Video Gallery

This page features all video coverage of Asia Society New York's recent public programs, exhibitions, and performances. For videos on a specific topic — Arts, Current Affairs, Education, or Policy — please use the menu links to the left. Please note: Clicking on a video will send you to Asia Society's global video gallery.

Arts

Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Scott Kurashige and adrienne maree brown

Dr. Scott Kurashige delivers the lecture "Representation to Revolution: What Asian American Studies Can Teach Us About Systems of Oppression" and appears in conversation with writer, scholar, and activist adrienne maree brown.

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Arts

Museum Salon 5: Cultural Heritage at the Crossroads

Three scholars of Byzantine, Islamic, non-Han Chinese, and Buddhist arts shed light on the wisdom from the Medieval period that is still visible today and explore the plurality of historical narratives.

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Policy

Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia

David Shambaugh and Daniel Russel discuss the competition between Washington and Beijing in the critical ASEAN region.

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Policy

China Has Politics Too

Following introductory remarks from Kevin Rudd, the Asia Society Policy Institute president joins Henry Paulson and Josette Sheeran for a conversation about China's political outlook in the months and years to come.

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Policy

Trade Enforcement: Looking Beyond Tariffs

Brian Pomper, Christine Bliss, and Tom Wyler discuss alternative tools the U.S. can use to enforce trade agreements in a conversation moderated by Wendy Cutler.

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Arts

Virtual Book Club: The Next American Revolution Hosted by Dr. Scott Kurashige

Writer and activist Scott Kurashige introduces and answers questions from the book club discussion on "The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century" by Grace Lee Boggs.

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Arts

Histories of the Present: Contemporary Korean Art in Context

Asia Society Triennial Artistic Director Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe explores the sociopolitical and emotional schism of North and South Korea through the lens of contemporary art with artists Mina Cheon, Kyungah Ham, and Minouk Lim.

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Arts

Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Nadine Naber and Alisa Bierria

Dr. Nadine Naber delivers the lecture "The Radical Potential of Mothering for Abolition, Anti-Militarism, and Transnational Feminist Solidarity," followed by a discussion with Dr. Alisa Bierria.

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Policy

The Prospect of a U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement

Wendy Cutler, Rupert Hammond-Chambers, and Roy Chun Lee discuss whether a deal would be in the U.S.' national interest and to what degree it might provoke China. James K.J. Lee provided opening remarks.

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Policy

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2020 Presidential Election: The Biden Administration and U.S.-Japan Relations

Wendy Cutler, Daniel Russel, and Yuichi Hosoya discuss President-elect Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election and its implications on U.S.-Japan relations.

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Policy

The Future of Democracy and Philanthropy

Andreas Dracopoulos and Kevin Rudd discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the democracies in the 21st century.

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Arts

Not Home Alone: Contemporary Art as Resistance in the Asia Society Triennial

In this curatorial lecture, cocurator and former Artistic Director of the Triennial Boon Hui Tan presents his artistic concept and guiding themes through a close reading of artworks in the inaugural Asia Society Triennial.

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Arts

Looking Like the Enemy: Race and the Legacy of the Vietnam War

A group of experts explores the reverberations of the American-Vietnam War across the two countries' cultures.

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Policy

President Biden: The Asia Inbox

A discussion on the results of the 2020 U.S. election with Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Wendy Cutler, and Vali Nasr.

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Arts

We Are All Contemporary

Two Asia Society Triennial artists working South Asian miniature and western oil painting practices discuss how historical context and cultural specificity enrich our understanding of the global contemporary.

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Arts

Home and Away: Asian Artists in America

Asia Society Triennial artists Jordan Nassar and Shahzia Sikander reflect on the current playing field of artistic representation for Asian American and Asian diasporic artists in the United States.

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Arts

Why Art? Why Now?: Artistic Practice as a Way of Thinking

This panel gathers Asia Society Triennial artists whose practice responds to questions of historical conflict and memory, cultural ignorance and difference, and the complex cultural contexts around environmental safety.

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Policy

Between War and Peace: U.S. Policy on Iran

Puneet Talwar and Andrew Parasiliti discuss the state of the U.S.-Iran relationship.

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