Thank you to our speakers, our staff and all the wonderfully engaged attendees who made this weekend's inaugural Southeast Conference on Asian American Studies such a success! #SoutheastAAS@HeidiKKim@EstherKimLee
We can't wait to officially start celebrating #Duke100 at the Centennial Kick-off Event and Winter Chill tomorrow, 1/9/24!
Find event details and the link to the livestream ⤵️ https://t.co/nsFqFuLQim.
Tomorrow!
AADS Speaker Series
Connecting the Dots: Asian Americans, Liberalism, and Capitalist Imperialism
Where: Pink Parlor (East Duke Building)
When: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Reception To Follow)
AADS Director @EstherKimLee and new-to-Duke cultural anthropologist @ELimRogers kick off our Medical Humanities and Asian American Studies Symposium. Today is also the 5th anniversary of our becoming a program @DukeU! 🎉🎊
Another look at how stage and screen reflect society: @EstherKimLee's "Made-Up Asians" traces the history of "yellowface," the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costume to look East Asian. #DukeTheaterStudies@DukeAADS (🧵4/4)
https://t.co/gdQ0tU3bIm
🎉 We have a WINNER! 🎉 Congratulations to @estherkimlee for winning The American Theatre and Drama Society's John W. Frick Book Award with her phenomenal book, "Made-Up Asians". You can find it here: https://t.co/UqnXooar1X
Wow--what an honor to receive the John W. Frick Book Award for my book Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era. Many thanks to the award committee and ATDS leadership.
https://t.co/G4ukVURJXK
@UofMPress
Our program gets a shout-out in a new @washingtonpost piece on the demand for Asian American studies programs throughout the US: https://t.co/xhHOvK0JDY
Seven Duke faculty members have been named 2023 Bass Chairs and inducted into the Bass Society of Fellows for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and research https://t.co/NY1ePaYe9t
Faculty, students, and alumni interested in promoting AAPI talent should consider this symposium.
Last day for in-person tickets is May 10; also check out the 50% discount code.
@DukeAADS@DukeAASWG@AMESDUKE1@dukestorylab