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Event Report on Innovations in Museum Experiences Through Extended Reality: Dr. Yue Li’s Insights
On Thursday, October 26th, 2023, DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) sponsored an enlightening talk by Dr. Yue Li, titled “Museum Collections in Extended Reality: Explorations on 3D Artifact Interaction and Manipulation Techniques in Virtual Reality and Tangible Interfaces using Augmented Reality.” This Zoom event, organized and hosted by Dr. Xin Tong from HRC’s Anthropocene XR […]
Event Report on HRC Anthropocene XR Lab Guest Talk Series: Understanding, Predicting, and Enhancing User Behavior in Mixed Reality by Dr. Yukang Yan
On November 17th, Dr. Yukang Yan, an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester, presented an engaging talk titled “Understand, Predict, and Enhance User Behavior in Mixed Reality.” This virtual Zoom event, organized by Dr. Xin Tong and hosted by Dr. Charles Chang from DKU HRC Anthropocene XR Lab, delved into the evolving realm of […]
Challenges and Opportunities for Humanities Research in China
Friday, December 1, 2023, 2-4pm. Reception to follow. Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, John Hope Franklin Center, Duke Kunshan University graduated its first undergraduate class in the midst of the pandemic in 2022 and has continued to grow since then, more than doubling the size of its campus with the opening of Phase II this summer. […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: “Blurring the Color Line” (Kwok 2022) | Nov 30 6:15pm, CCT Theater
6:15pm CCT Theater | 8pm Performance Café The Nighthawks are thrilled to co-sponsor a special DKU treat this week: join us for a screening of Crystal Kwok‘s 2022 award-winning documentary Blurring the Color Line, which will be followed by a Q&A (& food & drink) with Crystal Kwok moderated by Prof. Selina Lai-Henderson. Then on […]
Call for Papers! – The 2nd DKU Gender Studies Initiative Annual Student Conference
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the DKU Gender Studies Initiative invites student papers that address various questions in gender and sexuality studies. The conference seeks to explore a wide range of topics that examines gender, sexuality, feminism, or queer theories as a primary focus of discussions. Interested students, regardless of their major and division, are […]
Student Report on “Repositioning Women in Buddhist History: Roles and agency of Buddhist nuns in republican Sichuan”
Reported by Lia Smith, Class of 2026 This lecture was a part of Gender Studies Initiative’s event series. Each event connects gender to a range of topics where gender, sexuality, and feminism are discussed. The topic of this lecture was to unravel patriarchal historical narratives that focused on men, and to reposition women into the […]
Citizenship Lab Research Symposium
On Friday, November 24th, the HRC Citizenship Lab will host a one-day Research Symposium featuring presentations of research conducted by students and faculty affiliated with the Lab. Anyone from the DKU community is welcome to attend. The symposium will feature three panels:
Blurring the Color Line
Mark your calendar (Nov 30, 6:15pm, CCT Theater) for an fascinating in-person film screening, Blurring the Color Line, with the award-winning film director, actress, and talk-show host, Crystal Kwok! See the trailer of Blurring the Color Line More about Crystal Kwok’s film work Crystal Kwok holds a PhD in Performance Studies and an advanced Graduate […]
Gender Studies Initiative Calls for Applications for Faculty-Student Research Grants
The Gender Studies Initiative invites applications for spring 2024 funding (up to $500 USD) for new faculty-student research projects on topics related to gender, sexuality, queer theory, and/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 […]
Intimacy and the Afro-Asian Imaginary during the 1930s
Date: Nov 29, Wed Time: 5-6PM BJT Zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/3443189585 Freedom lab presents “Intimacy and the Afro-Asian Imaginary during the 1930s” with Dr. Owen Walsh from the University of Aberdeen. Archives of Black travel in Asia during the1930s testify to the ways that Afro-Asian solidarities were forged through multiple forms of intimacy. Whether in crowded traincars, […]
