Following a century of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, churches and mosques--as well as cults, sects and politicians trying to harness religion for their own ends. Driving this...
The Academy of Korean Studies, Duke Korean Forum, Asian Pacific Studies Center, Duke's Program in Arts of the Moving Image, in collaboration with the Department of Asian and Middle East Studies, hosted three South Korean members of the film...
Congratulations to Professor Eddy Malesky and his co-authors on the publication of their book: China's Governance Puzzle - Enabling Transparency and Participation in a Single-Party State
Synopsis: What are the motivations behind China's...
Up to $20,000 in pilot funding is available from Duke’s Office of Duke Kunshan University Programs to help faculty develop innovative education and research programs at Duke Kunshan University and throughout China. Proposed projects may include...
Taipei - July 15, 1961: 15-year-old Mao Wu stabs his girlfriend to death for her unfaithfulness. Three decades later, Taiwanese director Edward Yang created A Brighter Summer Day , restaging the crime of passion amid the socio-political events...
Four graduates of Duke’s East Asian Studies Master’s degree program, Helen Wu, Vivian Wang, Huijuan Li, and Veronica Zhao, participated in a dynamic alumni panel at the John Hope Franklin Center on November 19, 2016. Reconnecting for the first...
On October 28th and 29th, Duke University held a two-day conference titled Cultural Revolution in Asia and Beyond at the Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room. The conference, co-sponsored by Duke’s Global Asia Initiative and...
On October 26, 2016, Sorbonne-trained art historian Catherine Raymond explored a fascinating moment in Burmese art history for a diverse audience of faculty and students. As fifty years of heavy-handed censorship and enforced isolation came to a...
Prof. Prasenjit Duara was interviewed by New York Times reporter Ian Johnson for a story appearing October 17 on the role of religion in environmental protection in China. Over the course of the interview, Prof. Duara discussed the role of...
