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Freedom Lab Exhibition

Global Engagements: Asian, African American and Asian American Internationalisms and Solidarities, 1918-2018

An exhibition co-hosted by Duke University and Duke Kunshan University

Co-organizers: Sucheta Mazumdar (Duke) and Selina Lai-Henderson (DKU)

Dates: February 10 – March 10 (more…)

Freedom Lab Opening Reception

Date and Time: 5:30-7PM, Thursday February 6

Venue: AB2107

Featured Speaker: Professor Geoffrey Harpham, Visiting Fellow,  Kenan Institute,  Duke University

Topic: Freedom and the Character of Scholarship

Light refreshments will be provided & opportunities for student researchers will be announced (more…)

Religious Texts in the Anthropocene: A Conversation on Interdisciplinary Integration

On Friday January 10, the Humanities Research Center welcomes Professor Mark Larrimore from the New School, New York City to give a presentation on Religious Texts in the Anthropocene and to enter into a conversation with HRC Co-Director James Miller.

IB1046: Friday 10 January, 2-3pm

Professor Larrimore is Associate Professor of Religion at the New School, and author of two important books about contemporary religion and politics. (more…)

Africa: Migration, Culture, Conflict

The Humanities Research Center at Duke Kunshan University is pleased to announce a three day event Africa: Migration, Culture & Conflict featuring three keynote scholars:

  • Fati Abubakar Gangaran, Duke University
  • Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town
  • Charles Piot, Duke University.

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DKU 1st World AIDS Day: Communities Make a Difference

By Bolin Song

The World AIDS Day (WAD) on December 1st is an international day aimed at raising people’s awareness of AIDS and related problems and mourning those who have died of the disease. On December 2nd, a World AIDS Day event was held in DKU, in support of World AIDS Day. This event was supported by the Global Health Research Center and PETAL (Planetary Ethics and Planetary Ethics Lab). The event was organized by undergraduate students Bolin Song, Qianyu(Sherry) Pan, and other undergraduate student volunteers. (more…)