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Research and Scholarship


The AAAI produces scholarly exhibitions and publications, as well as public programs that bring together a wide range of artists, activists, and scholars. The AAAI collaborates with partners across the University, including the Vice Presidency for the Arts, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford Libraries and Special Collections and the Departments of Art and Art History, History, English, Asian American Studies, American Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Theatre and Performance Studies and others.

Stanford Libraries

Stanford University Libraries holds an ever-growing number of special collections materials related to the Asian American Art Initiative. The AAAI works closely with Lindsay King, Head Librarian, Bowes Art & Architecture Library, and Anna Lee, Photography Curator, Department of Special Collections.