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[Charlie Colasurdo @CRColasurdo]

It was an honor to host Khun @Pita_MFP today at @DukeU @DukeDCID to speak about Thailand, Southeast Asia, and the United States's shifting role in the world.

[Duke Center for International Development @DukeDCID]

In conversation with Edmund Malesky, Pita Limjaroenrat @Pita_MFP will discuss how Thailand can address challenges stemming from socioeconomic inequality, an aging population, domestic political instability, regional power struggles & more.

Info: https://t.co/FbqrallEIy

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

🎊 Congratulations to Professor Partner (@DukeHistoryDept) on this tremendous achievement!

[Modern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist]

MJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Simon Partner (Duke University) for "Koume's World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Thanks to @kimberly_hassel for sharing the information about her insightful exchange with David Landes about cell phones and the youth loneliness crisis!
@AMESDUKE1 @Duke_TWP
👀⬇️

[The Nation @thenation]

In our latest Debate, David Landes blames the youth loneliness crisis on cell phones and the isolated life that they represent whereas Kimberly Hassel pins it on a society unable to support or protect its young people.
https://t.co/Fz37cPPNRH

[Duke Asian & Middle Eastern Studies @AMESDUKE1]

https://t.co/Tyb0bNzUya

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

🥮 🎑 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! ~ Chúc mừng Trung Thu vui vẻ! ~ រីករាយពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូក!
In 2025, the Mid-Autumn Festival takes place October 5–8. Enjoy a holiday with great food and views of the supermoon!

[Duke Asian & Middle Eastern Studies @AMESDUKE1]

Congrats to AMES Professor @chowleen for being a 2025 Judith Deckers Finalist, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching!

https://t.co/DCNklVqzv2

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Sept. 25—APSI's Fall 2025 Speaker Series continues with Brendan Galipeau (@bingsustainability): “Crafting a Tibetan Terroir: Winemaking in Shangri-La.”
🕒 3:00PM
📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library
ℹ️ https://t.co/JZmGdnq65T

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Our FA25 Speaker Series begins 9/18 with Alexandra Kaloyanides: “Natural Resources and Burmese Religions.”
🕒 3:00PM
📍 Carpenter Conf. Room (249), Rubenstein Library
ℹ️ https://t.co/xLpuTZiwgs
Bring your questions to this free, public talk!

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Sept 3 | 11AM: H.E. Kevin Rudd sits down with Edmund Malesky for a fireside chat about the current state of Indo-Pacific affairs. Join the conversation!
@DukeDCID @duke_ags @NichInstitute
details: https://t.co/3CRqEygEP2

[Duke Center for International Development @DukeDCID]

.@DukePoliSci Prof. Edmund Malesky to @bbcvietnamese: General Secretary To Lam has benefited from Nguyen Phu Trong's power legacy and is positioned to advance policy with little opposition.

https://t.co/42y8ubtHGR

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

📣 June 5, 9AM PDT—@chowleen (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.”
🔵 https://t.co/MEvTxMx3cj

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

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.

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Tonight (3/20)! @EmilyZFeng joins @chowleen to talk about her work as an award-winning journalist + her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom”—on shelves now from @CrownPublishing.
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Ruby Lounge
🎟️ Free
🌐 https://t.co/xsp2i4C4Vq
Q&A moderated by @BeijingNomad

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

@EmilyZFeng @chowleen @BeijingNomad @DukeAADS @AMESDUKE1 @DukeSanford @Duke_DeWitt @IcsDuke @UNCHussman @DukeAlumni @ASAatDuke @UNCAsiaCenter @UNC_AAC Emily's book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China” will be published March 18 by @CrownPublishing, a division of @penguinrandom; copies will be available for purchase after the talk from @GothicBookshop.

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

Award-winning journalist @emilyzfeng will be at Duke discussing her career as an acclaimed reporter and writer + her new book, “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom”
📅 March 20
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Ruby Lounge
🎟️ Free—open to the public
@chowleen @BeijingNomad
https://t.co/2foEHJ0rSS

[NCC Japan (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @NCCJapanInfo]

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 https://t.co/TIcrWlEVLZ

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

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

[Association for Asian Studies @AASAsianStudies]

Call for Applications: thanks to funding from the Japan Foundation, the AAS is convening a three-year series of workshops for Southeast Asian scholars incorporating the study of Japan in their work and research. Apply by February 28!

https://t.co/qMrUsEgWfZ

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

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: https://t.co/TvxN1cciIU

[Duke APSI @DukeAsia]

🏮 May this wood snake year bring you peace, success, creativity, intuition, & wisdom 🏮
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