Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program

Asian American and Diaspora Studies Program at Duke University

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

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

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Don't forget--Saturday is our AADS Fall Symposium!

[Trinity College at Duke @DukeTrinity]

Welcome to campus, new Devils! We can't wait to meet you!

[Duke University @DukeU]

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.

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

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)

[Duke History @DukeHistoryDept]

Opening this Thursday, 9/28... Intersections: Asian, African, & African American Histories.
@DukeAAAS @DukeAADS @DukeAsia

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

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! 🎉🎊

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Things we love to see: this!

[Dr. Athia N. Choudhury @Athia_Choudhury]

Did a cute thing yesterday w/ @jvn 🙃🙃🙃@CuriouswithJVN got to chat about wellness, American Empire, and the calorie 🌟

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Don't forget to register for this Friday's symposium!

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Tomorrow, at noon: AADS Brown Bag: Asian Americans and Affirmative Action: An Activist History

https://t.co/VCUosYcG6t

[Trinity College at Duke @DukeTrinity]

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

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

A statement on affirmative action from the AADS faculty:

https://t.co/AWWqoPlAsQ

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Big congrats to @estherkimlee

[University of Michigan Press @UofMPress]

🎉 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

[Esther Kim Lee (@estherkimlee.bsky.social) @estherkimlee]

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

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

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

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Big congrats to @estherkimlee , Director of AADS, for being named a 2023 Bass Chair!

[Duke University @DukeU]

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

[Trinity College at Duke @DukeTrinity]

Congratulations to our newly-inducted Bass Chairs! 👏
This year's honorees include:
⭐️Sarah Gaither (@sarahegaither) of @DukePsychNeuro
⭐️Esther Kim Lee (@estherkimlee) of #DukeTheaterStudies & @DukeAADS
⭐️Kevin Welsher (@WelsherLab) of @DukeChemistry

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

Sign the petition for Asian American Studies @ UNC https://t.co/4jkH4roiHH

[Duke Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program @DukeAADS]

ICYMI: The newest edition of our newsletter, commencement edition!

https://t.co/li3Qq3Q0LI

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

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