.
C.V. Starr Fund for A/P/A Research
The C.V. Starr Fund for Asian/Pacific/American Research awards grants to NYU students, NYU adjunct faculty members, and A/P/A Institute visiting scholars and research affiliates working on research and/or community projects.
The goal of this fund is to promote a convergence of theory and practice in Asian/Pacific/American studies and its related fields by providing financial support for research expenses and conference participation.
The C.V. Starr Fund for Asian/Pacific/American Research is administered by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, which provides a platform for scholarship, art, activism, and cultural and political exchanges about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in New York City and beyond.
Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship
This fellowship supports the production of original, archives-based scholarship on Ming Fay (1943–2025), whose multidisciplinary practice bridged sculpture, drawing, installation, ecology, and transnational cultural histories.
Jack G. Shaheen Research Grants
The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU sponsor grants for scholars to engage with the Jack G. Shaheen Collection.
These grants are meant to facilitate travel to and accommodation in New York City over a short period of time for scholars conducting archival research in the Jack G. Shaheen Collection on Arabs in US Film and Television held at the NYU Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives and Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.
Learn more about our collections and exhibitions with A/P/A Institute publications.
“The A/P/A Institute quickly became my intellectual home. Through my affiliation as a Visiting Scholar, I found comrades, political grounding, and a direction for my research and writing.”
