Department of Asian & Middle Eastern StudiesPlease join the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute for a conversation between Prof. Ranjana Khanna and Susheila Nasta.Dr Susheila Nasta MBE FRSL is a writer, presenter, literary activist and… read more about Decolonizing the Curriculum: Ranjana Khanna and Susheila Nasta in conversation »
Books and websites on how to engage in anti-racism are widely popular, but critical race scholars often dismiss them as simplistic and missing the big picture. This presentation speaks to how to… read more about Keohane Distinguished Lecture: Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism »
Zoom Link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/6775985975 As demands for confronting imperial violence, from slavery to colonial massacres, have resurfaced globally in recent years, imperial redress through… read more about Post-imperial Reckoning: Law, Redress, Reconciliation and the Unmaking of Empire »
Charlotte tells the story of the artist Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), whose collection of paintings, called "Life? Or Theater?," can be considered one of the first graphic novels. The… read more about Film Screening: Charlotte »
Friday, March 31st 4:00-6:00pm Friedl 225 Reception to follow. In dialogue with the following edited volume: Siting Postcoloniality: Critical Perspectives from Sino East Asia (Duke UP, 2022) read more about Panel discussion on "China and Postcoloniality” »
Reception to follow.In dialogue with the following edited volume:Siting Postcoloniality: Critical Perspectives from Sino East Asia (Duke UP, 2022)AMES Presents, CAH, APSI, GAI, and the Chiang Ching-… read more about Panel discussion on "China and Postcoloniality” »
Join us once a month on Fridays starting at 6:00 pm in Link Classrooms 5 & 6 for a night filled with board games and video games! See below for meeting dates:March 31April 21This event series is… read more about Game Night »
Dr. Roy Bar Sadeh is a global historian of the modern Middle East and its South Asian and Eurasian linkages. Roy received his PhD in history from Columbia University and he is currently a… read more about Muslims and the Minority Question: A Global History, 1856-1947 »
Prior works in ethnic politics have shown that in-group ethnic favoritism can lead to adverse political and social outcomes. Yet, in many of these available studies, ethnic identity could not be… read more about Can National Identity Trump Ethnic Favoritism? Experimental Evidence from Singapore »
Peking Opera (京剧 Jing Ju) is a form of Chinese opera which combines various art forms including music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became… read more about An Introduction to Peking Opera »
Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's response changes the calculation of war strategies and US involvement worldwide. On the other side of the world, a potential 2027 China invasion of… read more about How The Ukraine Crisis Shapes Public Opinion In Taiwan & The World »
In early 1982, a group of underground activists assembled at a remote house in the city of Kwangju. Evading the watchful eye of the Chun Doo Hwan regime, the group clandestinely recorded “March for… read more about "March for the Beloved" and the Sonic Practices of Protest in Authoritarian South Korea »
Participate via Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/6775985975In early 1982, a group of underground activists assembled at a remote house in the city of Kwangju.Evading the watchful eye of the Chun Doo Hwan… read more about "March for the Beloved" and the Sonic Practices of Protest in Authoritarian South Korea »
Zach Fredman's book, The Tormented Alliance, examines the formation, evolution, and undoing of the alliance between the United States and the Republic of China during World War II and the Chinese… read more about The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China? »
Join us for the last Game Night of this semester Friday, April 21 starting at 6:00 pm in Link Classrooms 5 & 6! It will be a night filled with board games and video games.This event series is… read more about Game Night »
Join the North Carolina Jewish Studies Seminar in welcoming our 2022-23 Shatzmiller Fellows to campus. Erika Mejia is a third year PhD student in the Department of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew… read more about NCJSS Welcomes the 2022-23 Shatzmiller Fellows »
In early January 1927, crowds of protestors stormed into the British Concession in Hankou, a treaty port in the city of Wuhan. Anti-imperialist protests were not uncommon at the time, but this was… read more about Radical Wuhan, 1927: Anti-Imperialism in a Cosmopolitan City »