Academic Resources

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

Japan Studies at NCSU

Triangle East Asian Consortium

Triangle Japan

North Carolina Consortium of South Asian Studies

UNC Carolina Asia Center

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 Oriental Society

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

ASIA Network

Asia Society Policy Institute

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 research on Tibet

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

Early Medieval China Group

European Association for Middle Eastern Studies

European Society for Central Asian Studies

Harvard-Yenching Institute

H-AMCA

H-Asia

H-Gender-MidEast

H-Mideast-Medieval

H-Japan

N-Northeast Asia

H-PRC

H-Southeast Asia

H-US-Japan

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

Japan Art History Forum

The Japan foundation

Japan Studies Association

Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology

Japanese Company Histories Interest Group

Japan Political Studies Group

Kinema Club

Korean Studies Association of Australasia

The Korea Foundation

The Korea Society

Maharashtra Studies Group

Manchu Studies Group

Middle East Studies Association

The Mongolia Society

National Association of Japan-America Societies

National Research Foundation of Korea

Ottoman & Turkish Association

The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

PSA South Asia

Royal Asiatic Society

Royal Asiatic Society Korea

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 Hong Kong Studies

Society for Ming Studies

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

Theravada Studies Group

UCLA Asian American Studies Center

 

Mailing Lists:

British Association for Korean Studies

Digital Humanities Japan

Early Modern Japan Network

East Asian Anthropology

European Association for Japanese Studies

Japan Art History Forum

Korean Studies Online Discussion List

Post-1945 Japanese Art Discussion Group

Premodern Japanese Studies

LIS Middle East List

Middle East Studies Association List

Social Science Japan Forum

 

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

AAS Conference Japan

AAS Conference Pacific Coast

AAS Conference Mid-Atlantic

AAS Conference Midwest

AAS Conference New England

AAS Conference New York

AAS Conference Southeast

AAS Conference Southwest

AAS Conference West

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