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The Citizenship Lab Manuscript Workshop: Social Mechanism of Sectarian Violence in Egypt, 1970-2020: Types and Patterns of Armed Aggression and Communal Clash
Speaker: Hyun Jeong Ha, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke Kushan University Date & Time: Monday, August 1, 2022 8:30 PM (BJT) Meeting ID: 954 4465 6440 Scan the QR code and receive the manuscript in advance! Political violence in Egypt has significantly increased since the 2011 Arab Spring, as have attacks against Christian minorities. […]
Humanities Research Center Current Research Projects
The Humanities Research Center proudly announces the current research projects being conducted by the HRC labs. We invite you stay in touch with updates on each of these projects by checking the news sections of our website and following our weekly newsletter. ANTHROPOCENE XR LAB PROJECT 1 Title: The Neganthropocene and Arts (Case studies in China) […]
Third Space Lab Seeks Student Illustrators
Humanities Research Center’s Third Space Lab is seeking for one or two Student Illustrator for the Third Space Lab translation project. Please find the job details below: Student Job Title: Student Illustrator for TSL Translation Project
APSI Summer Book Club: Hard Like Water with Yan Lianke and Carlos Rojas
John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University’s Asia/Pacific Studies Institute presents: “Hard Like Water with Yan Lianke & Carlos Rojas“. Date: Aug 12, 2022, 7-9am China time Location: Zoom and in person at the Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall at Duke University *Registration required* This final session of the 2022 APSI Summer Book Club will feature […]
Congratulations to Jesse Olsavsky on his new book “The Most Absolute Abolition Runaways: Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861”
Congratulations to Jesse Olsavsky, Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director of the Freedom Lab at the Humanities Research Center at Duke Kunshan University! His new book, The Most Absolute Abolition, “tells the dramatic story of how vigilance committees organized the Underground Railroad and revolutionized the abolitionist movement. These groups, based primarily in northeastern cities, defended […]
XR Workshop #3: UI Design with Figma
Join HRC Anthropocene XR Lab in our online workshop [UI Design with Figma], #3 of the XR workshop, seminar, and hackathon series! The keynote speaker Qingyang He, Media and Arts major from the class of 2024, will introduce the Figma interface and two popular features of Figma for UI design, vector networks and gradient mask. She will […]
Casa Río: Biocultural citizenship and soy extractivism from Argentina to China
Humanities Research Center’s Citizenship Lab proudly presents Casa Río: Biocultural citizenship and soy extractivism from Argentina to China Project members: Dr. Robin Rodd (Anthropology), Aisha Shen (student researcher) The intensification of global warming and the slow rate of effective state-led efforts to reconfigure economies and socio-cultural systems away from unequal growth and wasteful consumption, have […]
XR Workshop #2 Intro to Augmented Reality (AR) Design
The Anthropocene XR Lab presents its second XR Workshop on Augmented Reality (AR) Design. All is welcome! Date: June 23, 2022, 8-9pm Location: Zoom ID 936 9996 2557, Passcode: 849092
The Humanities Research Center Calls 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), Senior Program Coordinator for the Humanities Research Center, by July 15, 2022. Research Labs Small Events Large […]
Student Report: Anthropocene XR Lab: A Beginner’s Guide to Unity Game Engine
Reported by Josh Manto, DKU Undergraduate Class of 2024 On the second of June 2022, the HRC Anthropocene Lab hosted a workshop on Unity Game Engine, a development platform often used for application, website, and game development. The workshop was facilitated by Leiyuan Tian and was taught by Tony Ren, both of whom are from […]
