![Background image of several national flags on flag poles. Title: "A Conversation on Climate Diplomacy." Headshot of speaker over text: "Amb. Robert O. Blake, Former Senior Advisor to US Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry." Text: "Thursday, Feb. 9, via Zoom. 12:15–1:30 p.m. ET. Moderated by: Amb. Bob Pearson, Fellow, Duke University Rethinking Diplomacy. Program. Learn more + register: bit.ly/feb9blake." Logos at bottom for Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Nicholas Institute, Sanford School, and Energy Access Project. QR code for event to left.](/images/2023/20230209/dddc48573f81c3a8986e00d350eeeb9e-CT-dukecal_rethinking_diplomacy_robert_blake_20230127025037PM.png "Background image of several national flags on flag poles. Title: "A Conversation on Climate Diplomacy." Headshot of speaker over text: "Amb. Robert O. Blake, Former Senior Advisor to US Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry." Text: "Thursday, Feb. 9, via Zoom. 12:15–1:30 p.m. ET. Moderated by: Amb. Bob Pearson, Fellow, Duke University Rethinking Diplomacy. Program. Learn more + register: bit.ly/feb9blake." Logos at bottom for Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Nicholas Institute, Sanford School, and Energy Access Project. QR code for event to left.")
Rethinking Diplomacy: A Conversation on Climate Diplomacy with Ambassador Robert O. Blake
Sponsor(s):
Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, and Sanford School of Public Policy
Thursday, February 09, 2023
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Online
Visual arts in and on Afghanistan: political violence, war and the question of futurity
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cultural Anthropology, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, February 10, 2023
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Mohsin Taasha, Shamayel Shalizi, Saadia Batool, Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, Anila Daulatzai
Screen/Society--"A Brighter Summer Day" (Edward Yang, 1991)
Saturday, February 11, 2023
2:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Guo-Juin Hong (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies / AAHVS / GSF)
WAR IN UKRAINE: one year later -- A follow up from our discussions in 2022
Monday, February 13, 2023
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Professor Erika Weinthal, Professor Michael Newcity, Professor Simon Miles, Ambassador Patrick Duddy, Professor Charles Becker, Professor Edna Andrews
What did reviving the Buddhist precepts mean in medieval Japan?
Thursday, February 16, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Paul Groner (Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of Virginia)
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The Gastropoetics of Asian/America: A Critical Food Studies Symposium Day 1
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Thursday, February 16, 2023
5:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Athia Choudhury, Anita Mannur, Mark Padoongpatt, and Margaret Rhee
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The Gastropoetics of Asian/America: A Critical Food Studies Symposium Day 2
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Friday, February 17, 2023
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Athia Choudhury, Anita Mannur, Mark Padoongpatt, and Margaret Rhee
The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, February 23, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Taisu Zhang (Professor of Law, Yale Law School)
Screen/Society--"Legend of the Mountain" (King Hu, 1979)
Saturday, February 25, 2023
2:00 pm
Introduced by Prof. Eileen Cheng-yin Chow (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies)
Empires of Ideas: How Chinese and American Universities (including Duke) Compete for Global Leadership
Sponsor(s):
Office of Global Affairs
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
William C. Kirby
March Japanese Tea Gathering: Doll's Festival Tea
Sponsor(s):
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Saturday, March 04, 2023
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Chizuko Sueyoshi and members of the Japanese Tea Practitioners of Durham
March Japanese Tea Gathering: Doll's Festival Tea
Sponsor(s):
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Saturday, March 04, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Chizuko Sueyoshi and members of the Japanese Tea Practitioners of Durham
Sexual and/or Gender Minority Wellness Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Sexual and Gender Minority Health Program (SGMHP), Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), POLIS: Center for Politics, Sanford School of Public Policy, School of Medicine (SOM), and School of Nursing (SON)
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
All Day
Virtual
6 Speaker Panels over 2 days
Asian American & Diaspora Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
TBD
Various
Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America's First Pacific Century
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Christopher Capozzola
Gone with the Wind: Mediating Racial Hierarchies for Imperial Japan through Translation
Monday, March 20, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
James Reichert (East Asian Languages & Cultures, Stanford University)
A Global History of the Doctoral Dissertation as a Genre of Academic Writing, with an emphasis on its developments East Asia
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Dr. Kevin Chang (Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica)
Race x Love: Breaking Down the Asian Fetish with Novelist Elaine Hsieh Chou
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, March 24, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Elaine Hsieh Chou
A Reading of Disorientation and Q&A with Elaine Hsieh Chou
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, March 24, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Elaine Hsieh Chou
Keohane Distinguished Lecture with Pawan Dhingra
Sponsor(s):
Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Pawan Dhingra
Can National Identity Trump Ethnic Favoritism? Experimental Evidence from Singapore
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Duke Center for International Development (DCID)
Thursday, April 06, 2023
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Risa Toha (Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University)
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Yamato: The Drummers of Japan Hinotori: "The Wings of Phoenix"
Thursday, April 06, 2023
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China?
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, April 20, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Zach Fredman (History, Duke Kunshan University)
Radical Wuhan, 1927: Anti-Imperialism in a Cosmopolitan City
Thursday, April 27, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Chris Courtney (Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, Durham University)
Histories and Society in the Hydrosphere
Sponsor(s):
Global Asia Initiative
Friday, April 28, 2023
All Day
