Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With research grounded in Confucian ethics, Bella Pei Wang challenges the industry claim that AI companions offer a remedy for loneliness. 📅 Tues., October 6 🕛 12 noon 📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249) 🔗 asianpacific.duke.edu/events/best-... All APSI Speaker Series talks are free and open to the public. 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Anthropologist and mortician, Ruth E. Toulson, takes you behind the scenes in a Singaporean funeral parlor: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/gift-c... 📅 Tuesday, September 29 🕟 3:00 PM 📍 Carpenter Conference Room (249), Rubenstein Library This talk is free and open to the public. 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Thursday, 9/17 || 7PM: FHI + Duke Library Faculty Bookwatch features an expert panel on “From Gas Masks to Graphic Design: Reading the Recent Work of Gennifer Weisenfeld”—https://asianpacific.duke.edu/event/gas-masks-graphic-design-reading-recent-work-gennifer-weisenfeld-09-17-2026/ 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A different history of Tibet, revealed through music and ritual. Through a newly discovered manuscript, musicologist Chenhui Sun reveals a complex picture of religion and culture. 🗓 September 14 🕒 3PM 🏨 Carpenter Conference Room (249), Rubenstein Library asianpacific.duke.edu/event/cathol... 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Learn about state-social clashes and cooperation regarding urban shade in a Vietnamese city: Anthropologist Erik Harms (Yale University) will discuss “A Poetic Politics of Shade in Saigon” 🗓 September 10 (Thursday) 🕒 3PM 🏨 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library Free and open to the public 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026📣 Our FA26 speaker series launches w/ Professor Yuichiro Onishi: 📅 Thursday, September 3 🕟 4:30 PM 📍 Carpenter Conference Room (249), Rubenstein Library 🔗 asianpacific.duke.edu/event/afro-a... Free; open to the public Co-sponsored by the Department of African & African-American Studies 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026ICYMI: Our interview w/ Karina Lu (Trinity ’26), winner of the 2026 Troost Prize for an undergraduate project in East Asian Studies, is on our website: asianpacific.duke.edu/blog-post/em.... We wanted to learn about her approach to writing about a challenging topic from a human-centered perspective. 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🔜 2/26, 7PM (E. US) // 2/27, 9AM (Japan): Dr. Felicity Stone-Richards (University of Michigan) talks w/ Maurice Shelton, an entrepreneur who has been living in Japan for 11 years. Moderated by Professor Kimberly Hassel @kimberly-hassel.bsky.social (Duke). 🔗 asianpacific.duke.edu/event/fight-... 020
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Happy Lunar New Year from APSI! May the fire horse bring positive energy, resilience, and light to illuminate your thinking and the world. 新年快乐 ⋆ 새해 복 많이 받으세요 ⋆ 新年おめでとう ⋆ Chúc Mừng Năm Mới ⋆ สวัสดีปีใหม่ ⋆ Manigong Bagong Taon ⋆ Selamat Tahun Baru ⋆ နစ်သစ်မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ ⋆ шинэ жилийн мэнд хүргэе 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 12/11/2025A special screening of the 2025 documentary, “Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health” will be followed by an expert panel discussion. 📆 November 18. 2025 🕖 7:00 PM 🏫 Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome. duke.is/2/ss2m 000
Reposted by Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke UniversityDr. Kimberly Hassel @kimberly-hassel.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I’m on the ballot for the Diversity and Equity Committee! As an Afro-Latina scholar in Asian Studies, advocacy for scholars of underrepresented identities has been central to my service. If elected, I will work with AAS in aiding these scholars to thrive—not just survive—in the field. 1104
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 06/10/2025🥮 🎑 中秋节快乐! ~ 中秋節快樂! ~ 추석 잘 보내세요! ~ お月見おめでとうございます! ~ Chúc mừng Trung Thu vui vẻ! ~ រីករាយពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូក! In 2025, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes place October 5–8. We hope you enjoy a wonderful holiday with lots of amazing food and great views of the supermoon! 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Sept. 25—APSI's Fall 2025 Speaker Series continues with Brendan Galipeau: “Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La.” 🕒 3:00PM 📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library ℹ️ asianpacific.duke.edu/event/crafting-tibetan-terroir-winemaking-shangri-la-09-25-2025/asianpacific.duke.eduCrafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La | Asian/Pacific Studies InstituteThis talk discusses a recently published book about how wine has transformed Tibetan land and lives. Set in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed "Shangri-La" by the Chi 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 11/09/2025📅 Our FA25 Speaker Series launches 9/18 with Alexandra Kaloyanides: “Natural Resources and Burmese Religions.” Bring your questions to this free, public talk! 🕒 3:00PM 📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library ℹ️ asianpacific.duke.edu/event/natural-resources-and-burmese-religions-09-18-2025/asianpacific.duke.eduNatural Resources and Burmese Religions | Asian/Pacific Studies InstituteAlexandra Kaloyanides explores how Myanmar’s natural resources have shaped its religious life, and how its religious life has shaped the Southeast Asian country’s extract 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 04/06/2025📣 June 5 (9AM PDT), @chowleen.bsky.social will be part of a discussion organized by the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies: “Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.” 🔵 www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...international.ucla.eduChinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.Webinar 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 07/05/2025We're looking forward to your keynote talk (and to the presentation by our own Lilia Yan!) 🎉 011
Reposted by Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke UniversityAssociation for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 28/04/2025Hear ye, hear ye! The nomination period for our AAS 2026 Book Prizes is NOW OPEN! Publishers, you have until June 30 to submit nominations—authors of eligible books, talk to your publisher about being nominated! bit.ly/AASBookPrizes 032
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This Friday, we wrap our spring Speaker Series with Professor Inkyu Kang (Penn State Behrend) who will unpack the technological paradox behind Japan's analog affinity and South Korea's digital shift. Join the conversation: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/unpack... 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Today, 3PM: Prof. Giorgio Biancorosso examines the combinatorial practice at the heart of Wong Kar-wai’s cinema to retheorize musical borrowing, appropriation, and repurposing in Hong Kong cinema and beyond. 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Award-winning journalist Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social will be at Duke discussing her career as an acclaimed reporter and writer + her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom” 📅 March 20 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Ruby Lounge Free and open to the public @chowleen.bsky.social 183
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025📽 Tonight's screening of “In the Mood for Love” includes an intro and Q&A with Professor Giorgio Biancorosso. 🎞 For fans of bonus features, we are sharing this “extra scene” online (because Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are indeed extra in all the best ways): youtu.be/szvRRy8Lkz4 You're welcome. 🍿youtu.beIn the Mood for DancingYouTube video by CRITERION 030
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Friday, 2/14: APSI welcomes Prof Lijing Jiang to compare and contrast the development of shrimp aquaculture in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/niche-tanks-and-coastal-sprawl-species-technology-and-economics-shrimp-aquaculture-japan/ @dukeenvironment.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke UniversityAsia Society New York @newyork.asiasociety.org · 04/02/2025Are you a journalist reporting on #Asia? Apply for the 2025 Osborn Elliott Prize! @asiasociety.org is seeking applications from a reporter or team of reporters with the best example of journalism about Asia from 2024. Submissions close March 17 for the $10K prize. asiasociety.org/asia-society...asiasociety.orgAsia Society seeks applications for 2025 Osborn Elliott Journalism PrizeThe $10,000 cash award will recognize the best piece of journalism on Asia published during calendar year 2024. 032
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 29/01/2025For those at/around Duke, we look forward to welcoming Prof. Emily Wilcox this Friday (Jan. 31) as she re-examines how the 1957 visit of dancers from Latin America to the PRC should inform our understanding of #dance history. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/rethin... 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 28/01/2025🏮 May the year of the wood snake bring you peace, success, creativity, intuition, and wisdom 🏮 Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! From APSI~~ 新年快乐 ⋆ 새해 복 많이 받으세요 ⋆ 新年おめでとう ⋆ Chúc Mừng Năm Mới ⋆ สวัสดีปีใหม่ ⋆ Manigong Bagong Taon ⋆ Selamat Tahun Baru ⋆ နစ်သစ်မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ ⋆ шинэ жилийн мэнд хүргэе 061
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 27/01/2025It was great to hear our APSI DGS, the ever-amazing Professor Eileen Chow, on ep. 270 of “They Call Us Bruce.” Be sure to catch the full episode for a considered discussion of the role “United States v. Wong Kim Ark” played amid the complicated history of U.S. citizenship. @chowleen.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke UniversityNCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025This month we are pleased to feature an #NCCSpecialist spotlight on @matthew-hayes.bsky.social (Duke Libraries), sharing his journey from the study of early modern Buddhism to to supporting the broader Duke community with research skills & archival expertise! 📿📖 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new... 141
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 16/01/2025We're hiring! APSI seeks a postdoctoral scholar with training in a humanities or social science discipline whose research concerns environmental and climate studies in Asia. Apply @ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29581 The one-year position begins FA25. 163
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Welcome to 2025! Looking ahead to the spring term, be sure to check out some of the amazing Asia-focused courses happening at Duke. We put together highlights of a few new+returning ones: asianpacific.duke.edu/blog-post/ex... A full list is at: asianpacific.duke.edu/academics/co... 000
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 21/06/2024🎉 Congratulations to Professor Leo Ching on being named the Schiff Family Dean of Humanities and the Arts for the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. His term begins July 1. Read the full article in the Duke Chronicle: www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024...dukechronicle.comLeo Ching named new dean of humanities and the arts for Trinity CollegeChing, a longtime professor in the AMES department, will succeed Professor of Classical Studies William Johnson as the new Schiff Family Dean of Humanities and the Arts July 1. 010
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University @apsi-duke.bsky.social · 21/06/2024New channel, who dis? (Just kidding.) Bluesky no longer requires an invitation to join (spring semester was busy; we just got the memo) so we're expanding our social media portfolio. Asia has a wealth of case studies for contingency planning amid possible dynastic shifts... 050