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.

On November 10, APSI and DUCIGS organized a local webinar about science and technology cooperation and engagement between the U.S. and China featuring Duke Professor Denis Simon, Richard P. Suttmeier (University of Oregon), Mark Cohen (University of California, Berkeley), and Paul Triolo (Eurasia Group). The event was a local follow-up to the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations' CHINA Town Hall.

On October 28, 2020, APSI hosted the first Duke Study in China (DSIC) Virtual Alumni Reunion, celebrating 38 years of this unique language immersion program.

Register online for the Spring 2021 semester at dukehub.duke.edu.