The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
(APSI) is the focal point of research and teaching
on the Asian/Pacific region at Duke University. Started
in 1981, today APSI has more than 30 full-time faculty
members at Duke and 20 affiliated faculty members
from regional universities. It is the largest center
for research and teaching on East Asia in the Southeast.
APSI supports a dynamic group of faculty
drawn from a variety of disciplines and is unique in
the range of interdisciplinary interests of the faculty.
In addition to the MA program, APSI, in conjunction
with other academic programs on campus, also offers
undergraduate students opportunities to travel and do
research throughout the Asian/Pacific region. APSI helps
develop various curricular activities in the larger
community of schools and colleges and provides resources
for the study of East Asia.
APSI also administers the Global East
Asia Studies Center, a Title VI National Resource Center
funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The Center
sponsors conferences, research, and teaching initiatives
on a regular basis. Current initiatives include programs
and workshops on environmentalism, gender and rural
development in transitional economies, globalization
and transnationalism, mass culture and technology, population
and demographic studies, security studies, and social
movements.
