Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

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Through faculty research and community engagement, APSI supports efforts to raise the profile of Asian American & Diaspora Studies at Duke and in the Triangle.

Drawing on alternatives to traditional "sea defense" proposed by survivors of the 2011 tsunami in Japan, Prof. Andrew Littlejohn asked how we might "ecologize safety" by adapting mitigation strategies that exist in nature and reshaping the relationships between coastal communities and their surrounding environment.

Celebrating the successful first two weeks of the fall 2022 semester, APSI hosted a gathering of graduate students on Saturday, September 10.