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Picture A Scientist
On March 22, 2023 the Gender Studies Initiative held a screening and discussion of the documentary film Picture a Scientist. Titas Chakraborty, moderator Renee Richer, panelist Binbin Li, panelist
Student Report on Estimating Remaining Lifespan from the Face
Reported by Cody Schmidt, class of 2025 This was the first event of the Computational Humanities Seminar series, which focuses on the role of technology in the social sciences. The series is organized by Jaehee Choi, Zhaojin Zheng, and Alice Xiang. Professor Amir Fekrazad, a professor of economics from Texas A&M – San Antonio, presented […]
Student Report on Religion + Empire
Reported by Shivam Mani, Class of 2025 This talk was a part of the HRC’s Religion+ event series, held in-person on the DKU campus. Each event connects a topic to religion, and faculty are invited to speak on their work and/or ideas about the intersection of the topics. This event brought Prof. Bryce Beemer, Prof. […]
Superdeep#17: “Lucid Dreams Elucidated” By Nathan Hauthaler, Weifan Mo and Siyu Wang
Reported by Dongkun Lyu The seminar was divided into three parts. Sue first introduced the Ontology of the Lucid Dream, Michelle then discussed several different “Selves” in the dream, and finally Nathan proposed the research on knowledge in dreams and related action philosophy.
Citizenship Lab Presents: “The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World”
Date/Time: March 28th, 5:30pm Zoom ID: 954 6231 1016 Guest Speaker: Hendrik Wagenaar and Barbara Prainsack Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has starkly revealed the fault lines in the current, neoliberal political-economic order. While we are obviously not the ones to have noticed this, our take on the problem differs in a number of important ways […]
Religion+Animals, with Ben Van Overmeire and Claudia Nisa
Religion+Animals, with Ben Van Overmeire and Claudia Nisa Date/Time: March 28, 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 Van […]
Superdeep #18: “Connecting Dots on Vanishing Voices: A Computational Philosophical Inquiry” (Nielsen & Tao) | Thu Mar 23, 6:30pm
IB 2026 | Zoom 69 79 89 79 69 Join us for our 18th Superdeep workshop meeting in its 18th month. Karen Nielsen (E&L Phil ’23) and Junyi Tao (DS ’23) will showcase via “Connecting Dots on Vanishing Voices: A Computational Philosophical Inquiry”. As always, everyone is welcome to join; no prior knowledge of philosophy […]
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 […]
