Humanities Research Center Continues Online
Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, Duke Kunshan University is transitioning to online learning until the situation returns to normal. During this online period, the Humanities Research Center will take advantage of the high tech infrastructure developed at Duke University and Duke Kunshan University to continue its activities, ensuring that students and faculty can continue […]
COVID-19 Memory Archival Project
The COVID-19 Memory Archival Project is an initiative from Duke Kunshan University’s Health Humanities Lab to create an archive of the community’s individual and shared experiences during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak utilizing ArcGIS StoryMaps, rich media and storytelling. We not only hope to preserve experiences through a memory archive, but also through personal […]
The Coronavirus: Human, Social and Political Implications
(Image By Hao Zheng) On Tuesday March 3, please join the Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center in partnership with the Franklin Humanities Institute for a panel on the human, social and political implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The seminar presents an opportunity for Duke Kunshan University and Duke University faculty and students to collaborate in […]
非洲：移民，文化，冲突—2020昆杜非洲主题活动周精彩回顾
2020年伊始，人文研究中心便迎来了三位来自世界不同角落的客人：他们分别是美国杜克大学文化人类学教授Charles Piot，美国杜克大学纪实摄影师、摄影记者、人道主义公共卫生工作者Fati Abubakar Gangaran, 以及南非开普敦大学历史学副教授Shamil Jeppie。他们应人文研究中心的邀请，作为昆杜非洲主题活动周《非洲：移民，文化，冲突》的主讲人，为昆山杜克全体师生带来了一次关于旨在促进其对非洲大陆古老文明与现状，以及全球化社会下的移民浪潮了解的难忘体验。
Freedom Lab Calls for Student Researchers
Freedom Lab is excited to announce opportunities to hire student researchers on a part-time basis to work with various professors on their research projects. Students are allowed to work no more than 40 hours a month, and will get an hourly rate of 40 rmb. Below please find a list of research work that may […]
HRC Student Ege Duman Co-Authors Paper on Brain-Computer Interface
Ege Duman, a 2nd year DKU undergraduate recently published an open-peer commentary in the American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience entitled “The Continuity of BCI-Mediated and Conventional Action.” The article was written with Professor Daniel Lim, Co-Director of the Planetary Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Lab (PETAL). This is the first paper published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal […]
The Religion of the Heart: Spirituality in 21st Century North America
Spirituality is the new cultural buzzword. Increasingly, North Americans prefer to call themselves “spiritual but not religious.” Yoga studios, and mindfulness programs, offering people help along their spiritual paths, are popping up left and right, and discussions of ‘spiritual intelligence’ are increasingly the norm. This talk will delineate and historicize the religious tradition that informs […]
