Join Silverlens Gallery for State of the Nations, the first U.S. solo exhibition of renowned Philippine artist Geraldine Javier. Currently central to her practice is “eco-printing,” a laborious, hand-based technique of monoprinting by pressing the sap and pigment of leaves, roots, flowers, and bark directly into paper or fabric, which is then overlaid with intricate embroidery. Javier’s exhibition will be on view from September 10 through October 24, 2026.

Join the NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU for a talk by Dr. Emily Hue, associate professor of Ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Hue will discuss her recent book on how diasporic Burmese artists navigate the intricate intersections of art, politics, and humanitarianism. Dr. Linda Luu, an interdisciplinary scholar of US empire, race, and therapeutic culture, will moderate the discussion.

Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a talk by Dr. Kent Jason Cheng, assistant professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts - Boston. Dr. Cheng will discuss the precedents and consequences of both giving and receiving intergenerational support among older Filipinos.

Join the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History for a panel exploring how contemporary historians, artists, and community members have worked to remember and reimagine this largely forgotten chapter of Brooklyn’s past. Panelists include Michael Menor Salgarolo, Assistant Professor of History at Bard College and founder of UNASSIMILATED Walking Tours; Claro de los Reyes, actor and filmmaker behind Sands Street, and Caroline C. Pasion, chair of the New York Public Radio’s Community Advisory Board.

This Filipino American History Month, the Office of Assemblymember Steven Raga is proud to host the first-ever Filipino American History Month Little Manila Parade & Block Party in Woodside, Queens. Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative’s table at the Block Party and Community Resource Fair in order to learn about us and other Filipino American community based organizations.

Join NYSEAN, NYU Department of Anthropology, NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a panel on archaeology in Ifugao in examining how knowledge about the past is produced and shared. Speakers include Stephen Acabado, Professor of Anthropology at UCLA, and Marlon M. Martin, Executive Director of the Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement.

Join NYSEAN for the book launch of Rightless Resistance: Postcolonial Citizenship, Palm Oil, and Land Grabs in Indonesia (Cornell University Press, 2026) by Dr. Ward Berenschot, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Amsterdam.

Join Vietnamese Boat People at Think!Chinatown Studio for their 7th Annual Story Slam, an evening of live storytelling, community, and connection. This year's Story Slam theme is about living between two languages — the mistranslations, the code-switching, the words that don't survive the crossing, and get lost or found somewhere in between.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Robert Walker, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute who works as an economist in the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre. This talk explores the geopolitical dynamics across Southeast Asia’s strategic supply chains and provides a sectoral deep dive into the following sectors: semiconductors, critical minerals, solar panels, and electric vehicles and batteries. Dr. Akhmad Bayhaqi, Senior Analyst at the APEC Policy Support Unit, will moderate the discussion.

Join Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU and the Association of Filipino Scientists in America for a night of science, food, culture, and celebration. Speakers include Dr. Christian Gloria, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health; Fatimah Mamalapat Coppin, medical student at the CUNY School of Medicine; Andrian “Adi” Gajigan, Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University; Jaimee-Ian Rodriguez, Commissioning Editor in the STEM publishing industry, and Dr. Michelle Saoi, Senior Scientist in the Proteomics and Metabolomics Core Facility at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.