AASP Director Nayoung Aimee Kwon has published the following statement to Duke's leadership in the Chronicle, detailing recent incidents of hate and bias, with recommendations in view of truly creating lasting change in the culture and institutions on campus: https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/02/statement-to-dukes-leader… read more about Statement to Duke’s Leadership and Faculty from the director of the Asian American Studies Program »
The Asian American Studies Program at Duke University stands in solidarity with all students, faculty, and staff who have faced and are continuing to face discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or place of origin. We deeply regret that Duke has witnessed an increased number of discriminatory incidents including hateful and biased expressions against various minority communities. The latest case in the School of Medicine targeting Chinese international students for speaking their native language… read more about AASP Stands in Solidarity with Biostatistics Students, and Against Entrenched Structural Racism at Duke »
After more than a decade of student activism for an Asian American Studies Program at Duke, the University has officially launched the program. The Asian American Studies Working Group officially announced the creation of the program with a post on its Facebook page and formal launch of its website April 27. The program will not offer a major, minor or certificate to start, but its creation is the first step toward establishing those options. “The push for Asian American Studies at Duke has been ongoing since… read more about Duke launches Asian American Studies Program after years of student efforts »
The Asian American Studies Program at Duke is proud to announce its formal launch on April 27, 2018. It will be directed by Dr. Nayoung Aimee Kwon, Associate Professor in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Although there is not yet a major, minor, or certificate in Asian American Studies at its outset, the establishment of this program is an important realization of more than a decade of efforts by students, faculty, and staff as well as a bright sign of more progress to come. Read more about the launch of… read more about Asian American Studies Program Launches at Duke »
Ryanson Alessandro Ku, a PhD from the University of California at Irvine (2017), will be teaching a new course in Asian American Studies at Duke this fall. Ku, who holds his doctorate in Comparative Literature works on critical theory; postcolonial, race, class, and sexuality studies; and Asian/Filipino/American literature. His current book project, “Wounded Language/Time,” explores how various identities—hegemonic and minor, Asian and American, in the US and across the Pacific—linked by the Filipino—minor among minorities—… read more about New Postdoctoral Fellow Joins AASP »
Esther Kim Lee, Ph.D. — a professor of theater history who also writes about Asian American theater, Korean diaspora theater, and globalization and theater — is joining Duke University’s Theater Department. Lee was born in Seoul, Korea and spent her youth in Santa Barbara, California. Currently, she teaches in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland. From 2013 to 2014, she was the Chief Editor of Theatre Survey, the flagship journal of the American Society for Theatre… read more about Esther Kim Lee Joins Duke's Theater Department »