Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/celebrating-career-professor-carolyn-kun-shan-lee

Celebrating the Career of Professor Carolyn Kun Shan Lee Last week, the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) department gathered to celebrate the career of Professor Carolyn Kun Shan Lee as she concludes her final semester at Duke this spring. During the reception, students, colleagues, family, and friends reminisced over fond memories and shared the pos...

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Trinity Class of 2026: Leadership, Curiosity and Global Perspectives Mariam Gulamhusein is a senior from Dubai, UAE double majoring in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

https://servicelearning.duke.edu/news/language-isnt-just-something-we-learn-its-something-we-live

“Language isn’t just something we learn, it’s something we live” For nearly three decades, Professor Carolyn Kun-Shan Lee, Professor of the Practice in the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department, has shaped Chinese language learning at Duke around a simple but powerful conviction: language is meant to be lived.

Congratulations to the AMES seniors graduating with honors this semester! In order for students to graduate with this distinction, they must write and defend an honors thesis. We are so proud of their work and are looking forward to learning more about their research at tonight's honors reception.

AMES in Four Acts!

Featuring the past four chairs of the AMES department (Hae-young Kim, Shai Ginsburg, Miriam Cooke, Leo Ching)

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/celebrating-career-satendra-khanna-phd

Celebrating the Career of Satendra Khanna, Ph.D. Last month, the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) department at Duke University hosted a gathering to say farewell to Professor Satendra (Satti) Khanna as he sets to retire at the end of the 2025-26 academic year. This celebration gathered students, faculty, staff, friends, and family to recogni...

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/when-technology-imprints-language-learning

When Technology Imprints on Language Learning Mid-print in the Co-Lab, where students transformed their names in

https://trinity.duke.edu/news/yan-liu-receives-award-sustainable-development-education-world-language-classroom?utm_source=it&utm_medium=email

Yan Liu Receives Award for Sustainable Development Education in the World Language Classroom Yan Liu, Associate Professor of the Practice in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and Director of th

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/building-connections-through-first-year-experience

Building Connections Through the First-Year Experience What do cooking dumplings and meeting a former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have in common?Both are memorable experiences first-year students had this fall, thanks to Trinity College’s Arts & Sciences Curriculum.

Congratulations to AMES Professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow for being a 2025 Judith Deckers Finalist! Dr. Chow joins 11 other finalists in being recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

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The Judith Deckers Prize Announces 2025 Finalists | Office of Undergraduate Education Duke University’s Judith Deckers Prize honors excellence in undergraduate teaching, recognizing faculty whose innovative practices and deep commitment have shaped the stu