Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University

05/01/2026

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/celebrating-career-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...

04/30/2026

https://asianmideast.duke.edu/news/trinity-class-2026-leadership-curiosity-and-global-perspectives

Mariam Gulamhusein is a senior from Dubai, UAE double majoring in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

04/29/2026

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

04/24/2026

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.

04/20/2026

AMES in Four Acts!

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

04/07/2026

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

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...

01/21/2026

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

Mid-print in the Co-Lab, where students transformed their names in

01/15/2026

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

Yan Liu, Associate Professor of the Practice in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and Director of th

12/05/2025

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

09/29/2025

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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Duke University’s Judith Deckers Prize honors excellence in undergraduate teaching, recognizing faculty whose innovative practices and deep commitment have shaped the stu

09/26/2025

Congratulations to AMES Professor Yan Liu for receiving the 2025 ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Professional Award! Dr. Liu has received this award for her outstanding contributions to the advancement of language education.

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The AMES department is proud to announce that Yan Liu, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of the Chinese Language Program, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Professional Awards, which recognize outstanding contrib...