Remembering “Beauty Salon 2” from Artist in Residence 2022
Over the three days of “Beauty Salon 2,” the artists in residence, who referred to themselves as “老妖精 (_ao_ao_ing)” created a temporary living room on DKU campus where DKU community members could participate in the happenings, in the name of art. Here’s a recap of the event filmed by Zhixian Zhang (Class of 2023) and […]
Student Report: Carles Prado-Fonts Keynote and Student Seminar
Reported by Mateja Bokan, Class of 2026. This keynote lecture and student seminar were part of 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad. In this lecture titled Science and Empathy: Looking at China from the West in the early 20th century, Professor Prado-Fonts, an Associate Professor in the department of Arts and Humanities at the […]
Student Report: Research Lab Presentations and Guide to Undergraduate Student Research
Reported by Shivam Mani, Class of 2025. Oct 7, 2022 Research Lab Presentations and Guide to Undergraduate Student Research was presented as part of 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad. After a series of student research presentations, James Miller, Co-Director of the HRC led us into a presentation of the several research labs within […]
Student Report: Student Presentations of October 8
Reported by Maya Peak, Class of 2026 During the Ciencia y Caridad, Humanities Fall Conference held in Barcelona by DKU’s Humanities Research Center, multiple student presentations were held. Projects ranged from Art and Humanities to Data and Policy, tying in themes of the intersections of research and charity, stressing the humanity in humanities. Below are […]
Student Report: Student Seminar with Isabel Durán Giménez-Rico
Reported by Soumya Lahoti, Class of 2025 October 7, 2022, 15:00-16:30 This lecture was part of the 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad. Isabel Duran Gimenez-Rico, professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, welcomed everyone warmly and had an introduction round. She started by explained why we should read sad stories. They are a way […]
Student Report: Keynote Lecture of Isabel Durán Giménez-Rico
Reported by Soumya Lahoti, Class of 2025 October 7, 2022, 12:30-14:00 This lecture was part of the 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad. Isabel Durán Giménez-Rico is a Professor of English Philology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She based her keynote lecture on revisiting medical conditions through a gendered lens. She focused on an […]
Student Report: Picasso and His Times
Reported by Soumya Lahoti, Class of 2025 October 7, 2022, 18:00 – 18:30 This lecture was part of the 2022 Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad. Patricia Leighten presented an excellent commentary on the depths of Picasso’s psyche, live from Canada. Picasso has been called the most important artist of the last century. He was […]
Citizenship Lab Welcomes Elena Lopez
Citizenship Lab is proud to welcome their first post-graduate affiliate, Elena Lopez. Read Lopez’s biography below. Elena Lopez is a PhD candidate in anthropology at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Her research interests include political philosophy, social- environmental and multispecies justice, conflict, nationhood, and understandings of citizenship. In her doctoral thesis, Elena disturbs current […]
Made in China: Cities and the People that Make Your Shoes
“Made in China: Cities and the People that Make Your Shoes” is funded by HRC’s Doc Lab as part of Doc Lab’s ongoing “Requests for Proposals: Documentary Projects.” Project members: Cici Cheng (Media and Arts) and UG student (TBD) Project summary: China continues to have the world’s largest footwear industry. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, […]
Professor Xiang Biao shares his book “Self as Method: Thinking through China and the World”
Humanities Fall Conference 2022 keynote speaker, and one of China’s foremost social anthropologists, Professor Xiang Biao, shares the English translation of Self as Method: Thinking through China and the World (Self as Method | SpringerLink). This recently released book is Open Access, free to read and download.
