Every semester, Duke offers a variety of courses focused on East Asia in multiple academic disciplines. These courses can be used to meet minor, major, certificate, and degree requirements for programs such as the MA in East Asian Studies.
Note: Graduate students must take courses at the 500-level or higher; undergraduate courses cannot be applied to the credits needed for a graduate degree.
Course descriptions and schedules for current and prospective students are available via DukeHub.
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East Asian Studies course-related policies and forms
If a desired course is not listed below as an East Asia course, students can petition the DGS to count the course toward the MA in East Asian Studies degree requirements or East Asian Studies graduate certificate if at least 1/3 of the graded work (e.g.: exams, weekly writing assignments, major papers) is on East Asia.
Students must fill out the Request to Take Unlisted East Asian Courses Form and submit it to the DGSA before 5:00 p.m. two business days before the last day of the drop/add period.
Students seeking to conduct an East Asian Studies Independent Study (EAS 791) should obtain instructor and DGS approval before submitting the Application for Research Independent Study in East Asian Studies.
Students pursuing an MA in East Asian Studies are given the option to either write an MA thesis or revise and submit two research papers originally developed during coursework to satisfy milestone requirements for the degree.
Students must declare their milestone option by September 30th of the second year.
Up to two graduate-level language courses can be applied to the degree requirements for the Master of Arts in East Asian Studies.
Graduate students in the CAMEH or EAS programs who would like to study language through AMES and have graduate level credits count toward their degree must review the policy outlined on the AMES DUS website.
Students enrolled in any of Duke’s graduate degree programs are encouraged to document their area specialization by earning a Graduate Certificate in East Asian Studies.
Graduate students in any program wanting to enroll in an undergraduate-level course must meet with the DGS and gain approval.
Students must fill out the Permission to Enroll in a Course Below the 500 Level Form and submit it to the Graduate School before 5:00 p.m. two business days before the last day of the drop/add period.
Duke students are also eligible to enroll in classes at the University of North Carolina.
Details on receiving credit via inter-institutional registration can be found on the Registrar's website.
East Asian Studies Courses, FALL 2026
Note: this list of Fall 2026 courses is a working draft, subject to change. Please verify all listings, including instructors as well as course meeting dates and times, in DukeHub.
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMES 107 | Introduction to East Asian Cultures: Narrating East Asia through Word and Image | Guo-Juin Hong | ICS 144 |
| AMES 120CN | Asian Foodways in Migration | Eileen Chow | AADS 120CN, ICS 127CN |
| AMES 254S | Unsettling Modernity: Korea, Empire, Diaspora | Sung Eun Kim | AADS 254S, HIST 252S, LIT 254S |
| AMES 339 | Militarism Across Asia/Pacific/America | Sung Eun Kim | AADS 339, GSF 339, HISTORY 339, ICS 387 |
| AMES 408S* | The Geopolitics of Islamophobia from Bosnia to Xinjiang | Erdag Goknar | HIST 416S, ICS 421S, PUBPOL 413S |
| AMES 420S* | Critical Digital Studies | Kimberly Hassel | CMAC 420S, CULANTH 420S, ICS 439S, ISS 420S |
| AMES 439 | Queer China | Carlos Rojas | CULANTH 439, GSF 439, LIT 439, VMS 439 |
| AMES 503S-02* | Critical Digital Studies | Kimberly Hassel | N/A |
| AMES 551S* | Translation: Theory/Praxis | Eileen Chow | LIT 551S |
| AMES 747S | The Memory Project Archives: Theory and Practice | Guo-Juin Hong | MFAEDA 747S |
| AMES 790S | Special Topics in Critical Asian Humanities Methodologies | Carlos Rojas | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHIST 432S | From the Art of the Pleasure Quarters to Tokyo Pop | Gennifer Weisenfeld | AMES 452S, VMS 432S |
| ARTHIST 723S* | Grant Writing and Prospectus | Gennifer Weisenfeld | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINESE 99 | Survival Chinese: Navigating Daily Conversations | Jiali Guo | N/A |
| CHINESE 101 | First-Year Chinese I | Tianshu He | N/A |
| CHINESE 102 | First-Year Chinese II | Shasha Yang | N/A |
| CHINESE 105 | First-Year Chinese in Review I | Chi-Ju Hsieh | N/A |
| CHINESE 131 | First-Year Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Ya-Chuan Chou | N/A |
| CHINESE 203 | Intermediate Chinese I | Jiali Guo/Shu Zhang | N/A |
| CHINESE 204 | Intermediate Chinese II | Ya-Chuan Chou | N/A |
| CHINESE 232 | Intermediate Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Jin-Wei Hung | N/A |
| CHINESE 305 | Pre-advanced Chinese | Shu Zhang | N/A |
| CHINESE 306 | Advanced Chinese II | Shasha Yang | N/A |
| CHINESE 331 | Modern Chinese Society and Culture through New Media | Tianshu He | N/A |
| CHINESE 333 | Advanced Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Chi-Ju Hsieh | N/A |
| CHINESE 407S | Issues in Chinese Language and Society I | Jin-Wei Hung | N/A |
| CHINESE 455 | Modern Chinese Culture: Narratives of Home and Abroad | Kang Liu | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULATNH 744S* | Mobility | Engseng Ho | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANCE 165CCS* | Let's Move! Dance as Knowing | Jingqiu Guan | N/A |
| DANCE 307S* | Dance Film: Documentary Aesthetics in Dance-Moving Image Practice | Jingqiu Guan | CINE 307S, DOCST 307S |
| DANCE 707S* | Dance Film: Documentary Aesthetics in Dance-Moving Image Practice | Jingqiu Guan | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAS 700 | East Asian Studies Core Course: Fields and Methods | Eileen Chow | AMES 700, HIST 707, RELIGION 700 |
| EAS 791 | Independent Study | Staff | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON 321* | Space Economics | Giovanni Zanalda | N/A |
| ECON 824* | International Trade I | Rafael Dix Carneiro, Daniel Xu | N/A |
| ECON 825* | Industrial Organization | Allan Collard-Wexler, Daniel Xu | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENERGY 590* | Special Topics in Energy | Jackson Ewing/Sandeep | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH 180CN* | AI, Creativity, and Slop | Richard J So | N/A |
| ENGLISH 390* | Asian American and Asian Diaspora Films | Xinyu Dong | AADS 390, AMES 390, CINE 290, ICS 390 |
| ENGLISH 890S* | History Contemp Lit Criticism | Richard J So | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFAEDA 791* | Thesis Writing Workshop | Stanley Abe | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSF 202S* | Introduction to LGBTQ Studies | Anna Storti | N/A |
| GSF 361* | Money, Sex, Power | Ara Wilson | RIGHTS 361 |
| GSF 382S* | Intimacies: Sexuality, Nation, and the State | Anna Storti | AADS 382S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLHLTH 761S* | Introductory Demographic Measures and Concepts | Giovanna Merli | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY 159S* | Gateway Seminar: What Did Your Grandparents Do? A Global Exploration of Individual Life Histories | Simon Partner | DOCST 159S |
| HISTORY 223 | Survey of Modern China: 1800–Present | Yaming You | AMES 234 |
| HISTORY 226 | Ancient and Early Modern Japan | Simon Partner | AMES 167 |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN 101 | Elementary Japanese | Naoko Kurokawa | N/A |
| JPN 203 | Intermediate Japanese | Azusa Saito | N/A |
| JPN 305 | Advanced Japanese | Yunchuan Chen | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOREAN 101 | Elementary Korean | Barohny Eun | N/A |
| KOREAN 102 | Elementary Korean | Seojin Yang | N/A |
| KOREAN 203 | Intermediate Korean | Seojin Yang | N/A |
| KOREAN 204 | Intermediate Korean | Eunyoung Kim | N/A |
| KOREAN 303 | Literacy and speech register in Korean | Hae-Young Kim | N/A |
| KOREAN 305 | Advanced Korean | Hae-Young Kim | N/A |
| KOREAN 407S | Issues in Korean Language and Society I | Eunyoung Kim | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUIST 125FS* | Languages, Margins, Borders: Representations, Practices, and Policies | Gareth O Price | ICS 125FS, SOCIOL 125FS |
| LINGUIST 372S* | Language and/in the Media | Gareth O Price | CULANTH 372S, SOCIOL 372S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIT 614S* | Power of the Story | Rey Chow | RELIGION 614S, VMS 619S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSIC 138 | Popular Music of Asia and Asian America | Yun Emily Wang | AADS 138S, AMES 137S, CULANTH 138S |
| MUSIC 398S* | Meeting the World Through Chamber Music | Carolina Stinson, Hsiao-mei Ku | N/A |
| MUSIC 590–02* | Sound Thinking | Roseen Giles, Yun Emily Wang | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 317S* | Global Corruption | Melanie Manion | N/A |
| POLSCI 689L* | Computational Methods and Causal Analysis | Jiawei Fu | N/A |
| POLSCI 745* | Core in Political Economy | Edmund Malesky | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBPOL 790-05 | Climate Policy and Innovation in Asia | Jonathan Stromseth | N/A |
| PUBPOL 820* | Globalization and Governance | Jonathan Stromseth | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 257 | Understanding Chinese Religions | Anna Sun | AMES 257 |
| RELIGION 780S | American Foreign Missions and Chinese Christianity | Xi Lian | WXTIAN 813 |
| WXTIAN 716* | Christianity's Encounter with Other Religions and Cultures: The Case of East Asia | Xi Lian | N/A |
| XTIANTHE 990* | Mind, Minds, and God | Jonathan Tran | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIOL 344* | Technology and Organizational Environments | Bai Gao | N/A |
* All assignments must be done on East Asia to be applied to the MA in East Asian Studies or the Graduate Certificate in East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies Courses, SPRING 2026
Courses on this list have been posted but are not yet fully confirmed. Details about the schedule are subject to change and should be confirmed in DukeHub.
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAAS 236S* | China and the Black World: Similarities, Differences, and Interconnections | James Matory | AMES 238S, CULANTH 238S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| AADS 201 | Introduction to Asian American and Diaspora Studies | Jonathan Tran | AMES 276-01, ENGLISH 275-01, GSF 203-01, HISTORY 274-01, ICS 286-01 |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMES 124CNS | Global Japan | Kimberly Hassel | N/A |
| AMES 147CNS* | Border Fictions | Preeti Singh | ENGLISH 147CNS, ICS 133CNS, LIT 147CNS |
| AMES 173CNS | Chinese Diasporas and Language: A Sociolinguistic Expoloration | Yan Liu | LINGUIST 173CNS |
| AMES 290S | Special Topics: The Samurai | Eric Funabashi | N/A |
| AMES 336 | Chinese Science Fiction | Carlos Rojas | N/A |
| AMES 339 | Critical Militarism Studies across Asia/Pacific/America | Sung Eun Kim | AADS 339, HIST 339, ICS 387, GSF 339 |
| AMES 353S | East Asian languages as second languages | Yunchuan Chen | LINGUIST 353S |
| AMES 372 | Two Koreas: History, Society and Culture | Nayoung Aimee Kwon | CULANTH 473, HISTORY 473 |
| AMES 390 | Special Topics: East Asian Genre Films | Xinyu Dong | ICS 390, CINE 390 |
| AMES 420S* | Critical Digital Studies | Kimberly Hassel | CMAC 420S, CULANTH 420S, ICS 439S, ISS 420S |
| AMES 436S | East Asia and Empire(s): Korean History as a Decentering Praxis | Sung Eun Kim | HISTORY 436S, ICS 433S |
| AMES 456S | Chinese Culture and Ideology in the 20th Century and Now | Kang Liu | POLSCI 456S |
| AMES 503S–01* | Critical Digital Studies | Kimberly Hassel | N/A |
| AMES 503S–03* | East Asia & Empire(s) | Sung Eun Kim | N/A |
| AMES 631S | Questions of National Cinemas | Guo-Juin Hong | CINE 632, LIT 632, VMS 632 |
| AMES 738* | Theories of Minority Discourse | Carlos Rojas | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHIST 582S* | Copies and Duplication | Stanley Abe | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINESE 98 | Learning Chinese Through Calligraphy: An Introduction to Chinese Culture and Chinese Characters | Jiali Guo | N/A |
| CHINESE 99 | Survival Chinese: Navigating Daily Conversations | Jiali Guo | N/A |
| CHINESE 101 | First-Year Chinese I | Tianshu He/Shasha Yang | N/A |
| CHINESE 102 | First-Year Chinese II | Jiali Guo/Tianshu He | N/A |
| CHINESE 131 | First-Year Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Kun Shan Carolyn Lee | N/A |
| CHINESE 203 | Intermediate Chinese I | Ya-Chuan Chou | N/A |
| CHINESE 204 | Intermediate Chinese II | Shu Zhang | N/A |
| CHINESE 232 | Intermediate Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Ya-Chuan Chou/Shasha Yang | N/A |
| CHINESE 305 | Pre-advanced Chinese | Shasha Yang | N/A |
| CHINESE 307 | Technology and Society in Chinese | Chi-Ju Hsieh | N/A |
| CHINESE 333 | Advanced Chinese for Bilingual Learners | Jin–Wei Hung | N/A |
| CHINESE 334 | Eyes on Taiwan: Language, Culture, and Society | Jin–Wei Hung | N/A |
| CHINESE 382S | Business and Interculturality in the Chinese Society | Jin–Wei Hung | N/A |
| CHINESE 408S | Chinese Language and Culture through Film | Shu Zhang | N/A |
| CHINESE 411S | Debate in Chinese: Survey of Great Chinese Thinkers | Kun Shan Carolyn Lee | N/A |
| CHINESE 434S | Chinese Traditional Culture in Modern Life | Tianshu He | N/A |
| CHINESE 451S | China and the U.S. in the Age of Climate Change | Yan Liu | N/A |
| CHINESE 456 | Aspects of Chinese Culture and Society | Kang Liu | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| CULANTH 216S* | Global Migration and Ethics | Jing Hao Liong | ETHICS 262S |
| CULANTH 290* | Current Issues in Anthropology | Hy V Huynh | PUBPOL 290 |
| CULATNH 409S* | Social Space and Time | Engseng Ho | ARTSVIS 409S, HISTORY 408S, ICS 405S |
| CULATNH 590S* | Social Space and Time | Engseng Ho | HISTORY 590S, ICS 590S |
| CULATNH 707S* | Precarity and Affect | Anne Allison | GSF 707S, LIT 707S, LIT 361S, SOCIOL 771S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANCE 141S | Chinese Contemporary Dance in the Diaspora | Jingqiu Guan | N/A |
| DANCE 482* | Social Justice Choreography | Jingqiu Guan | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAS 590 | Special Topics: Cultures of Energy in Asia | Xingming Wang | N/A |
| EAS 791 | Independent Study | Staff | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON 613* | Applied Econometrics in Microeconomics | Daniel Xu | N/A |
| FECON 379 | Emerging Markets: Finance, Trade, Institutions and the World Economy | Giovanni Zanalda | ICS 379 |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH 208S* | Criticism and the Arts | Yeonwoo Koo | N/A |
| ENGLISH 290S–01* | Special Topics: Comparative Cultural Analysis | Richard So | N/A |
| ENGLISH 290S–02* | Special Topics: Critical Refugee Studies | Marguerite Nguyen | AADS 290S–02 |
| ENGLISH 390–6–01* | Special Topics in Film: Asian American/Asian Diasporic Films | Xinyu Dong | AADS 290–01; AMES 390–02; CINE 390–02; ICS 390–03 |
| ENGLISH 390–6–02* | Special Topics in Film: Vietnam War in Literature & Film | Marguerite Nguyen | AADS 390–02 |
| ENGLISH 890S–02* | Special Topics: Computational Methods | Richard So | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIRON 557* | Environmental Politics | Kimberly Marion Suiseeya | ICS 577, PUBPOL 577 |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH 426S* | France–Asia: Cultural Transfers and Translations in a Globalized Context | Anne-Gaelle Sailot | AMES 426S, ARTHIST 426S, CULANTH 426S, ICS 413S, LIT 426S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSF 177CNS* | Feminist Activistm | Anna Storti | AADS 177CNS |
| GSF 364S* | Race, Gender, and Sexuality | Anna Storti | AAAS 242S, AADS 364S, SOCIOL 364S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY 239 | History of Chinese Medicine | Nicole Elizabeth Barnes | AMES 142, GLHLTH 142 |
| HISTORY 548S* | Global History of Medicine | Nicole Elizabeth Barnes | GLHLTH 548S |
| HISTORY 790S* | Special Topics in Global Connections | Prasenjit Duara | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN 102 | Elementary Japanese | Naoko Kurokawa | N/A |
| JPN 204 | Intermediate Japanese | Azusa Saito | N/A |
| JPN 215S | Exploring Japanese Through Tadoku (Extensive Reading) and Beyond | Naoko Kurokawa | N/A |
| JPN 306 | Advanced Japanese | Azusa Saito | N/A |
| JPN 407S | Issues in Japanese Language and Society | Yunchuan Chen | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOREAN 101 | Elementary Korean | Barohny Eun | N/A |
| KOREAN 102 | Elementary Korean | Seojin Yang | N/A |
| KOREAN 203 | Intermediate Korean | Hae-Young Kim | N/A |
| KOREAN 204 | Intermediate Korean | Barohny Eun | N/A |
| KOREAN 306 | Advanced Korean | Eunyoung Kim | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUIST 372* | Language and/in the Media | Gareth O Price | CULANTH 372S, SOCIOL 372S |
| LINGUIST 471S* | Language and Politics: Global Perspectives | Gareth O Price | PUBPOL 208S, SES 484S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMS 230* | Game Changers: From Panda Diplomacy to Zipcar | Pikuei Tu | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSIC 150CNS | Asian Diasporic Musicking | Jennifer Chang | AADS 150CNS, CULANTH 160CNS |
| MUSIC 210–6 | Chinese Music Ensemble | Jennifer Chang | AMES 145 |
| MUSIC 235T | Voices in Music: Chinese | Shasha Yang | CHINESE 235T |
| MUSIC 242S* | Sound, Music, and Gender | Yun Emily Wang | GSF 243S |
| MUSIC 399* | Music Community Connect | Hsiao-Mei Ku | EDUC 399S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 263 | Chinese Philosophy | David Wong | AMES 275 |
| PHIL 502S* | Comparative Ethics | David Wong | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 128* | Climate Change: A Political Economy Perspective | Clara Park | N/A |
| POLSCI 317* | Global Corruption | Melanie Manion | N/A |
| POLSCI 390–01 | Special Topics: China in the World | Melanie Manion | AMES 390–03 |
| POLSCI 513S | Theory and China Studies | Emerson Niou | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUBPOL 790–01 | Special Topics: China–U.S. Competition and Southeast Asia | Jonathan Stromseth | N/A |
| PUBPOL 790–03 | Special Topics: Political Economy of Southeast Asia | Edmund Malesky | N/A |
| PUBPOL 790–04* | Special Topics: Global Value Chain Analysis | Gary Gereffi | N/A |
| PUBPOL 790–07* | Special Topics: Authoritarian Institutions | Edmund Malesky | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELIGION 303 | The Politics of Religion in Asia | Neena Mahadev | AMES 303, CULANTH 247 |
| RELIGION 323S* | Buddhist Meditation: Cultivation Practices and Psychology | Richard Jaffe | AMES 328S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIOL 341 | The United States and the Asian Pacific Region | Bai Gao | N/A |
| SOCIOL 354* | Getting Rich: Financial Markets, Household FInance, and Wealth | Lisa Keister | N/A |
| SOCIOL 541 | The United States and the Asian Pacific Region | Bai Gao | N/A |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| THEATERST 232S* | Asian American Theater | Esther K Lee | AADS 232S, AMES 182S, ENGLISH 387S, HISTORY 293S |
| Course # | Title | Instructor | Cross-listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMS 236 | Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture | Gennifer Weisenfeld | AMES 262 |
* All assignments must be done on East Asia to be applied to the MA in East Asian Studies or the Graduate Certificate in East Asian Studies
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