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Calvin Ryan Cheung-Miaw

Assistant Professor of History
History
1356 Campus Drive, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
1356 Campus Drive, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719

Overview


I'm an historian of race who works at the intersection of intellectual history and social movement history. My current book project, Asian Americans and the Color-Line, uses the history of Asian American Studies to explore the rise and fall of Third Worldism within the United States. I'm also at work on a project on radical Asian American activism. A piece of this project, on transnational political murders, has been published as an article in Pacific Historical Review.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of History · 2022 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published August 8, 2024
Duke Student Thang Lian Named Beinecke Scholar
Published January 7, 2022
The Origins of Asian American Identity to '60s Student Activism and Vietnam War
Published October 26, 2021
New Faculty Voices at Duke in 2021

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Recent Publications


The Boundaries of Democracy

Journal Article Pacific Historical Review · November 1, 2021 This article examines the aftermaths of four murders: those of anti–Ferdinand Marcos activists Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, and Kuomintang critics Chen Wen-Chen and Henry Liu. These murders all occurred during the Ronald Reagan presidential admi ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Stanford University · 2021 Ph.D.
Stanford University · 2003 B.A.