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Report on Transwar Design, Kamekura Yūsaku from Nippon Kōbō to the Tokyo Olympics
Event Report by Jackson Zhishen Li On April 30th, 2026, Professor Gennifer Weisenfeld from Duke University hosted an event titled “Transwar Design, Kamekura Yūsaku from Nippon Kōbō to the Tokyo Olympics.” Professor Weisenfeld is an Art Historian who specializes in Japanese Art History, and her work explores how Japanese Artistic Production intersects with sociopolitical transformations. In […]
Report on Thematic Short Film Screening about Memory, Identity & Resistance
On April 21, 2026, Duke Kunshan University hosted a Thematic Short Film Screening about Memory, Identity & Resistance. The event began with an informal social session. This aimed to place participants in a shared, realistic environment before the screening began. Professor Robin Rodd prepared mocktails for the attendees. The Southeast Asian Student Club provided Lahpet […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Nostalgia for the Light (Guzmán 2010) | Apr 30, 7:28 + 8:28pm
7:28pm DKO; 8:28pm IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks for a fitting finale of the year: a stargazing + screening collaboration with DKU Astronomy Club: following a sighting of none other than godly Jupiter from the DKU Observatory (DKO) we will take to Patricio Guzmán‘s heavenly 2010 documentary Nostalgia for the Light (& food & drink). Don’t […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto; Mendonça Filho 2025) | Apr 23, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Week 27 of 28 long short fast weeks of teaching… What could be more fitting now than a 158min long & Superdeep movie that for the first half doesn’t even reveal its genre?! Join the Nighthawks for Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s 2025 masterpiece The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto), which is worth […]
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 […]
April 29 | Elemental Nationalism: Vies of China from earth and air
4.29 | 5:30-7:00 PM | AB 1079 People have long seized on that which they consider elemental as building blocks of their symbolic worlds, including their national identities. Recent work in the environmental humanities contends that attention to “elemental materiality” can help us to decenter the human and think ecologically about social issues. In that […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Sorry, Baby (Victor 2025) | Apr 9, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks for a Superdeep and exceptionally heavy bright dark comedic drama: Eva Victor‘s 2025 feature debut Sorry, Baby (…& food & drink). ▷ Apr 9, 8:28pm ▷ IB 1008 Lecture Hall *** The Nighthawks offer a space for late bird Superdeep respite after a week of classes. Gathering every Thursday eve for film […]
Superdeep #34: “What Are Sex and Gender and what Do We Want them to Be?” Ásta (Duke) | Apr 1, 3:28pm
3:28pm | Water Pavilion This Workshop is organized in the context of Prof. Ásta’s visit to DKU. Prof. Ásta will also a deliver a keynote lecture at this year’s HRC Spring Conference later this week. ▷ Wed Apr 1, 3:28pm ▷ Water Pavilion Snacks & drinks will be served at the event. *** The Workshop […]
