Reported by Cody Schmidt, class of 2025
This talk is part of Duke Kunshan’s Statelessness Conference, a 2-day event held from December 1st to 2nd showcasing multi-disciplinary research conducted by faculty both in and outside of DKU. The Statelessness Conference focuses on the story of refugeeism in Asia and the Pacific during the Second World War.
Duke Kunshan’s Statelessness Conference began on December 1st, with a welcome and introduction led by Duke Kunshan’s Professor Kolleen Guy and Professor Jay Winter from Yale. The event was held at the IES Center in Barcelona, with additional guests joining over Zoom. The Statelessness Conference is a presentation of work by DKU faculty and guests focusing on statelessness and refugees in Asia and the Pacific during World War II. This project has been several years in the making, with DKU undergraduate students laying the foundation for the work prior to the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting and reconstructing narratives of stateless individuals. These students received a special thank-you from Professor Guy. Continue reading “Student Report on the Opening of the Statelessness Conference”