A Live Tour of Prehistory: Exploring the Lascaux Cave of Southwest France
Date/Time: Friday, April 7, 6.30p.m. Location: IB 2071 Zoom: 876 1256 7807 Host: Prof. Emmanuelle Chiocca In collaboration with DKU Office of Undergraduate Studies and DKU Language and Culture Center, the Humanities Research Center is proud to present a live guided tour of the Lascaux Cave of Southwest France. The participants will be able to […]
Religion+Aliens, with Ben Van Overmeire and James Miller
Religion+Aliens, with Ben Van Overmeire and James Miller Date/Time: March 21, 6:00-7:30pm Location: DKU Water Pavilion *Snacks and drinks provided! Join us! The Tuesday Night Conversation Series, Religion+X., hosted by Religion+ research group of the Humanities Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, will take place every Tuesday from 6:30pm-8pm and feature DKU religious studies professors James Miller, Tommaso Tesei and Ben […]
Religion+ Group Announces Schedule for Session 4
The Religion+ research group at Duke Kunshan University is pleased to announce its Tuesday Night Conversation Series, Religion+X. In session 4 these will take place at the earlier time of 6pm-730pm and feature DKU religious studies professors James Miller, Tommaso Tesei and Ben Van Overmeire in informal conversation with other DKU professors on a wide […]
Student Report on The Climate Emergency and Tuvalu’s Escape to the Metaverse: Challenging the Complicity of Design in Technological Solutionism
Cody Schmidt, class of 2025 This event was hosted by HRC’s Citizenship Lab. The Citizenship Lab seeks to understand the transformation of citizenship and the ways in which citizenship is expressed through ecological, temporal, and spatial terms. The full event can be viewed here. Dr. Nick Kelly and Professor Marcus Foth from the Queensland University […]
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Stubborn Silences: Writing the History of Chinese Women
The following event is a part of Women’s History Month sponsored by the Humanities Research Center and the Arts and Humanities Division. The Gender Studies Initiative is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Professor Gail Hershatter on Tuesday Mach 20 at 11:30am. Stubborn Silences: Writing the History of Chinese Women Date/Time: Tuesday, March 28, […]
XR Lab Presents: Metaverse: Are We Living in a Simulated World?
Date/Time: Thursday, March 16, 3-4p.m. Location: IB 2025 Guest Speaker: JieKun Song 宋介堃 Biography: Song is an XR enthusiast. Works in XR/Metaverse industry for more than 6 years. Build more than 20 metaverse projects for fortune 500 companies. Also personally published a VR game on Steam. 宋介堃是一名非常资深的XR架构师。在XR、元宇宙领域有超过六年的工作经验。为世界五百强公司提供过20多个方案的咨询以及部署实施。同时还在Steam发布过VR游戏作品。 Linkedin: https://cn.linkedin.com/in/songjiekun
Call for Papers: Women’s History Month Student Paper Workshop
The Gender Studies initiative at DKU will be hosting a workshop on student papers as part of a series of events of the Women’s History Month. We invite student papers in any discipline which addresses the questions and concerns of gender studies broadly. For consideration, please submit an abstract of 150-200 words demonstrating the relevance […]
Citizenship Lab Presents: On (Self-Destructive) Resistance
Date/Time: Fri, Mar 17, 4pm China time Zoom ID: 989 6560 8865 Guest Speaker: Prof. Candice Delmas Abstract: Acts of self-destructive resistance, such as self-neglect, self-immolation, hunger strike, and lip-sewing, which involve self-directed violence, have not caught philosophers’ attention. This neglect makes sense given the methodological assumptions that underwrite philosophers’ approach to resistance, including the […]
Undergraduate Research Conference Information Session, March 20 at 8pm
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference is March 21, 2023. To help students prepare their abstracts, Professor James Miller, co-director of the Humanities Research Center, will give a information session on Monday 20 March from 8-9pm (Zoom 6952900771). In the information session you will learn advantages of participating in the […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: “Blade Runner” (Scott 1982; Final Cut) | Mar 9, 9pm
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium) Session 3 Finals Week – a time to wish for more time; to bring the androids in us to more life; & to revel in Superdeep dreams of electric sheep… Join the Nighthawks for Ridley Scott‘s 1982 Blade Runner (Final Cut, & food & drinks…). Thu, Mar 9, 9 pm, IB […]
