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It was an honor to host Khun @Pita_MFP today at @DukeU @DukeDCID to speak about Thailand, Southeast Asia, and the United States's shifting role in the world.
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In conversation with Edmund Malesky, Pita Limjaroenrat @Pita_MFP will discuss how Thailand can address challenges stemming from socioeconomic inequality, an aging population, domestic political instability, regional power struggles & more. Info: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/…
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🎊 Congratulations to Professor Partner (@DukeHistoryDept) on this tremendous achievement!
MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Simon Partner (Duke University) for "Koume's World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
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Thanks to @kimberly_hassel for sharing the information about her insightful exchange with David Landes about cell phones and the youth loneliness crisis! @AMESDUKE1 @Duke_TWP 👀⬇️
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In our latest Debate, David Landes blames the youth loneliness crisis on cell phones and the isolated life that they represent whereas Kimberly Hassel pins it on a society unable to support or protect its young people. bit.ly/4ja9WEv
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6 Oct 2025
🥮 🎑 中秋节快乐! ~ 中秋節快樂! ~ 추석 잘 보내세요! ~ お月見おめでとうございます! ~ Chúc mừng Trung Thu vui vẻ! ~ រីករាយពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូក! In 2025, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes place October 5–8. Enjoy a holiday with great food and views of the supermoon!
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18 Sep 2025
Sept. 25—APSI's Fall 2025 Speaker Series continues with Brendan Galipeau (@bingsustainability): “Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La.” 🕒 3:00PM 📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library ℹ️ asianpacific.duke.edu/event/…
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11 Sep 2025
Our FA25 Speaker Series begins 9/18 with Alexandra Kaloyanides: “Natural Resources and Burmese Religions.” 🕒 3:00PM 📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library ℹ️ asianpacific.duke.edu/event/… Bring your questions to this free, public talk!
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29 Aug 2025
Sept 3 | 11AM: H.E. Kevin Rudd sits down with Edmund Malesky for a fireside chat about the current state of Indo-Pacific affairs. Join the conversation! @DukeDCID @duke_ags @NichInstitute details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/…
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4 Jun 2025
📣 June 5, 9AM PDT—@chowleen (our DGS!) will be on an all-star panel for the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies: “Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.” 🔵 international.ucla.edu/ccs/e…
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3 Apr 2025
Today, 3PM: Prof. Giorgio Biancorosso examines the combinatorial practice at the heart of Wong Kar-wai’s cinema to retheorize musical borrowing, appropriation, and repurposing in Hong Kong cinema and beyond.
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20 Mar 2025
Tonight (3/20)! @EmilyZFeng joins @chowleen to talk about her work as an award-winning journalist her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom”—on shelves now from @CrownPublishing. 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Ruby Lounge 🎟️ Free 🌐 asianpacific.duke.edu/event/… Q&A moderated by @BeijingNomad
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6 Mar 2025
Award-winning journalist @emilyzfeng will be at Duke discussing her career as an acclaimed reporter and writer her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom” 📅 March 20 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Ruby Lounge 🎟️ Free—open to the public @chowleen @BeijingNomad asianpacific.duke.edu/event/…
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10 Mar 2025
Emily's book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China” will be published March 18 by @CrownPublishing, a division of @penguinrandom; copies will be available for purchase after the talk from @GothicBookshop.
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Was gamifying education a thing over a century ago? 👀 Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Matthew Hayes (@DukeLibraries) on “Playing History with Duke University's Sugoroku Collection” to explore the intersection of history & boardgames in Japan! 🎲🗾 #双六 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage…
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3 Feb 2025
Several scholars in the @SEAREG_ network should definitely take a look at this opportunity 👀
Call for Applications: thanks to funding from the Japan Foundation, the AAS is convening a three-year series of workshops for Southeast Asian scholars incorporating the study of Japan in their work and research. Apply by February 28! bit.ly/AASFraming
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30 Jan 2025
Jan. 31, 4PM: APSI's spring speaker series begins in style as Prof. Emily Wilcox reconsiders conventional understandings of Cold War dance history by looking at the first visit of dancers from Latin America to the People’s Republic of China. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/…
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28 Jan 2025
🏮 May this wood snake year bring you peace, success, creativity, intuition, & wisdom 🏮 新年快乐⋆새해 복 많이 받으세요⋆新年おめでとう⋆Chúc Mừng Năm Mới⋆สวัสดีปีใหม่⋆Manigong Bagong Taon⋆Selamat Tahun Baru⋆နစ်သစ်မှာ ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ⋆шинэ жилийн мэнд хүргэе
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