Dr. James Dobbins

D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966), a monumental figure in the spread of Buddhism to the West in the twentieth century, wrote a few essays sympathetic to animals and even helped establish a Buddhist animal shelter in Japan. This...

"Dream Empire" follows Yana, an ambitious young woman who leaves her rural home to pursue the fabled Chinese Dream in Chongqing's thriving real estate market. Yana opens an agency designed to aid Chinese developers in reaching foreign investors,...

A Joint Workshop by Triangle East Asia Colloquium (TEAC) and Global Asia Initiative (GAI)

The workshop will present six papers discussing human-nature historical relationships on six major rivers in Asia: the Yangzi, Mekong, Indus, Ganges,...

Recent work in political and cultural theory has questioned how corruption has come to be conceptualized as a lingering state of unlawfulness and opaqueness that operates as a foil for the modern and the liberal (Sengupta, Chatterjee, Chua). I...

In the past few years, from Standing Rock to Rojava, we have seen the emergence of transnational and interfaith forms of religious activism. How should we conceptualize these alternative forms of religious mobilization? The theme of "sanctuary"...

Tainan, City Pluriferent

**Due to the inclement weather, this event will take place on January 18, 2018, from 12 PM to 3 PM in the home of Professor Duara. Address: Prasenjit and Juliette Duara 21 Brookside Place Durham, NC 27705 Home 984 219 1581 Juliette’s mobile 919 344...

Join the American Grand Strategy Program for a conversation with Dr. Victor Cha, former National Security Council Director of Asian Affairs and deputy head of the U.S. delegation that took part in multilateral talks over North Korea's nuclear...

"Oyster Factory" ("Kaki Kouba") is a feature length documentary that observes and depicts the rich and complex world of small oyster factories including its fishermen and workers. The film closely follows their daily lives, which seem uneventful...

Join Duke East Asia Nexus and Duke History Union for a screening and discussion of Myo Win’s documentary, Sittwe, on conflict surrounding the segregation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Sittwe tells the story of two teenagers separated by conflict...