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Area
Studies sites:
African
& African American Studies - The African & African-American
Studies Program is designed to establish coordinated
interdisciplinary study of the history and culture,
the social and economic issues, and the political
institutions and processes that have shaped the experiences
of people of African ancestry.
Asian/Pacific
Studies Institute - The Asian/Pacific Studies
Institute (APSI), established in 1981, supports and
coordinates academic endeavors involving East and
Southeast Asian cultures and society undertaken by
scholars and students at Duke University and in the
Southeast region of the United States.
Center for European Studies - As
a European Union Center, and National Resource Center
on Western Europe, the Center for European Studies
(CES) promotes programs, courses, and research that
directly address questions concerning contemporary
Europe, and the European Union.
Comparative Area Studies - Comparative
Area Studies (CAS) offers a major and minor to undergraduate
students interested in the interdisciplinary study
of societies and cultures of a particular region of
the world, complemented with a concentration in a
second world area and comparative study of international
issues.
Globalization,
Equity & Democratic Governance - A seminar that
explores how global economic changes are affecting
the distribution of wealth and well being among and
within nations.
Latin American & Caribbean Studies
- Oversees and coordinates graduate and undergraduate
education in Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
and promotes research and dissemination of knowledge
about the region. The Center offers two certificate
options for graduate students plus a certificate for
undergraduate students.
North American Studies - North American
Studies is the first U.S. Dept. of Education National
Resource Center devoted to the study of North America
as a region. It focuses on the political, social,
& cultural consequences of regionalization, and
attempts to place them within the long history of
the interaction of Canada and Mexico with the U.S.
Oceans Connect - An international studies
program that seeks to supplement the continentally
based framework of area studies with a distinctly
different overlay, one that highlights the linkages
and exchanges across oceans.
Program in Asian Security Studies (PASS)
- Given the increasing importance of East Asia and
the growing security concerns in this area, Duke University
established PASS in 1998. PASS sponsors conferences,
seminars and lectures to encourage critical research
and discussion of East Asian security policy issues.
Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies
- The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, & East European
Studies funds course development, organizes lectures,
workshops and conferences, sponsors visiting faculty,
funds acquisition of additional library resources,
and engages in other activities to promote the study
of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
South
Asian Studies - South Asian Studies is part of The
Triangle South Asia Consortium, an educational
cooperative composed of the South Asia faculties of
NCSU, Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and NCCU,
whose mission is to promote the scholarly study of
the South Asian sub-continent.
Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS)
- T.I.S.S. is an interdisciplinary consortium of Duke
University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and NCSU, whose object
is to promote communication and cooperation across disciplines
and beyond the confines of each university in order
to advance research and education concerning national
and international security.
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