Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center
Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Arts, Humanities, and Interpretive Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University
By Mozhu Zhang
一部著作，讲述了七代人的生命旅程，记录了一个家族的沉浮兴衰，再现了拉丁美洲的社会历史图景。加西亚·马尔克斯的《百年孤独》从第一次与读者见面到现在以近半个世纪，不论是其魔幻现实主义的写作手法，还是复杂的家族人物网与传奇故事，都曾被无数学者反复揣摩和品读。然而，对《百年孤独》这座巨大“宝库”的探寻之旅仍没有结束，现就职于北京大学及柏林自由大学的Caio Yurgel教授向我们分享了他对书中体现出的男子气概的解读。 Continue reading “当历史的车轮碾过 ——听“论《百年孤独》中体现的男子气概 ”讲座有感”
By Sinan Farooqui
In this age of MeToo movements and greater awareness of women oppression and the restriction of their basic rights, it is often prudent to look back upon the literary works that may have upheld the traditional ideas of masculinity, resulting in the formation of such a machismo culture.
Continue reading “Caio Yurgel: the Representation of Masculinity in García Márquez”
By Elva Yu
DKU Humanities Research Center 的 Petal Lab 一直在给让人文和科技牵线搭桥，初进入时，我只知这里可以研究深刻有趣的伦理道德问题。后来才渐悟 James Miller 教授所言：“这世界的伦理问题光靠人文学科的思索是不能解决的，我们要把那些科学家‘拉下水’，让他们直面自己的研究背后所蕴含的人类意义”
1月21号，Petal Lab 邀请了David Grinspoon来学校开展讲座，题为“太空生物学：人类在地球和地球之外的角色”。讲座后，这位科学家和DKU的一些教授以及Petal Lab全体师生在晚餐间继续碰撞思想的火花。
Daniel Seng is Associate Professor of Law at the School of Computing, at the National University of Singapore. He graduate from Stanford University’s doctorak program in Empirical Sciences and the Law (JSD). His areas of expertise are intellectual property, information technology, law, machine learning, NLP and quantitative legal analysis. Continue reading “A Discussion with Daniel Seng on Artifical Intelligence and Law”
By Anisha Joshi
In a world where a deep fear of incumbent malice and malevolence runs within the hearts of most who have pondered the rapid pace of development in artificial intelligence, Fito Segrera sees a possibility for an exceedingly more positive future with benevolent AI. With a practical sense of optimism, he has considered a future with AI that might guide our way to better decision-making, ultimately resulting in an ending that doesn’t result in the destruction of humanity with the rise of AI. Continue reading “Fito Segrera: Redefining the Boundaries Between Art and Artificial Intelligence”