Reported by Mateja Bokan, Class of 2025.
DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) organized the 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad 科学与慈善 in Barcelona during the first week of October. Gathering DKU students currently in Barcelona and other members of the DKU community via Zoom, this two-day event brought together around eighty participants, four keynote speakers, and a distinguished Guest Lecturer in order to shed light on global response to various challenges using China and Spain as contexts of scientific development and empathy to bring communities together.
During the first day of the conference, focus was placed on the understanding of various social issues such as the Politics of Environmental Crisis and the female gaze through the lens of Latin America and Spain with lecturers Joanna Page and Isabel Durán Giménez-Rico. Following fruitful discussions and insightful student seminars and presentation of all research labs working under the HRC, participants were invited for a Gala reception at the Picasso Museum with a private tour to immerse themselves with the culture of the conference’s host city.
On the second day of the conference emphasis was placed on the Chinese context of societal and technological development of the country, but also its perception within the Western media and society. Lecturers Carles Prado-Fonts and Xiang Biao presented valuable information to the participants, most of which will be spending their upcoming years studying in China. Student seminars encouraged students to consider various perspectives to understanding China in literature and modern-day representation, and throughout the two days, participants were introduced to various research conducted by DKU students. 
The event came to an end with a roundtable discussion during which participants reflected on all the ideas shared and points raised during the conference, after which the Closing Ceremony and a Cocktail Reception signaled the end to this exceptional event.
