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Yearly Archives: 2022
Congratulations to Prof Tyler Carter’s New Book Launch: “No Blame” – An Amorphous Digital Book of Poetry and Art
Congratulations to Professor Tyler Carter, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at the Language and Culture Center at Duke Kunshan University! No Blame, as Dr. Carter describes, is “an amorphous digital book of poetry and art, with text by [himself] and coding/artwork by Eric Goddard-Scovel. It consists of 64 pages, with 48 poems (i.e., 16 […]
Humanities Fall Conference: Ciencia y Caridad 科学与慈善
The Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce its fall conference, Ciencia y Caridad 科学与慈善, (“Science and Charity”), based on Picasso’s painting of the same name, exhibited in the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. The conference will be held in person in Barcelona on October 7-8, 2022 and will be accessible to the global DKU community via […]
Student Report: The Bird Collision Prevention Project
Reported by Shuyuan Zhou Studies have shown that bird strikes on buildings are considered to be the second leading cause of bird deaths caused by humans. Birds may perish during the day without realizing the glass is there due to its reflectivity and permeability; at night, they may be attracted to the light and thus […]
Congratulations to Professor Zach Fredman on his first book “The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941-1949”
Congratulations to Professor Zach Fredman on his first book, The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949 (UNC Press, 2022). This book examines the U.S. military presence in China during World War II and the Chinese Civil War. Read more about his book below: Could you tell us about your new book and […]
Call for Early Career Participants for CHCI/Mellon Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale
The Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale will occur at the University of Pretoria between July 29 and August 7, 2022. Virtual sessions will be held on July 30-31, August 1-2, and August 4-6. The Institute is sponsored by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and funded by the Andrew […]
Weakening Strategies: Vattimo and Chinese Thought
Gianni Vattimo (1936–) is one of Europe’s foremost contemporary philosophers, whose work has had a lasting influence on a broad range of fields including sexuality, theology, art and politics. He is known chiefly for the idea of “weak thought” (pensiero debole), which aims to weaken the strong narration of Western metaphysics and the violence of […]
Student Report: Third Space Lab Guest Speaker Series from Prof Anwei Feng and Prof Bob Adamson
Reported by Dongkun (Ludwig) Lyu On May 5, 2022, Third Space Lab launched their Guest Speaker Series sharing a discussion focused on Language and culture in the form of an online forum. This forum was mainly composed of two sessions, the talk and Q & A. Two distinguished speakers, Prof. Anwei Feng and Prof. Bob […]
XR WORKSHOP #1: A Beginner’s Guide to Unity Game Engine
Presented by HRC Anthropocene XR Lab Time/Date: June 2, 2022, 8-9pm Zoom ID: 953 0162 0473 Keynote speaker: Yong (Yutong) Ren, Class of 2023
Congratulations to Recipients of the 2022 Shirley Graham and W.E.B Du Bois Award!
Freedom Lab is thrilled to announce the following 9 recipients of the 2022 Shirley Graham and W.E.B. Du Bois Award. The Award (5000 rmb per recipient) will help with our DKU juniors on their Signature Work projects, including book purchasing, art installations, photo printing and exhibits, archival research, and field work. Congratulations to all!
HRC Doc Lab Requests for Proposals: Documentary Projects
The Humanities Research Center’s Doc Lab seeks proposal submissions for documentary projects. The projects can be rooted in any discipline and/or be interdisciplinary in nature as long as they incorporate a humanities perspective. The projects can be based in any medium of preference. Both students and faculty are invited to submit project proposals. Students who […]
