Special Forum on Freedom Voices and Struggles Across the Globe
On September 19th, at the Humanities Fall Conference, the Freedom Lab hosted a forum on “Freedom Voices and Struggles Across the Globe.” The forum consisted of presentations and discussions by faculty and student research assistants on their current research projects sponsored by the Freedom Lab. Professor Qian Zhu, along with student researchers Qingyi Yin and […]
Freedom’s Proximity: The Interconnections between American Slavery, British Colonial Abolition, and Slave Ship Revolt
FREEDOM LAB PRESENTS FREEDOM’S PROXIMITY: THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN AMERICAN SLAVERY, BRITISH COLONIAL ABOLITION, AND SLAVE SHIP REVOLT BY PROFESSOR JEFFREY R. KERR-RITCHIE， HOWARD UNIVERSITY Opening Welcome by VCAA Scott Maceachern Tuesday October 13 9:15 PM-10:30 PM Beijing Time Zoom ID： 261 330 4845 Abstract In November 1841, 19 rebels seized the US slave ship Creole transporting 139 […]
Points Center for Contemporary Art Series Talk | Conversation with Liao Fei and Zhao Qian
Time: 9/25, Friday 6-7pm Location: IB1046 Zoom ID: 262-835-7204 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 second short series features Points Center for Contemporary Art (PCCA). […]
Recovering Histories of the Haitian Revolution
By Yue Qiu and Henry Stevens Haiti, known prior to 1804 as St. Domingue, was once the wealthiest colony in the French empire. African slaves worked the vast sugar plantations to enrich the powerful French Monarchy and Empire. On August 22nd, 1791, slaves on the northern plain of Haiti revolted against their masters, burned the […]
Report on Humanities Research Center Student Orientation & Information Session
By Anisha Joshi Class of 2022 On September 1st, DKU’s freshmen were introduced to the DKU Humanities Research Center. While DKU does not have a graduate program in the arts and humanities yet, the HRC gives DKU students the unique opportunity work on intensive research with professor, as well as carry out their own projects.
Kevin Macnish: Ethics of Surveillance
Runya Liu and Daniel Lim, a student and faculty member at Duke Kunshan University, interview Kevin Macnish, Assistant Professor of Ethics and Information Technology at the University of Twente, on the ethics of surveillance.
Hayley Evans: International Regulation and Killer Robots
Annemieke van den Dool and Daniel Lim, faculty at Duke Kunshan University, interview Hayley Evans, a Frank Knox Research Fellow at Harvard University, on the international regulation of Lethal Autonomous Weapons.
Points Center for Contemporary Art Series Talk | Art Nomad: International Artist Residency
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 second short series features Points Center for Contemporary Art (PCCA). Situated in the greater Kunshan region, PCCA is dedicated […]
