Stochastic Volatility X DKU: Conversation with Three Top Female Podcasters
In celebration of 2025 DKU Library Book Fair, the Duke Kunshan University (DKU) Library, in collaboration with Gender Studies Lab of the Humanities Research Center (HRC), the Environmental Research Center (ERC), and the Cultures and Movements Major, presents a feature event titled “Stochastic Volatility X DKU | A Conversation with Three Top Female Podcasters.” We […]
Event Report – Women’s Literature and Representation: A Roundtable Discussion
Reported by Yuting Zeng, Class of 2026. On the evening of March 24, 2025, a roundtable discussion was held under the theme of “Women’s Literature and Representation,” co-hosted by Yuqing Wang and Yuting Zeng. The event featured three invited speakers: Professor Wenting Ji, Professor Zairong Xiang, and Professor Don Snow, each contributing insights from their […]
To Grow Affinity with Whom? Shifting Modes of Engagement of Chinese Buddhism in East Africa
Location: LIB1117 Time: Mar. 31, 2025, 4:30-5:25pm & 5:30-7:00pm Speaker: Yu Qiu 4:30pm workshop: Between Worlds, Beneath Gazes: Gendered Fieldwork in Afro-Chinese Encounters 5:30pm talk: To grow affinity with whom? Shifting modes of engagement of Chinese Buddhism in East Africa The GSL Workshop Series is proud to present these events! Join to listen to Zhejiang […]
Between Worlds, Beneath Gazes: Gendered Fieldwork in Afro-Chinese Encounters
Time: March 31, 4:30 PM Location: LIB1117 Speaker: Yu Qiu The GSL Workshop Series is proud to present this event! Join the talk for Yu Qiu, a social anthropologist at Zhejiang University. Her research focuses on intimacy, migration, ethics, and identity politics, with fieldwork experience in Nigeria, Tanzania, and China. Her work has been published […]
DKU History Professors Receive UNESCO Grant Award
The HRC is proud to announce that Museums as Transnational Heritage Hubs: Civilian War Victims, Memory Networks, and Global Recognition, led by DKU History Professors Dr. Kolleen Guy and Dr. Jay Winter, has been awarded funding through the Transnational Heritage Joint Research Grants, supported by UNESCO. This project builds on the foundational work of Professor […]
Event Recap: Navigating China’s Archives: A Hands-On Guide for Emerging Researchers
Reported by Disty Mahmud, the Class of 2026 & Yuruo Zhang, the Class of 2027. On March 19th, the Archives and History Initiative hosted a presentation featuring Professors Lei Lin, Qian Zhu, and Andrew Field. The event explored strategies for accessing and utilizing China’s archival materials, both physically and digitally, drawing from the professors’ research […]
Female+Literature Roundtable Discussion
Date: 3/24 (Monday) 6:30-7:30 pm Location: Performance Cafe Introduction: From the classic Chinese tale The Legend of the White Snake (白蛇传) and its various adaptations to oral traditions and their written counterparts in tanci (弹词) and Chaozhou gece (潮州歌册), women have long occupied central roles in literature—as protagonists, dedicated readers, and even authors. This roundtable […]
Congratulations to the Students Accepted for the HRC Spring 2025 Conference
The HRC is thrilled to announce the acceptance of 35 undergraduate students who will present their submissions at the 2025 Spring Conference. A huge congratulations to all the students selected! DKU Students Students from Shanghai 1. Feng Ruyi 8. Luong Nga 15. Nie Shenglang 22. Yin Chengxi 1. Guo Eva 2. Fenh Haoxin 9. Luo Feifei […]
Joking, Swearing, Translating: Two Days on Intercultural Translation
Have you ever wondered why some jokes don’t translate well into another language? Or how profanity in different languages and dialects can impart incisive wisdom or even express poetic beauty? Two Days on Intercultural Translation opens the gateway to the hilarious, tricky, and thought-provoking world of cross-cultural storytelling. Two Days on Intercultural Translation invites you into […]
Join Us For Prof. Eben Kirksey Lecture: Big Sugar Made Big COVID: How Metabolic Rifts Made Us Vulnerable to a Virus
Why are coronaviruses actively circulating among people and animals? Is the common narrative about Wuhan as the epicenter of COVID-19 fundamentally flawed? How has industrial agriculture—especially sugar production—disrupted ecological and metabolic processes, making both bats and humans more vulnerable to pandemics? In this compelling lecture, Professor Eben Kirksey (University of Oxford) presents insights from extended […]
