Library Collections
Duke University East Asian Collection
UNC Libraries Guide and resources on EAST Asian Studies
UNC Libraries Guide and resources on SOUTHEAST Asian Studies
Duke and UNC have a long-standing agreement to share resources for scholars of Asia, and have divided responsibility for building research collections between the two campuses. Duke has focused on Japan, Korea, and South Asia, while UNC has collected extensively on China and Southeast Asia. More recently, Duke has expanded its Chinese collections, focusing on popular culture and the contemporary social sciences. The two libraries purchase materials available to patrons on both campuses, share a catalog, and provide mutual borrowing privileges and rapid delivery for materials.
Obtain expert help from Duke librarians on China, Japan, and Korea. Students just starting out in East Asian Studies are also encouraged to check out the East Asian Info. Literacy video resources available on YouTube. This resource was developed in part by Duke's Japanese Studies and Asian American Studies Librarian Matthew Hayes.
Connect with UNC-Chapel Hill’s East Asian Studies Librarian
Guide for Scholarly Engagement in Asian Studies
An important part of academic life is engaging your scholarly community. What is “scholarly engagement”? This means growing your scholarly network by engaging in academic events and becoming involved in conversations that extend beyond your immediate sub-field in order to better contextualize your research.
This guide provides resources for scholarly engagement in various sub-fields of Asian Studies. Primarily intended for new and incoming graduate students, this guide offers direct links to local, national, and international organizations and networks related to the study of Asia, mailing lists for major regions, yearly conferences, and workshops.
If you would like to add to this list, or if contact information has changed for any of the links below, please contact: Matthew Hayes, matt.hayes@duke.edu. A downloadable PDF version of the list is available here.
NOTES:
- This list does not include academic university departments.
- Some items below appear in languages other than English.
Local Academic Organizations and Networks:
Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies
Duke Middle East Studies Center
Triangle East Asian Consortium
North Carolina Consortium of South Asian Studies
UNC Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
National and International Organizations and Networks:
American Center for Mongolian Studies
American Council for South Asian Art
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies
American Institute of Indian Studies
American Institute of Pakistan Studies
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies
American Schools of Oriental Research
Asian American Studies Research Collective
Association for Asian American Studies
Association of Chinese Political Studies
Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research
Association for Central Asian Civilizations and Silk Road Studies
Association for the Study of Persianate Societies
Association for Japanese Literary Studies
Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies
British Association for Chinese Studies
British Association for Japanese Studies
British Association for Korean Studies
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Center for Northeast Asian Studies
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Chinese Historians in the United States
China Christianity Studies Group
China Tibetology Research Center
Chinese Language Teachers Association
Chinese Oral and Performing Literature Group
European Association for Middle Eastern Studies
European Society for Central Asian Studies
Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
International Dunhuang Project
International Institute for Central Asian Studies
International Society for Chinese Law and History
International Council on Korean Studies
International Association for Contemporary Korea Studies
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Japanese Company Histories Interest Group
Korean Studies Association of Australasia
Middle East Studies Association
National Association of Japan-America Societies
National Research Foundation of Korea
The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs
Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Saint Petersburg Institute of Oriental Manuscripts
The Sejong Society of Washington D.C.
Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Society for East Asian Archeology
Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties
Society for the Study of Early China
Society for the Study of Chinese Religions
Society for the Study of Japanese Religions
South Asia Summer Language Institute
South Asian Muslim Studies Association
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
Southeast Early China Roundtable
Pacific Islander Community Alliance
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Mailing Lists:
British Association for Korean Studies
European Association for Japanese Studies
Korean Studies Online Discussion List
Post-1945 Japanese Art Discussion Group
Middle East Studies Association List
Major Conferences (NOTE: most conferences below are annual, though some biennial or triennial):
Anthropology of Japan in Japan Conference
Association for Asian American Studies Conference
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference
Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities
Association for Asian Performance Conference
European Association for Japanese Studies Conference
International Conference on the History of Medicine in East Asia
International Convention of Asia Scholars Conference
Joint East Asian Studies Conference
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Conference
Graduate Conferences:
CU Boulder Asian Studies Graduate Association Conference
East-West Center International Graduate Studies Conference
Harvard East Asia Society Conference
UPenn East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Conference
Columbia Graduate Conference on East Asia
Workshops:
Critical Asian Humanities Workshop (Duke)
Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop
