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The Asia Society is America’s leading institution dedicated to fostering an understanding of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific. A nonprofit, nonpartisan educational institution, the Asia Society presents a wide range of programs including major art exhibitions, performances, international corporate conferences and contemporary affairs programs. The Asia Society is headquartered in New York City, with regional centers in Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and Washington, D.C., and representative offices in Seattle and Shanghai.
The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd to foster understanding between Asians and Americans. Asia House, on East 64th Street in New York City, was the first home of the nonprofit, nonpolitical educational institution. In 1981, the Asia Society moved to its current headquarters at 725 Park Avenue, a red granite building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes to house the Society’s galleries, auditorium, bookstore, gift shop and offices.
Since the founding of the Asia Society, its programming has encompassed the public affairs, arts and cultures of all of the diverse countries of Asia, and, in response to changing demographics in the U.S., has expanded to include programs relating to Asian American issues. Unlike organizations that limit their activities to a particular country or area, the Asia Society looks at all of Asia, without excluding any country, area or issue from its mandate. This pan-Asian approach makes sense at a time when many Asia/Pacific nations are forging stronger economic and political links with their neighbors, and many pressing issues, from trade to security to the environment, cut across national boundaries.
Former U. S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher described the Asia Society as “America’s preeminent organization linking Asians and Americans.”
Additional Asia Society materials: Working Papers | Books
Conference Papers
Title: Speeches and Transcripts: 2002
Date: January–June 2002Title: Speeches and Transcripts: 1999
Date: January–December 1999Title: The Asian Economic Crisis: Policy Choices, Social Consequences and the Philippine Case
Date: February 1999Title: Asia’s Choice: Open Markets or Government Control?
Date: February 1999Title: Speeches and Transcripts: 1998
Date: January–December 1998Title: South Asia After the Tests: Where Do We Go From Here?
Date: July 1998Title: Hong Kong One Year After Transition: Business Opportunities and Policy Challenges
Date: June 1998Title: Speeches and Transcripts: 1997
Date: January–December 1997Title: Bridges with Asia: Asian Americans in the United States
Date: May 1996