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Frederick Douglass and The Beginnings of Pan-Africanism

Date: September 11, 2025 Time: 5:15–6:15 PM Venue: AB 1079 Speaker: Prof. Jesse Olsavsky   Explore how African, Caribbean, and African American thinkers circulated ideas about Frederick Douglass—a runaway slave, antislavery activist, and statesman—and reinterpreted him as a founding figure of Pan-Africanism, a movement that became a guiding ideology for African decolonization.   Snacks & […]

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The LilyPad is Recruiting!

The LilyPad is recruiting! Apply to become a part of the LilyPad’s editorial team today! Supported by the Humanities Research Center, we publish DKU’s best student-written pieces across a wide variety of topics. We are accepting applications for editor positions to some of our sections, staff writers, and social media and design team members! You can […]

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Lecture: A Japanese Zen Monk in Ming China: Zekkai Chūshin (1336–1405) and East Asian Cultural Exchange

Date: September 10, 2025 Time: 18:00–19:30 Venue: IB1047 Speaker: Paul S. Atkins, Professor of Japanese, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle. Title: A Japanese Zen Monk in Ming China The life and works of Zekkai Chūshin 絶海中津 (1336–1405), a Japanese Rinzai Zen monk and poet, offer a unique perspective on the […]

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Student Report on Heritage Lab Launch

Reported by Philip Yanakiev, class of 2027 On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, faculty, staff, and students gathered at the library for the launch of the Heritage Lab, co-led by Professor Kolleen Guy and Professor Jung Choi. Professor Guy opened the session by introducing the lab and its inspiration – the UNESCO grant-funded project “Museums as […]

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Student Report on HRC 2025 Fall Conference

Reported by Yuruo Zhang, class of 2027   On August 29, 2025, the Humanities Fall Conference, “Digital Humanities”, was successfully held at Duke Kunshan University, featuring keynote speakers from Duke University and Zhejiang University, as well as faculty presenters from the Arts and Humanities division at DKU. Dr Mark Hansen, Professor of Literature at Duke […]

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Superdeep Nighthawks: The Favourite (Lanthimos 2018) | Sept 4, 8:18pm

8:18pm  |  IB 1008 The Nighthawks are converging this week for a Superdeep feature by Yorgos Lanthimos so good it might be The Favourite. Join us for the eponymous film (…& food & drink). Thu Sept 4, 8:18pm (food; 8:28 screening) IB 1008 *** Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late); more info […]

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RAS China Library: The China Journal

The library contains a number of copies of China Journal, an English language popular magazine that was published in the International Settlement in Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930. This list was compiled by Kyle Chun on May 17, 2017 Note: X 2 denotes that the library has two copies These journals are in the […]

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RAS China Archives: China Express and Telegraph

The RAS China library contains a number of original copies of The China Express and Telegraph, a weekly newspaper published in London, containing information relevant to the Far East. A number of these copies have been digitized into searchable PDF files. 1928 January 05 45.1MB 1928 January 12 43MB 1928 January 26 53.7MB 1928 February […]

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RAS China Archives: Tess Johnston

Prior to her retirement in the United States in 2016, long-time Shanghai resident, author, and US Foreign Service Officer Tess Johnston donated part of her personal archive to the Royal Asiatic Society, China. The library, as part of a digitization project jointly undertaken with Duke Kunshan University, has now scanned all nine boxes of papers, […]

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Congratulations! Professor Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley’s New Book Uneasy Allies: Sino – American Relations at the Grassroots, 1937–1949

Exciting update for history enthusiasts! Editors Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley have unveiled Uneasy Allies: Sino – American Relations at the Grassroots, 1937–1949 — a profound probe into the grassroots – level dynamics of Sino – American ties during that crucial era. Their exploration of grassroots Sino – American ties during 1937–1949 enriches historical narratives, […]

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