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Cinematic Futures Film Festival
Time: Friday, Feb 6 – Sat Feb. 7 Locations: CCT Theater, Performance Café Language: English Full Day Events and Programming DKU’s inaugural film festival and student film competition with special screenings and a masterclass from Palme d’Or winner, Qiu Yang. Sponsored By: The Humanities Research Center, Arts and Humanities and the Vice Chancellor of […]
Using American Databases and Historical Newspapers
The AHI is holding a workshop tomorrow in LIB1117 from 4:15-5:15pm. Prof Jan Hua-Henning will provide guidance on how to find U.S. sources online, specifically in regard to newspapers. The workshop is part of my class on American History but anyone interested is invited. Prof Jan Hua-Henning will also share some findings from his research on Tuberculosis and Race […]
Event Report: 2nd Chinese Theater Night Workshop 3: Moving
Reported by Hui Yao, Lecturer of Chinese Language On December 3, 2025, the third workshop of the “2nd Chinese Theater Night” was successfully held in the AB Ballroom B. The event was organized by Hui Yao from the Language and Culture Center, in collaboration with the Curtain Call Drama Club, and sponsored by the […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Uzak (Distant; Ceylan 2002) | Jan 15, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks for a screening of Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s 2002 Uzak (Distant…& food & drink). ▷ Jan 15, 8:28pm ▷ IB 1008 Lecture Hall *** The Nighthawks offer a space for late bird Superdeep respite after a week of classes. Gathering every Thursday eve for film screenings, discussions, & food & drink. ~8:28pm […]
HRC Superdeep is hiring Student worker！
Supercoordinators Superdeep Available positions: Supercoordinator (DKU HRC Student worker) HRC Superdeep is hiring Supercoordinators (aka: Student workers), to help plan, organize, and run Superdeep events. The term of employment is Spring 2026. Renewal possible. The position is for ~17 hrs per month. Compensation is 32 RMB/hr, as per DKU policy. Responsibilities include: ☞ soliciting participants for events; ☞ […]
Film Society: The Substance (2024)
As the premiere of our latest “Female Directors” screening series, this week the Film Society presents The Substance (2024), the gory horror by female director Coralie Fargeat. A grotesque fusion of body horror, dark satire, and feminist commentary, The Substance tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood celebrity who injects a black-market drug […]
Film Society | Curatorial Statement of the Female Directors Screening Series
This session, DKU Film Society turns its focus to female directors—not as a genre, nor as a category defined by identity alone, but as a curatorial lens through which cinema’s forms, politics, and ways of seeing can be re-examined. From body horror and revenge fantasy to nostalgic documentary, reflection on domestic labor, alienation, mobility, and […]
Congratulations to Professor Lindsay Mahon Rathnam on Her New Publication!
We are delighted to celebrate Professor Rathnam’s latest scholarly achievement. In the article, Professor Lindsay Mahon Rathnam argues that Herodotus is crucial to reconstructing Arendt’s theory of judgment, as well as her picture of the Greeks as a whole. Arendt’s reading of Herodotus, as Rathnam argues, is suggestive of her attempt to mediate Heidegger’s legacy- […]
Memories of Water – transformation and continuity from the 1970s rural Wuhan
Time: 1.9 opening. 1.16 artist hangout. By AH visiting lecturer, Dingyi Xu, MFA What is your earliest memory of water? Since ancient times, water has nurtured life and civilization, while also bringing challenges. Over the centuries, Hubei Province, known as the “Province of a Thousand Lakes,” was shaped by cycles of flood and drought. In […]
