Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

On May 10, APSI hosted an informal gathering of students and faculty to celebrate the end of the academic year, highlighting the achievements of our newest alumni and wishing them well as they plan for their next steps.

Each year, APSI coordinates several funding opportunities to support collaborative and individual research by Duke students. Two of these are merit-based awards honoring Duke alumni.

Duke faculty and students have phenomenal talents, and APSI is pleased to congratulate two individuals, Professor Richard Jaffe (Religious Studies) and Trinity junior Huiyin Zhou, who are being recognized for their achievements as well as a group of students who will receive the 2022-2023 “Multicultural Collaboration of the Year Award” for organizing a substantial teach-in event, “Solidarity with Ürümchi: Voices in Our Community.”

In this Sci-Tech Asia webinar, Ralph Litzinger and Fan Yang discuss how the pandemic moment has prompted us to further develop the concept of “eco-media events,” defined as spectacular and ephemeral moments in which the material processes of digital production link the old forms of resource extraction with our new lives of electronic gadgetry and media tool dependency. They suggest that viewing the pandemic as an eco-media event offers a glimpse into new ways of imagining the relationship between media and citizenship.