Riverbank Homes: an exhibition by Prof. Li Xu & students from CHINESE 401 B
Date & Time: 4–31 December 2025 (Launch Event: 1:00 PM) Venue: HUM Space (AB1075A) Experience 《枕河人家》 Riverbank Homes, a December photography exhibition in the HUM Space presented by Professor Li Xu and students from CHINESE 401B: Issues in Modern China, in collaboration with the Office of Student Experience and the Office of Campus Engagement. Through […]
Event Report: 2nd Chinese Theater Night
On November 19, 2025, the 2nd Chinese Theater Night was held in CCTE Performance Café. The event, featuring an opening, four plays, and a Chinese song, attracted 146 registered audience members and more attendees who joined without registration. With a full house, the evening became a vivid showcase of student creativity. This year’s Chinese Theater Night, sponsored by the Humanities Research Center (HRC) and the Language and Culture Center (LCC) at Duke Kunshan University, […]
JOIN DKU’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER ｜The LilyPad IS RECRUITING!
Hey DKU creators, storytellers, and innovators—The LilyPad (DKU’s student newspaper) is calling YOUR name! We’re on the hunt for passionate minds to shape the voice of our campus community. TIME’S TICKING: APPLY BEFORE DECEMBER 10 OPEN POSITIONS (COME BRING YOUR VIBE): Editors (Own your beat!): Lead coverage for Student Life, Health & Wellness, Travel & Culture, […]
LILYPAD’S FALL 25 MAGAZINE IS HERE!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 5:30–6:30 PM at Performance Cafe Snacks and drinks covered The LilyPad’s Fall 25 Magazine is ready, and we’re hosting a small launch get-together to share it with you! Stop by to pick up your free copy (filled with campus stories, student art, and all the DKU spirit), and chat with the team […]
Celebrating the Success of Prof. Richer’s Workshop and HUM Exhibit at NYU Shanghai
We are delighted that Prof. Renee Richer’s workshop, “Planting Relationships: A Sensorial Introduction to Plant Structure and Common Food Plant Families,” previously held at DKU, enjoyed a successful launch in NYU Shanghai. The HUM exhibit, “Flora and Feminists: The Subversive Science of Botany,” featuring the work by Professors Richer, Erin Wilkerson, and Dingyi Xu, and […]
Report on The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China
On Thursday, November 27, 2025, Duke Kunshan University faculty, staff, and students attended a lecture by Professor Ziying Cui, Visiting Lecturer of Dance, titled “The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China.” The lecture examined how the Chinese imagination has invested the ballerina’s disciplined, suffering body with symbolic […]
Film Society Screening: Lan Yu (2001) | Nov. 27
Thursday night is film night! This week, the Film Society presents 蓝宇 Lan Yu (2001), one of the landmark works of queer Chinese cinema. Join us for a powerful screening that continues the “Censored” Series and highlights a film long kept from public view. Set in Beijing in the years leading up to 1989, the […]
Women in Independent Publishing with Prof. Stephanie R. Anderson
NOV 25·9:00-10:30 AM | ONLINE EVENT Join us on Tuesday morning for an inspiring Zoom session on Women in Independent Publishing, supported by the Humanities Research Center. Organized by the Network for New York School Studies (NNYSS), this event brings together powerful voices shaping today’s independent publishing landscape. Hear directly from two of the book’s interviewees along with Stephanie R. Anderson, with […]
Learn How to Discover the Past
Archives and History Initiative by Carl Zhang and Disty Mahmud In this talk, DKU archival specialist Ryder Kouba presented his insights and expertise as the university’s archivist and special collections librarian, discussing the types of archives he is building, the importance of preserving materials, and online resources available beyond DKU. He also shared thoughts on […]
Report on Entangled Cartographies: Mapping the Unmappable in a Digital Age
Report on Entangled Cartographies: Mapping the Unmappable in a Digital Age Reported by Kymbat Altybay, class of 2028 On November 6-7, 2025, the IB Lecture Hall at Duke Kunshan hosted the international conference “Entangled Cartographies.” For two days, a unique group of thinkers gathered to solve an urgent question: how do we chart digital, ecological, […]
