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Call for Participation: COVID-19 Memory Archival Project

COVID-19 Memory Archival Project – Live Video Tutorial Monday May 11, 10 PM EST / Tuesday May 12, 10 AM China Time

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Report on the Launch of Third Space Lab

By Junyi Tao Class of 2023 Third Space Lab (TSL) held its first launch event on April 6th at 9PM CST. Considering the COVID-19 epidemic, this event took the form of an online zoom meeting and was also recorded and posted on the TSL Sakai site. In total, 97 students, faculty, and staff from DKU […]

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Interdisciplinarity and the Future of the Planet

Thursday 30 April, 9am Eastern / 9pm China Zoom: 695-290-0771 Interdisciplinarity lies at the heart of Duke Kunshan University’s innovative curriculum for the 21st century. Recently DKU appointed James Miller, Co-Director of the Humanities Research Center to be its first Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Strategy. Join Professor Miller and students from the HumanSpace+ research group as […]

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Freedom Lab Event Report on “Gandhi, Vegetarianism, and Culinary Cosmopolitanism”

By Ruihan Wan Class of 2022 On April 13, 2020, The Freedom Lab invited Professor Nico Slate from Carnegie Mellon University to lead a discussion on the topic of “Gandhi, Vegetarianism, and Culinary Cosmopolitanism.” The Freedom Lab co-directors, Professors Jesse Olsavsky and Selina Lai-Henderson hosted the discussion. Humanities Research Center co-director Professor James Miller, Lab […]

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媒体艺术系列讲座 | 算法时代的叙述者

English 讲座系列介绍 昆⼭杜克⼤学媒体艺术系列讲座活动⾃本⽉起每双周举办⼀次,主办者将邀请媒体艺术领域的领军⼈物给整个昆杜的学⽣以讲座与互动问答的形式来介绍他们的⼯作及实践。第⼀个系列将⽬光聚焦在三位中国本⼟的艺术家与策展⼈身上,他们的作品能够让学⽣了解媒体和艺术在当代中国背景下的更⼴泛的表现。 该系列第三场Zoom在线讲座将于5⽉1⽇(周五)晚9点举办,特邀来⾃北京的策展⼈、研究员龙星如主讲。本系列讲座由 Vivian Xu (徐维静) 教授和 Benjamin Bacon 教授主办,并由昆⼭杜克⼤学艺术与⼈⽂学科及⼈⽂研究中⼼提供⽀持.

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The Media Art Speaker Series | StoryTeller in Algorithmic Times

中文 Series Introduction The Media & Arts Speaker series at Duke Kunshan University is a bi-weekly event that invites leading practitioners in media and arts to speak about their work and practice and engage with our DKU community. The first short series focuses on three artist and/or curators from China who’s work can give students […]

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Third Space Lab – Research Assistants – Recruitment

We are looking for 4 undergraduate research assistants to support research projects and events sponsored by the Third Space Lab. Preference will be given to those who are interested in the following fields: intercultural communication, international education, sociolinguistics (language, culture, and society), conflict resolution, and applied linguistics (focus on language learning), and who are interested […]

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Interdisciplinarity and the Future of the Mind

Thursday 23 April, 10pm Eastern / Friday 24 April, 10am China Zoom: 695-290-0771 Interdisciplinarity lies at the heart of Duke Kunshan University’s innovative curriculum for the 21st century. Recently DKU appointed James Miller, Co-Director of the Humanities Research Center to be its first Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Strategy. Join Professor Miller and students from the […]

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Undergraduate Conference 2020 Relaunches in September

Due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the undergraduate humanities research conference was postponed. Today we are happy to announce that the Humanities Research Center has decided to hold the conference from September 18 – 20, 2020. The conference will be combined with our annual Fall conference, featuring keynote speeches, faculty panels, as well as student […]

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Interdisciplinarity and the Future of Knowledge

Tuesday April 14: 10am Eastern, 10pm China Zoom: 695-290-0771 Interdisciplinarity lies at the heart of Duke Kunshan University’s innovative curriculum for the 21st century. Recently DKU appointed James Miller, Co-Director of the Humanities Research Center to be its first Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary Strategy. Join Professor Miller and students from the HumanSpace+ research group as they […]

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