Duke University Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

In mid-August 2021, a group of talented and enthusiastic scholars arrived in Durham for the first time, eager to begin in-person classes at Duke. Though this cohort includes newly-matriculated students as well as those beginning the second year...

In the fall of 2020, the East Asian Studies MA program’s core course, East Asian Studies: Fields and Methods, invited Duke faculty members who center their academic work on Asia to respond to the broad question “What is East Asian Studies?”...

On May 6 th the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) celebrated a cohort of five graduating students from the Master of Arts program in East Asian Studies. This marked the second year in a row the graduation ceremony was held virtually due to...

In May 2021, three Duke undergrads, Ansley Arnow (Trinity '21), Aaron Zhao (Trinity '22), and Albert Sun (Trinity '23), were named as recipients of the first Kristina Troost Prize for an Undergraduate Project in East Asian Studies.