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We hope that all members of our community have enjoyed a lovely mid-autumn celebration (even when the moon has been playing peek-a-boo with clouds). 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!

Many thanks to Critical Asian Studies for spotlighting our commentary! Grateful that I had the opportunity to be in conversation with these two brilliant scholars (and fellow anthropologists!) in a public-facing venue.

Oct 4, 3PM: Ran Zwigenberg (Penn State) discusses "Nuclear Minds," tracing efforts to tackle how human minds were affected by the advent of the nuclear age, including the bomb’s psychological impact on survivors before the invention/discovery of the concept of PTSD.

Monday, 10/7: Taomo Zhou (NUS, Taomo Zhou 周陶沫) discusses migration and market reform among the Chinese diaspora in SE Asia in a special talk at Duke. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/migrants… Eileen Chow (eileen chengyin chow) will moderate the discussion. All are welcome.

Monday, 11/4, we continue our series fusing thought-provoking films and respectful dialogue with Vanessa Hope 葛靜文's documentary "Invisible Nation" (看不見的國家), feat. panelists Carlos Rojas, Eileen Chow, Guo-Juin Hong, and Gareth Price. Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/film-scr…

Tonight (11/4), 7PM! Film followed by a discussion w/ 🌟panelists Carlos Rojas, Eileen Chow, Guo-Juin Hong, and Gareth Price. All are welcome~~ Details⤵️ and 🌐: asianpacific.duke.edu/.../film-scree…

Tomorrow (11/22), 7PM: Join us for a screening of award-winning Thai documentary "The Last Breath of Sam Yan" followed by Q&A w/ producers Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Settanant. Intro by Professor Eddy Malesky (Duke Center for International Development). Details: asianpacific.duke.edu/event/film-scr…

The Journal of Asian Studies, the flagship journal of the Association for Asian Studies, is the most authoritative and prestigious publication in the field of Asian studies. Issue 83:4 is now available! read.dukeupress.edu/journal-of-asi…

We're hiring! APSI seeks a postdoctoral scholar with training in a humanities or social science discipline whose research concerns environmental and climate studies in Asia. The one-year position begins FA25. Apply @ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29581

This month we're pleased to feature an #NCCSpecialist spotlight on Dr. Matthew Hayes (Duke Libraries), sharing his journey from the study of early modern Buddhism to to supporting the broader Duke community with research skills & archival expertise! 📿📖guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

It was great to hear our APSI DGS, Prof. Eileen Chow eileen chengyin chow, on They Call Us Bruce ep 270. Catch the full pod for their thoughtful discussion of the landmark case “United States v. Wong Kim Ark” & the good, the bad, and the WTF of birthright citizenship. theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/they-call-us-b…

🏮 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

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/rethinki…

Several scholars in the SEAREG network should definitely take a look at this opportunity 👀

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/news/…

Tonight (3/20)! Emily Feng 冯哲芸 joins eileen chengyin chow to talk about her work as an award-winning journalist + her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom”—on shelves now from Crown Publishing. 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 Ruby Lounge 🎟️ Free 🌐 asianpacific.duke.edu/event/emily-fe… Q&A moderated by Ralph Litzinger

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.

📣 June 5, 9AM PDT—eileen chengyin chow (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/event/17277