Report on Exhibition: Thresholds and Threads: Disability and DKU Voices
By Zhuo’er Chen On February 2, 2026, Duke Kunshan University (DKU) opened Thresholds and Threads: Disability and DKU Voices, an exhibition that encouraged reflection on the diverse experiences of disability within the DKU community and beyond. The event began with a welcome address from Professor Selina Lai-Henderson, followed by Professor Keping Wu’s brief introduction on […]
Event Report — Embodied Wisdom Through Tea: Tea, Stillness, and the Senses
By Lianyun (Peggy) Pang and Byerikbol Yerbol On the evening of February 2, Embodied Wisdom: Tea, Stillness, and the Senses took place at Performance Café, offering students a quiet and immersive tea experience. Designed and facilitated by Prof. Lianyun Pang of the Language and Culture Center,the session formed part of her Infusions of Thought experiential learning series. Through embodied […]
Student Report on Border Perspectives: A Workshop and Talk on the China–Myanmar Border with Zhuo Niu
On Tuesday, January 27th, Duke Kunshan University faculty, staff, and students attended a workshop and academic talk by Zhuo Niu, a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies and the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. The event, “Border Perspectives: A Workshop and Talk on the China–Myanmar Border,” was […]
Report on Exhibition: Memories of Water
On the afternoon of January 16, 2026, Duke Kunshan University hosted an artist talk and exhibition event centered on Memories of Water, an ongoing research-based project by AH visiting lecturer Dingyi Xu. The event brought together students, faculty, and staff from across the DKU community for a documentary film screening, followed with artist talk and […]
Event Report on Using American Databases and Historical Newspapers
Prof. Jan Hua-Henning began by offering a brief introduction to historical research. For students who are not familiar with historical research methods, he distinguished between primary and secondary sources. Students then shared some examples of primary and secondary sources. To offer a case study in primary source research and analysis, Prof. Hua-Henning delved into a […]
Event Report: 2nd Chinese Theater Night Workshop 3: Moving
Reported by Hui Yao, Lecturer of Chinese Language On December 3, 2025, the third workshop of the “2nd Chinese Theater Night” was successfully held in the AB Ballroom B. The event was organized by Hui Yao from the Language and Culture Center, in collaboration with the Curtain Call Drama Club, and sponsored by the […]
Event Report: Riverbanks Homes
On the afternoon of Thursday, December 4, the Humanities Research Center (HRC) opened its doors to 枕河人家 Riverbank Homes, an exhibition that brings the quiet stories of Suzhou’s Shantang Street (山塘街) into vivid conversation with the present. Curated by Honey Huang and developed through Senior Lecturer of Chinese Language Professor Li Xu’s community-based learning project […]
Event Report: 2nd Chinese Theater Night
On November 19, 2025, the 2nd Chinese Theater Night was held in CCTE Performance Café. The event, featuring an opening, four plays, and a Chinese song, attracted 146 registered audience members and more attendees who joined without registration. With a full house, the evening became a vivid showcase of student creativity. This year’s Chinese Theater Night, sponsored by the Humanities Research Center (HRC) and the Language and Culture Center (LCC) at Duke Kunshan University, […]
Report on The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China
On Thursday, November 27, 2025, Duke Kunshan University faculty, staff, and students attended a lecture by Professor Ziying Cui, Visiting Lecturer of Dance, titled “The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China.” The lecture examined how the Chinese imagination has invested the ballerina’s disciplined, suffering body with symbolic […]
Learn How to Discover the Past
Archives and History Initiative by Carl Zhang and Disty Mahmud In this talk, DKU archival specialist Ryder Kouba presented his insights and expertise as the university’s archivist and special collections librarian, discussing the types of archives he is building, the importance of preserving materials, and online resources available beyond DKU. He also shared thoughts on […]
