March 22, 2023 | Keohane Lecture is 1 Week Away!

Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism
Where: Nasher Museum
When: Wednesday, March 29, 6:30 PM

Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill invite you to join Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor Pawan Dhingra for a free public lecture on how to combat anti-Asian racism in a manner that recognizes the complexities involved and encourages positive social change. The pre-lecture reception at 5:45 PM is open to all. Learn more here.

Staff Assistant - Undergraduate (Federal Work-Study and Non-Work-Study Students)

Duke’s Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program is looking for an undergraduate Staff Assistant to provide graphic design, marketing, and social media assistance. We are seeking someone who can help with a variety of tasks, such as create original graphics for events, courses, and programming for a variety of platforms (MailChimp, Duke Event Calendar, Duke TV screens, social media); regularly post events and news to the program’s social media (Facebook, and Instagram); and assist with the program newsletter. This person may on occasion be asked to write short written pieces for the program newsletter as well. Additionally, this person should have some familiarity with event/social media photography. The ideal candidate will have solid communication skills and work independently. Ability to juggle several projects with varying priorities at once is also desirable. We are seeking applicants who can begin at the start of the fall semester, but the start date is slightly flexible. Generally, AADS undergraduate student worker positions begin at the start of the semester, summer work is occasional. Priority deadline is March 20, 2023, and the position will be open until filled.

Requirements

Approximately 5-7 hours/week.
A creative eye for publicity and media presentation
Knowledge of basic graphic design editing tools, especially Canva
Solid grasp of social media platforms
Creative problem solver and a willingness to contribute new ideas
Availability to attend staff meetings, and AADS sponsored events

This is a paid position. To be considered for this job, please email dukeaasp@duke.edu with a resume/CV and a brief cover letter sharing who you are and why you’re interested in this job.

Work study is a program that helps students get part-time jobs, primarily on Duke's campus. When a work-study student finds a job, financial aid pays a portion of his/her wages. For more information on work study please visit https://financialaid.duke.edu/work-study

Breaking Down the Asian Fetish with Novelist Elaine Hsieh Chou

Where: Rubenstein Library
When: Friday, March 24, from 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Join us for a talk with acclaimed Taiwanese American novelist Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation. Light refreshments provided. Please register for the event here.

Contact: Jaeyeon Yoo, j aeyeon.yoo@duke.edu

Lecture and Q&A with Elaine Hsieh Chou

Where: Ruby Lounge
When: Friday, March 24 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Join us for a reading of Disorientation with acclaimed Taiwanese American novelist Elaine Hsieh Chou, moderated by Jaeyeon Yoo—a PhD student in literature.

Contact: AADS Staff, dukeaasp@duke.edu

Southern Memory, Southern Metaphor

Where: Friedl Building 225
When: Tuesday, March 28, 1:30pm

This talk offers southern memory and southern metaphor as two analytics by which to engage a place-based Asian American & Diaspora Studies in the US South. In particular, Dr. Gandhi will examine how Vietnamese American cultural producers represent South Vietnam through the iconography and vernacular of the US South.

AADS Undergraduate Research Symposium

Where: Blue Parlor, East Duke
When: March 30th, 5-7PM

The 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by the Asian American and Diaspora Studies Program will recognize creative and academic work done by Duke undergraduate students in the areas of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies.

Queering Post/Colonial Cinematic Archives

Zoom registration: duke.is/rgne3
When: March 31st, 10am-12pm

This 'Gender Studies Now' series workshop brings together editors and contributors of a groundbreaking transnational, multilingual, and interdisciplinary collaboration on excavating colonial cinematic archives. Taking the publication and translation of Theorizing Colonial Cinema: Reframing Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Film in Asia (2023 Best Collected Volume Award from The Society for Cinema and Media Studies) as a point of departure, the conversation navigates possibilities and challenges of queering or decolonizing colonial archives toward ends for which they were never intended.

Sign the Petition for Asian American Studies @ UNC!

UNC SAAS (Students for Asian American Studies) released demands for UNC to establish Asian American Studies, expand the Asian American Center, and continue disaggregated studies for Asian ethnicities. Read and sign their petition here!

UNC Creative Writing's Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence: Monica Truong

Where: Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall
When: Tuesday, March 28

The AAC co-hosts a reading by author Monique Truong. More information can be found here.

Diasporas: Transnational Migrations, Spaces, and Identities

Where: Zoom + YRL Main Conference Room @ UCLA
When: April 4 -19

This six-part program series by the UCLA Library’s International & Area Studies (IAS) Department explores the various reasons for migration, the experiences of migrants and their descendants, the creation of communities in their new homelands, the negotiation of identities and belonging, and the preservation and transformation of traditions. For details, refer to the series guide. Registration is required! RSVP HERE.

Program Manager Position!

The South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) is hiring a Program Manager position to support the planning and execution of SAADA's wide-reaching national programs and events. The role is full-time and based in Philadelphia, PA in a hybrid format. You can learn more about the role here.