Global Asia: Re-visioning Area Studies for our Times (Inaugural Plenary of the Global Asia Initiative)

Global Asia: Re-Visioning Area Studies for our Times
Inaugural Plenary of the Global Asia Initiative

The Global Asia Initiative at Duke will be inaugurated with a plenary session featuring three prominent Asianists exploring connections, comparisons and convergences between different Asian societies and their links with the world outside. The inaugural event will also mark the signing of an agreement between GAI and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) as GAI joins the SSRC's InterAsia Partnership as a Coordinating Partner and a hub for nodal research activities.

Karen Thornber (Harvard University): Professor of Comparative Literature; East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Ho-Fung Hung (Johns Hopkins University): Associate Professor of Sociology

Edmund Malesky (Duke University): Associate Professor of Political Science