New Civilizationisms in Asia
Thursday, January 29, 2026
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Dominic Sachsenmeier (University of Göttingen); Prasenjit Duara (Duke); Cemil Aydin (UNC—Chapel Hill); Jie-Hyun Lim (Williams)
Screen/Society--"Meeting with Pol Pot" (Rithy Panh, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, February 06, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Professor Eddie Malesky (Political Sciences) & Postdoctoral Associate Bradley DeMatteo (UNC, Dept. of Music)
A Breakthrough in Early Japanese TV Commercials: 1967
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Yukie Takeuchi (Art and Advertising Design History, Doshisha University)
In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan
Thursday, February 12, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Alicia Volk (Japanese Art, University of Maryland)
Listening for Otherwise Aliveness
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Friday, February 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pink Parlor - East Duke Building
Dr. Yun Emily Wang
Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Yanshuo Zhang (Pomona College)
Torn - Asian/White Life and Intimacy of Violence
Friday, March 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pink Parlor - East Duke Building
Dr. Anna Storti
AADS Undergraduate Symposium
Sponsor(s):
Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Undergraduate Students





