Duke: Centers, Institutes, Departments and Student Organizations

Asian/ Pacific Studies Institute  -  "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."

International Studies at Duke -"The Duke University Center for International Studies, launched in 1967, is the university's major administrative structure for coordinating and promoting interdisciplinary international research, training and teaching. It has been the home to many of Duke's international and area studies programs as they first developed".

International Comparative Studies

Duke Asian Students Association

Duke Chinese Scholars and Students Association

Taiwanese Students Association of Duke University

Triangle: Centers and Institutes for East Asia

Center for International Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Curriculum in Asian Studies at UNC - Chapel Hill

National & International Programs, Institutions and Organizations

• Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
• Academia Sinica, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy
• Academia Sinica, Modern Chinese Literature Research Unit
• Aarhus, University of; East Asian Studies
• Australian National University, Asian Studies
• British Columbia, University of; Asian Studies
• California, University of (Berkeley); East Asian Languages
• California, University of (Irvine); East Asian Languages and Literatures
• California, University of (LA); Asian Languages and Cultures
• California, University of (Santa Barbara); East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
• Chicago, University of; East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chinese Language and Literature)
• Colorado, University of (Boulder); East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Columbia University; East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Cornell University, Asian Studies
• Edinburgh, University of; School of Asian Studies
• Harvard University; East Asian Languages and Civilizations
• Hawaii, University of (Manoa); East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Hong Kong, University of, Dept of Chinese
• Iowa, University of; Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Indiana University, East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Kansas, University of, East Asian Languages and Culture
• London, University of (SOAS); Languages and Cultures of China and Inner Asia
• Michigan, University of; Asian Languages and Cultures
• Murdoch University, School of Asian Studies (Perth, Australia)
• Ohio State University; East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Oregon, University of; East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Oxford University; Oriental Studies
• Pennsylvania State University; Chinese Program
• Pennsylvania State University; East Asian Studies
• Princeton University; East Asian Studies
• Queensland, University of, Asian Languages and Studies
• Ruhr University; East Asian Studies
• Smith College; East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Southern California, University of; East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Stanford University; Asian Studies
• Sydney, University of; School of Asian Studies
• Toronto, University of; East Asian Studies
• Washington, University of; Asian Languages and Literatures
• Wiconsin, University of; East Asian Languages and Literatures
• Yale University; East Asian Languages and Literatures
• European Association of Sinological Libraries (includes links to libraries and academic departments in Europe and elsewhere)

• American Association for Chinese Studies (University of Maryland)
• Asia Research Institute (Singapore National University)
• Asia Society (New York)
• Asian Cinema Studies Society
• Asian Cultural Council (foundation supporting cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and Asia)
• The Association for Asian Performance (organization that produces the Asian Theatre Journal; also has listsev)
• Association for Asian Studies (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Association of Chinese Comparative Literature
• Association Francaise des Etudes Chinoises
• Canadian Asian Studies Association (Concordia University)
• Center for Asian and African Literatures (SOAS)
• Center for Asian Studies (University of Colorado, Boulder)
• Center for Chinese Studies (University of Hawai'i)
• Center for East Asian Studies (Stanford University)
• Center for East Asian Studies (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
• Center for East Asian Studies (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Center of Asian Studies (University of Hong Kong)
• Centre d'Etudes de l'Asie de l'Est (Universite de Montreal)
• Centre d'Etudes Francais sur la Chine Contemporaine (HK) [he French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) was founded in 1991 as a publicly financed research institute, based in Hong Kong; our offices in Taipei were opened in 1994. The CEFC's mission is to study political, economic and social developments in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.]
• Centre for Literature and Translation (Lingnan University, HK)
• China Information and Culture Center (NYC)
• China Institute (New York)
• Chinese Comparative Literature Association (Peking University)
• Chinese Heritage Center (Huaqiao guan; Singapore)
• Chinese Language Teachers Association
• Chinese Society for the Study of Sexual Minorities
• Chinese Society for Women's Studies (Salt Lake City)
• Chinese Studies Association of Australia
• China Study Group [New York based non-profit organization formed in 1995 to facilitate networking of scholars/activists, and promote dissemination of info and research works, with a view to providing alternative perspectives and assessments on issues pertaining to China – both its revolutionary past and today’s China in the context of globalization. Members of the CSG support the broad goals of the Chinese revolution that triumphed in 1949, and seek to stimulate knowledge and debate regarding its achievements and limitations, as well as to offer a critical perspective of the radical changes that have occurred in China over the past 25 years and an ongoing analysis of its role in the world today.]
• Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research on Asia (UCLA)
• Cultural Studies Association of Taiwan
• David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication (Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada)
• National Resource Center East Asian (University of Hawai'i)
• East Asian Studies Center (The Ohio State University)
• East Asian Studies Center (Washington University)
• East-West Center (Honolulu)
• European Association for Chinese Studies
• European Institute for Asian Studies (affiliated with the EU; Brussels)
• Fairbank Center for East Asian Research (Harvard University)
• German Association for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Asienkunde--Hamburg)
• Great Britain China Centre (London, UK)
• Harvard University, Asia Center
• Harvard-Yenching Institute
• Historical Society for Twentieth Century China
• Institut d'Asie Orientale (Universite Lyons II)
• Institute of Asian Affairs (Hamburg)
• Institute for Chinese Studies (University of Heidelberg)
• Institute for Chinese Studies (The Ohio State University)
• Institute of East Asian Studies (Charles University, Prague)
• Institute of Oriental Culture (Tokyo University)
• Institute for Tongzhi Studies (City University of New York)
• International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS; Leiden) (includes links to the very informative IIAS Newsletter)
• Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
• North American Taiwan Studies Association
• New Zealand Asian Studies Society
• Nordic Institute for Asian Studies
• Research Center for Translation (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Ricci Institute for Chinese Western Cultural History (University of San Francisco)
• South European Network of Asian Studies [The South European Network of Asian Studies is an informal association of resource and research centers on Asia, academic institutions specialising in Asia, and individual Asianists located in Southern Europe (Southern France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece...]
• Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies (an alliance of European Asian studies associations)
• Taipei Ricci Institutue (Li shi xueshe)
• Taiwan Studies Institute (Taiwan zhengjing yanjiusuo, Taipei)
• Universities Service Centre (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Weatherhead East Asia Institute (Columbia University)
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Yale Council on East Asian Studies

• Asian Cultural Council [a foundation supporting cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and Asia]
• Beijing Film Academy (Beijing dianying xueyuan)
• Beijing People's Art Theater (Beijing renmin yishu juyuan)
• Chinese Performing Arts Agency [Approved by the State Council and founded in 1957, China Performing Arts Agency (CPAA), directly under the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, is the largest and most professional performing arts agency in China. CPAA is the world's largest provider for Chinese performing arts, as well as an established leader in presenting the world's distinguished artists and attractions in China]
• Councial for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan [Wenhua jianshe weiyuanhui]
• Hong Kong Arts Centre
• Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture [a non-profit, non-government community-initiated organization founded in Hong Kong for promoting cultural development from local, regional to international level. Steered by a voluntary board and executive committee with members from various arts, cultural and educational fields, the institute has proactively strived to expand the sphere and scope of cultural cooperation and exchange between Hong Kong and numerous cities in different regions since its inception in 1996.]
• Hong Kong Institute for the Promotion of Chinese Culture
• HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity [the first and a unique Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) senior secondary school in Hong Kong devoted to actualizing creative education. It provides young people with all-rounded creative learning experiences and opportunities for self-fulfillment]
• Ministry of Culture (PRC)
• Nanjing shi wenlian (Writers Federation, Nanjing City)
• National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center (Guoli Zhongzheng wenhua zhongxin; Taipei)
• Shanghai Grand Theater (Shanghai da juyuan)
• Shanghai Theater Academy
• Shanghai Film Art Academy (Shanghai dianying yishu xueyuan)
• Tainan Jen Theatre Troupe (Taiwan)
• Young Writers Society of Hong Kong
• Zhongguo sheyingjia xiehui wang (official website of the China Photographers Association)
• Zhongguo xiju jia xiehui (Association of Chinese dramatists)
• Zhongguo zuojia xiehui (Chinese Writers Association; PRC)

• Asian Cultural Council
• Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
• Henry Luce Foundation