In an interview, Duke University’s Senior Adviser to the President for China Affairs, Dr. Denis Simon, argues that the openness of the U.S. research ecosystem is indeed the best tool in its hands to keep fostering innovation on advanced technologies and compete with China, a country currently producing almost twice the number of STEM graduates as the U.S.

Professor Nayoung Aimee Kwon (AMES), a scholar of Korean culture, politics, and history, explores how criticism of social issues such as inequality raised in popular films and dramas like "Squid Game," "Parasite," "Train to Busan," and "Snowpiercer" are part of a long theme in Korea that can be traced back hundreds of years.

On September 29, DUCIGS hosted a conversation with Dr. Jackson Ewing, exploring the global impact of China's investment sources, standards, and approaches.

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.

Dr. Matthew Hayes has accepted an appointment as the Librarian for Japanese Studies for Duke University Libraries, effective August 2, 2021.

In the 2020-21 academic year, APSI inaugurated the Kristina Troost Prize for an undergraduate project in East Asian Studies

In Fall 2020, APSI added three members of the Duke faculty to its roster of Asia-focused experts at Duke University.