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Nature and Society: DKU Undergraduate Humanities Spring Conference 2026 | April 3
The DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) is thrilled to announce its annual Spring Conference 2026, taking place at Duke Kunshan University on April 3, 2026! This year’s theme, “Nature and Society,” explores the dynamic interactions between human societies and the natural world across cultures, time periods, and disciplines. We are excited to welcome our keynote […]
Which Book Made You Fall in Love with History?｜Archives and History Initiative ｜Mar 25
If you enjoy reading history books, or just want some great reading recommendations, please join us for this panel conversation about the books we love. March 25th | 5:30–6:30 PM | LIB 2121 Food provided!
Superdeep Nighthakws: We Are The Best! (Vi är bäst!; Moodysson 2013) | Thu Mar 12, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Miniterm week: heavy metal screenings…youthless youth screenings… Join the Nighthawks to turn either into a Superdeep double-feature, with Lukas Moodysson‘s 2013 We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst…& food & drink). ▷ Mar 12, 8:28pm ▷ IB 1008 Lecture Hall (Metal screenings this week happen ~7pm, in ~IB Lecture Hall; youthless youth ones in LIB […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Common Side Effects (Bennett & Hely 2024) | Mar 5 & 6, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Finals week, signature work deadline… all work and no rest… Your own Superdeep accomplishments aside, this must lead to Common Side Effects. Join the Nighthawks for Joe Bennett & Steve Hely‘s 2024 animated mind-bender (…& food & drink). Note that we will screen this one over two evenings, with ep. 1–5 on […]
Event Report — Reclaiming Creativity: Rodolfo Cossovich on Accessibility 2.0 and Co-Designing with Artists
By Yuran Wang，Class of 2028 On the evening of February 11, 2026, Reclaiming Creativity through Accessibility 2.0 took place at IB 1046, featuring Rodolfo Cossovich, Assistant Arts Professor of Interactive Media Arts (IMA) at NYU Shanghai. In a world often obsessed with normative metrics and idealized bodies, the talk challenged the audience to rethink […]
Celebrating a New Publication: “The Modern Question: China and Beyond”
Warmest congratulations to Qian Zhu, together with DKU AH colleagues Zairong Xiang and Caio Yurgel, on the publication of their co-edited research symposium, “The Modern Question: China and Beyond,” in The Chinese Historical Review.We aim to neither harbor nor to advance a specific definition of modernity—a term that often is read as simply denoting how transformations in technology, administration, and knowledge render […]
DKU Professor Secures Three-Year UNESCO Transnational Heritage Research Grant (2026–2028)
Heartfelt congratulations! The Humanities Research Center at Duke Kunshan University is pleased to announce that Constellations of Memory: Transnational Heritage Networks and the Afterlives of War has been selected to for a three-year research grant from 2026 to 2028 from UNESCO. The three-year grant is part of the Transnational Heritage Joint Research Grant program and […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Didi (弟弟;Wang 2024) | Thu Feb 26, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Week 7 again…goddammit. But if this feels hard, just remember what middle & high school felt like… Join the Nighthawks for a Superdeep return to days of young, with Sean Wang‘s 2024 Didi (弟弟), a wonderful bittersweet portrait of Asian American adolescence in early ’00s California (…& food & drink). ▷ Feb […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: All is Lost (Chandor 2013) | Thu Feb 19, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Chinese New Year Festival, everyone traveling home. With everyone gone, is all lost? Dive Superdeep and find out with the Nighthawks (who won’t leave you!) in J.C. Chandor‘s 2013 All Is Lost. Come watch one of the late Robert Redford’s final performances… ▷ Feb 19, 8:28pm ▷ IB 1008 Lecture Hall *** The Nighthawks offer […]
Guest Lecture by Prof. Rodolfo Cossovich (NYU Shanghai) | Reclaiming Creativity through Accessibility 2.0 | Feb. 11
Guest Lecture by Prof. Rodolfo Cossovich (NYU Shanghai) February 11 (Wednesday), 2026 | 7:00–8:00 PM | IB 1046 Speaker: Prof. Rodolfo Cossovich, Assistant Arts Professor of Interactive Media Arts, NYU Shanghai In a world shaped by standardized technologies and “ideal” bodies, many digital tools unintentionally limit creative expression. This lecture introduces Accessibility 2.0, a new […]
