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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 […]
Liberty and Power in a New Global Order | Nov. 24th
Monday Nov. 24th 12:00-13:15 WDR 2201 Lunch will be provided! Global governance is tightening and foreshadows that world state formation will become a live political issue in this century. Should this prospect be seen as a mere scaling-up of familiar ideas about statehood, to deal with global urgency around everything from climate change to public […]
Is There Buddhist Meritocracy?
Date & Time: NOV 10TH 16:00-17:15 Location: WDR 3002 Speaker: Oren Hanner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Classical Buddhist thinkers had a lot to say about the nature of reality and human psychology, but unlike Western philosophers, they largely remained silent about sociopolitical issues. Can the Buddhist tradition offer us any useful resources for thinking […]
Report on Born in Shanghai: A Refugee Child’s Journey and Memory of Wartime
Reported by Yuruo Zhang, class of 2027 On Oct. 23, 2025, Duke Kunshan warmly welcomed Sonja MÜHLBERGER, a child of Shanghai Jewish refugee parents. During the sharing, she introduced her remarkable story in Shanghai during World War II. Over 20 students and 4 faculty members attended this lecture. After Sonja’s father was released from the […]
Born in Shanghai: A Refugee Child’s Journey and Memory of Wartime
Date: Oct. 23 Time: 11：45am-1:15 pm Location: AB1079 Join us for a special lecture with Sonja Mühlberger, whose parents fled to Shanghai in 1939 after her father was imprisoned in a concentration camp for four weeks. Following her mother’s efforts to secure his release, the family settled in Shanghai, where Sonja was born. She is among more […]
Student Report on Heritage Lab Launch
Reported by Philip Yanakiev, class of 2027 On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, faculty, staff, and students gathered at the library for the launch of the Heritage Lab, co-led by Professor Kolleen Guy and Professor Jung Choi. Professor Guy opened the session by introducing the lab and its inspiration – the UNESCO grant-funded project “Museums as […]
Join Heritage Lab Lunch & Lecture!
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 Time:12:00–1:00 PM Location: LIB 2123 You are warmly invited to join us for the Heritage Lab lunch and lecture with Professor Yujie Zhu, next Tuesday, August 26, from 12:00–1:00 p.m. in LIB 2123. Lunch will be provided. Professor Zhu is a leading scholar of heritage studies whose research explores global museum practices, memory politics, and the […]
