Thank you to our speakers, our staff and all the wonderfully engaged attendees who made this weekend's inaugural Southeast Conference on Asian American Studies such a success! #SoutheastAAS@HeidiKKim@EstherKimLee
ALT Heidi Kim of UNC holds a microphone, smiling at Esther Lee, who gestures while speaking into her microphone to attendees
ALT A group of more than 20 students pose seated and standing under a projected slide that says "The Southeast Conference on Asian American Studies - September 9 & 19, 2022"
ALT A photographer stands among chairs, pointing his camera toward 25 faculty, staff and postdocs assembled on stage next to an AADS Duke banner
ALT Aimee Kwon extends both her hands toward the audience while speaking from her seat on stage during a panel discussion. Francis Tanglao-Aguas sits to the right, facing toward her with his hands in his lap.
We can't wait to officially start celebrating #Duke100 at the Centennial Kick-off Event and Winter Chill tomorrow, 1/9/24!
Find event details and the link to the livestream ⤵️ duke.is/c/andc.
Tomorrow!
AADS Speaker Series
Connecting the Dots: Asian Americans, Liberalism, and Capitalist Imperialism
Where: Pink Parlor (East Duke Building)
When: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Reception To Follow)
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AADS Director @EstherKimLee and new-to-Duke cultural anthropologist @ELimRogers kick off our Medical Humanities and Asian American Studies Symposium. Today is also the 5th anniversary of our becoming a program @DukeU! 🎉🎊
ALT Esther Kim Lee, smiling, gestures toward a colleague from behind a lectern covered in a blue cloth with the text "Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies"
ALT Emily Lim Rogers, holding papers, speaks from behind a lectern covered in a blue cloth with the text "Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies"
ALT Seated symposium attendees listen to a talk by Cynthia Wu of Indiana University
Another look at how stage and screen reflect society: @EstherKimLee's "Made-Up Asians" traces the history of "yellowface," the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costume to look East Asian. #DukeTheaterStudies@DukeAADS (🧵4/4)
youtu.be/KNTSPLkvOJU
🎉 We have a WINNER! 🎉 Congratulations to @estherkimlee for winning The American Theatre and Drama Society's John W. Frick Book Award with her phenomenal book, "Made-Up Asians". You can find it here: press.umich.edu/12121434/mad…
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Wow--what an honor to receive the John W. Frick Book Award for my book Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era. Many thanks to the award committee and ATDS leadership.
atds.org@UofMPress
Seven Duke faculty members have been named 2023 Bass Chairs and inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and research duke.is/4q76v
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Seven Duke faculty members have been named 2023 Bass Chairs and inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and research duke.is/4q76v
Faculty, students, and alumni interested in promoting AAPI talent should consider this symposium.
Last day for in-person tickets is May 10; also check out the 50% discount code.
@DukeAADS@DukeAASWG@AMESDUKE1@dukestorylab
This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we're hosting our Global Talent, Diversity and Inclusion Symposium, which will bring together #AAPI professionals to discuss how to best support the advancement of AAPI talent both in and outside the workplace.
asiasociety.org/new-york/eve…