A research delegation from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study, along with their colleagues in the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and the Duke University Population Research Institute will present their findings on interdisciplinary … Read more
Join Duke's Asian/Pacific Studies Institute for a conversation with Michael Green, former NSC Director for Asian Affairs and former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Dr. Green is the current Senior Vice President for Asia and the Japan … Read more
In this presentation, connections are made between and among a broad array of changes associated with British imperial control in Lower Burma. Not only did the advent of British control lead to well-known changes in political authority and economic structure/orientation, but also … Read more
China Town Hall is a live webcast featuring former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that's broadcast across the country, and will be on the evening of October 18th in Union 2420. There will also be a live speaker and food at … Read more
Chinese Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang launched the Memory Project in 2010 to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine (1958-1961) in rural China. Since then, several young filmmakers have joined the project. They have been to 246 villages … Read more
Featuring presentations by Nicholas Hudson (UNC-Wilmington), Kathryn Smith (NYU), and Roberta Wue (UC-Irvine), this is the 2016 Art, Art History & Visual Studies Graduate Student-Organized symposium. Reception to follow. A graduate student reading group will meet on Wednesday, October 12, … Read more
This talk explores the genre of specialized monographs on material culture and nature studies called pulu (“Treatises and Lists”) from the perspective of knowledge classification and management. These texts exemplify the engagement of Chinese scholars from the 10th to 19th … Read more
Convenors: Prasenjit Duara, Duke University Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University In this one-day symposium, participants in two panels will draw on their ethnographic investigations and historical research to stimulate conversation on the Asian religion/politics nexus. They shall present case … Read more
OPENING FACTORY DOORS TO GOVERNMENT REGULATION: AN EXPERIMENT ON PARTICIPATION BY FIRMS IN THE DESIGN OF LABOR PROTECTION IN VIETNAM Regulatory non-compliance by firms causes grave dangers for surrounding communities in emerging economies. This paper describes the results of a … Read more
The Global Asia Initiative Environmental Humanities Series David Grace proposes to present findings from his 2016 survey of residents living near four sacred grove sites at various levels of urbanization in India’s National Capital Region and its southern periphery. This … Read more
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