Student Report on Migratory Ghosts – Poetry Translation Workshop
Report by Rebecca Combs, class of 2025 & Photos by Ruixiang Hu, Class of 2027 On September 20th, 2024, HRC’s Migratory Ghosts reading series welcomed previous DKU Professor and University of Leeds Teaching Fellow Austin Woerner for an interactive discussion and workshopping of Chinese-English poetry translation. About 25 students and 3 faculty members attended the […]
Congratulations to Yue Qiu, Former Research Assistant at the Freedom Lab, for Her Recent Publications
We are pleased to announce that Yue Qiu, a former research assistant at the Freedom Lab, has recently made significant contributions to the field of slavery studies. Her DKU signature work thesis, supervised by Titas Chakraborty, has been published in Slavery and Abolition, a leading journal in the field. The thesis, titled “‘Where Liberty is […]
Migratory Ghosts: An Autumn Reading Series – Poetry Translation Workshop
How can we experience poetry? We can read it, we can write it—and if we’re lucky enough to know more than one language, we can translate it! Down through the ages, translating poetry has been a vital source of inspiration for poets and writers, challenging our creativity to convey those messages that seem the most […]
Student Report on the Workshop: “Casual Queering: Playing Chinese Gay Dating Apps Wrong”
By Nathan Franco, Class of 2028 On September 11th 2024, the HRC’s Gender Studies Lab welcomed visiting Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Andrew Wortham to speak about his research project titled “Casual Queering: Playing Chinese Gay Dating Apps Wrong.” About 35 students and ten faculty members attended. Professor Wortham began by introducing various queer […]
“GENDER+ LABOR” Discussion Panel
We are thrilled to invite you to an insightful discussion on gender and labor, featuring a distinguished panel of professors who will share their expertise and perspectives on this important topic. Date: Tuesday, 09/24 Time: 6:00 – 7:15 PM Location: The Water Pavilion (Faculty discussions followed by Q&A) Panelists: Professor Jaehee Choi Professor Nellie Chu […]
GSL Faculty-Student Research Grants Call
The Gender Studies Lab invites applications for AY 2024-2025 funding (up to $500 USD) for new faculty-student research projects on topics related to gender, sexuality, queer theory, or feminism. The applications may be submitted either by the faculty member or the student(s) but must involve some sort of faculty-student collaboration. This could entail a collaborative faculty-student project but also […]
Student Report of the HRC Fall Conference, “Humanities Matter: Ecological Crosswords, Past, Present and Future,”
by Maya Peak, class of 2025 The 2024 annual Humanities Research Conference fall conference, “Humanities Matter: Ecological Crossroads: Past, Present and Future,” was held at Duke Kunshan University this past weekend on August 30th and 31st, featuring keynote speakers from Brigham Young, Peking, and Duke Universities, as well as faculty presenters across divisions, and from NYUSH. […]
Report on Reading Group for “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education”
On Friday, September 6, 2024, DKU faculty, staff, and students gathered for our first reading group session on “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education.” This marks the second year of hosting this event, and we were excited to welcome returning participants as well as first-year students. In this session, we began with […]
Student Report on the Workshop: “Queering Zhuangzi’s Wuwei”
By Zu Gan, Class of 2025 On the 27th of August 2024, the HRC’s Gender Studies Initiative and the CSCC’s Meanings, Identities, and Communities Cluster co-sponsored a workshop and a talk by Hu Ying. Hu Ying is a PhD Candidate in Literary Studies from the Department of English, Linguistics and Theater Studies, National University of […]
Casual Queering: Navigating Chinese Gay Dating Apps Wrong
Join us for an engaging session “Casual Queering: Playing Chinese Gay Dating Apps Wrong”, led by Andrew Wortham, Cultures & Movements Visiting Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology. This thought-provoking talk will delve into how gay men navigate and challenge the norms of dating apps, in a digital world filled with fake profiles and headless torsos. Date: Wednesday, […]
