Join us on January 26 for a talk with Dr. Esther Kim Lee. She will discuss about the most famous and enduring stereotype of Asian women in the U.S., Madame Butterfly.

Join us for a discussion with Prof. Tai Ming Cheung who will examine the evolving relationship between technology and national security in China and its implications for the rest of the world.

This presentation seeks to achieve several goals: 1) Take stock of how much decoupling has occurred to date; 2) Re-evaluate the risks and opportunities that come from being highly connected and de-coupled; and 3) Consider how an alternative approach, "principled interdependence," may be a more effective strategy than decoupling to manage the US's relationship with China.

This talk explores the history of knowledge production about the cultural underpinnings of mental illness, using the intellectual biography of the Chinese psychoanalyst Bingham Dai (1899-1996) as a focal point.

Join APSI and the Duke Libraries on Friday afternoon, November 19, for a special event celebrating the creation of the East Asian Collection at Duke University Libraries.

This semester's AP Forums feature recipients of the APSI Summer Research Grants who conducted research relevant to East or Southeast Asia last summer. Presentations will last 20-25 minutes each with room for discussion at the end.

In this talk, Robert Hellyer will trace the trans-Pacific tea trade in the US and Japan from the eighteenth century onward and will discuss how interconnections between Japan and the United States have influenced the daily habits of people in both countries.

Writing the rise and fall of Kaifeng from the perspectives of non-human agents, this talk will shed light on the crucial roles of environment and human-nature interaction in narrating and shaping the history of medieval China.

This talk explores the activist origins of Asian American identity, with a focus on how Asian Americans thought about multiethnic and multiracial solidarity.

In this talk, prof. Barbara Ambros will discuss the ritual of animal releases in Japan's Edo period.