Superdeep #4: “Dreams in Philosophy & in Film” (Weifan Mo) | Thu, Nov 25, 6:30pm
Thu, Nov 25, 2021, 6:30pm CST; screening 8:10pm CST
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69
Join us for our next session with DKU’s Superdeep workshop for philosophically-minded or -interested students & projects. Weifan (Michelle) Mo (’23, Ethics & Leadership (Philosophy)) is going to share with us her current work on “Dreams in Philosophy & in Film“.
Following our discussion we will screen Ingmar Bergman‘s 1957 Wild Strawberries (starting at 8:10pm in IB Auditorium, IB 1008), parts of which inform Michelle’s work.
As always, everyone is welcome to join; no prior knowledge of philosophy (or film) is required.
And, as always, snacks and refreshments will be served at the meeting.
2022 Call for Proposals
The DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) invites proposals from all DKU/Duke faculty and affiliates working on humanities-related projects. Projects should be based at DKU and/or connect Duke and DKU faculty. Proposals should be sent to Eugenie Chao (eugenie.chao@dukekunshan.edu.cn) by December 15, 2021.
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Black or black?
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Presented by Freedom Lab
Friday, December 3rd
Time: 9PM (China Time)
Zoom: 261 330 4845
Speaker: Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw is a Professor of French Literature at The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). She is both an award-winning fiction writer as well as widely-known scholar of the French Caribbean. Her fiction books include such titles as Four Taxis Facing North (2007) and Mrs. B (2014). She has edited such books as Border Crossings: A Trilingual Anthology of Caribbean Women Writers (2011), Echoes of the Haitian Revolution (2008), and Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution and Its Cultural Aftershocks (2006). In 2021, she published a biography of the poet Aime Cesaire.
Abstract:
Africa for the Africans: A History of Self-Determination before Decolonization
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Presented by Freedom Lab
Friday, November 26, 2021
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: CC1103
Zoom: 261 330 4845
Speaker: Prof. Adom Getachew
Adom Getachew is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She has published numerous academic articles on topics related to political sovereignty, the Haitian Revolution, Pan-Africanism, and postcolonial/anti-colonial thought. Her work has also appeared in such famous periodicals as Dissent, Boston Review, the Nation. Her most recent book is titled World Making After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination (2019). A highly acclaimed rethinking of the Pan-African movement, the book won the W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Book Award from the National Council of Black Political Scientists as well as the Best Theory Book Award from the International Studies Association.
Third Space Lab Brown Bag Lunch Research Talk: ZHANG Minghao (Rainie)
November 19, 2021
Noon-1pm (China Time)
You are cordially invited to attend the TSL Brown Bag Lunch Research Talk by ZHANG Minghao (Rainie) on The Fallacy of Fossilized Language Learners: An updated understanding of fossilization and a longitudinal case study of an advanced adult learner of Mandarin at noon on Friday Nov. 19th, 2021 (China Standard Time).
Location: CC 1095. Zoom link will be sent to remote participants. Bring your own lunch and enjoy the talk! Snacks and bubble tea provided—please be sure to RSVP.
Please RSVP by 5 pm China Standard Time Thursday Nov. 18th :
https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6s2OZQ5IN0RcXRA
Superdeep #3: “Tongqi Marriage & Epistemic Injustice (Yao Jingying) | Tue, Nov 16, 7pm
Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 7pm CST
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69
Join us for our third session with DKU’s Superdeep workshop for philosophically-minded or -interested students & projects. This time Yao Jingying (Cecilia) (’22, Ethics & Leadership (Philosophy)) is going to share with us her work on “Tongqi Marriage & Epistemic Injustice“.
Everyone is welcome to join; no prior knowledge of philosophy is required.
Snacks and refreshments will be served at the meeting.
The Thursday Night Tea Research Group｜DISSENSUS
November 18, 2021
8-9pm CST
Zoom ID 298 656 1787
(Online only!)
In the second to last event of the Thursday Night Tea Series we welcome one of the most provocative scholars on translation, Prof. Jon Solomon, to give a talk on the modern regime of translation and the crisis of the outside. Working (and translating) between Chinese, French, English, and Japanese, his publications have focused on the biopolitics of translation, developing a critique of the disciplinary divisions of the Humanities in their relation to the economic and political divisions of the postcolonial world.
This is a unique opportunity to interact with this one-of-a-kind thinker. All are welcome to join!
Fat Liberation: Power in the Face of Anti-Fat Bias
Friday, November 19th, 2021*, 9:00 PM CST
Zoom: 336 052 6609 | passcode: aiyo
https://duke.zoom.us/j/3360526609?pwd=b0lDUmp2OU5RSEROTWdEUzZLbzVXdz09
Did you know that an estimated 90% of women and 50% of men are dissatisfied with their bodies? That two of three girls under the age of 13 are already on a diet or considering going on one? That being labelled as fat is for most teenagers, a fear that outranks fears of homelessness, terrorism or death?
Why are we so unhappy with our bodies? What makes us so fearful of being seen as fat, and so antagonistic towards fat bodies? And is there anything we can do about these fears?
Join us this November 19 as we investigate and discuss contemporary and historical issues around fatphobia, and what we can do to dismantle our fear and bias against larger bodies. See you there!
*Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been rescheduled for January 21, 2022. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Dec. 3 – Third Space Lab – Guest Speaker Series – Chad Hoggan – The Varieties of Transformative Experience
Dear all,
You are cordially invited to the guest lecture of the Third Space Lab by Associate Professor Chad Hoggan (North Carolina State University) on The Varieties of Transformative Experience.
We hope you will join us!
Please RSVP here: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8dd5jVDSDcoGd1Q
Date: December 3rd, 2021
Time: 10 pm (China time) / 9 am (EST) / 3 pm (Berlin time)
Zoom Meeting ID: 248 487 9248
Presentation Description:
This presentation traces the history of transformative learning theory within the discipline of adult education. It presents a new metatheory of transformation based on the vast scholarship that has arisen around transformative learning. Included in this metatheory are definitions and criteria to distinguish transformative learning from other types of learning, a typology of transformational outcomes, key components of the transformation process, conceptual tools by which to analyze different types of transformation, and implications for practice.
Superdeep #2: “Causal Foundations of Knowledge” (Yutong Lu) | Thu, Nov 4, 6:30pm
Thu, Nov 4, 2021, 6:30pm CST
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69
The DKU community is invited to join the second meeting of the Superdeep workshop, DKU’s work-in-progress workshop for philosophically-minded or -interested students and student projects. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required; all students, from all divisions and at all stages of their studies, are invited to join and participate in the workshop.
Our second meeting will be our first student-led meeting: Yutong (Doris) Lu (’22, Ethics & Leadership (Philosophy)) will give a brief presentation on her current work on “Causal Foundations of Knowledge”, followed by Q&A.
Snacks and refreshments will be served at the meeting.
