Transwar Design: Kamekura Yūsaku from Nippon Kōbō to the Tokyo Olympics
Gennifer Weisenfeld, Duke University Renowned designer and art director, Kamekura Yūsaku is widely heralded as a pillar of the postwar Japanese design field. As a founding member of the influential Japan Advertising Artists Club in 1951, and key designer for both the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Kamekura’s enormous contribution […]
Report on Reading Group for “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education”
On April 17, 2026, faculty, staff, and students at Duke Kunshan University convened for the session of the “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education” reading group series, which also marked the conclusion of this three-year event initiative. The discussion centered on Wei and Liu’s 2019 article “Coming out in Mainland China: A National […]
Report on “On the Ethics of Economic Theorizing:Perspectives from Psychoanalytica. Theory”
By Mohan Li（Class of 2028） The lecture began with a reflection on the speaker’s long-standing engagement with the methodology of economics, with particular emphasis on the choices and trade-offs involved in theory construction. He observed that any economic model necessarily selects certain elements of reality while abstracting from others, yet there is no universally accepted […]
Report on Lecture Series Event: Ordinary Frontier at the Desert’s Edge
By Yuejia Liu（Class of 2028） On April 16, 2026, Duke Kunshan University (DKU) hosted a session of the “Cultures and Societies” lecture series, featuring “Ordinary Frontier at the Desert’s Edge: Aspirational Ecology and Sedimented Infrastructures in Northwestern China”. Co-organized by the Center for the Study of Contemporary China and the Humanities Research Center, the event […]
Thematic Short Film Screening about Memory, Identity & Resistance
Tue, April 21 | 7 PM | CCTE Performance Cafe Join us for an evening of six short films from four countries, circling with one persistent question: whose story gets to be told, and what does it cost to tell your own? From queer homecoming in China to political uprising in Myanmar, from a Moroccan […]
Film Society: Linda Linda Linda (2005) | April 15
Wednesday, April 15th, 6pm | IB Lecture Hall “Four girls, one song, and a day that changes everything.” This Wednesday, DKU Film Society will present to you the movie Linda Linda Linda (2005). Four high school girls scrambling to prepare for a cultural festival after everything falls apart at the last minute. What follows is […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: La haine (Hatred; Kassovitz 1995) | Apr 16, 8:28pm
8:58pm | IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks this week for one of the great and ever timely social thrillers: Mathieu Kassovitz‘s 1995 La haine (Hatred…& food & drink). Please note that, to accommodate the screening of this year’s Signature Work films (6-9pm CCT), we’ll start a little later this week. ▷ Apr 16, 8:58pm ▷ IB 1008 Lecture Hall […]
PALESTINE 36 Screening | 4.17
April 17th 8 PM | IB LectureHall In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colorhial rule,Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire. This event is co-sponsored by the DKU SWANA Club, HRC Fascism and Everyday Life Initiative and the Cultural & Societies Major.
Tea Culture Week 2026 | A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life | April 20–23
Tea Culture Week 2026 A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life Date | April 20–23 Venue | Duke Kunshan University Tea is more than a drink. It is a way of slowing down, noticing, and connecting. This Tea Culture Week is not simply a collection of events, but a thoughtfully designed experience. We […]
Report on HRC Spring Conference 2026
Reported by Hao Zheng, class of 2029 On April 3, Duke Kunshan University’s Humanities Research Center held its annual undergraduate spring conference, bringing together 80 participants under the theme “Nature and Society.” The event explored the intersections between human communities and the natural world through diverse topics including gender, ecology, sustainability, craft, disability, memory, and […]
