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The 2nd Gender Studies Initiative Student Conference Program
Date: Friday, April 19th, 9 AM – 3 PM
Venue: AB 2107
9-9:15 AM: Keynote Speech by Professor Selina Lai Henderson
Session 1 – Challenges to Heteronormativity
9:15-10:15 AM Presentations and faculty discussions
10:15-10:45 Q&A
Heteronormativity in Korean Boys Love Comics: A Case Study of Chinese Queer Women’s Gender Discourse – Shuzhe Wang
Faculty discussant: Keping Wu (Zoom)
Masters tools: Oppression, Representation, Stereotype, and Heteronormativity – Sadey Dong
Faculty discussant: Hwa Yeong Wang
A Queer Metamorphosis: Animal Narratives and Lesbian Love in Contemporary Chinese Cultures – Ruohan Wang
Faculty discussant: Nathan Hauthaler
Session 2 – Gendered Economy and Environmental Challenges
10:50-11:50 AM: Presentations and faculty discussions
11:50-12:20 PM: Q&A
The ‘Invisible’ Female Riders in Food Delivery: Exploring the Impact of Platform Algorithms on Female Workers in the Gig Economy – Hanyang Zhou and Yixin Gu
Faculty discussant: Megan Rogers
Gender, Health, and Catastrophe: The Impact of Patriarchal Gender Dynamics on Tribal Women’s Health Outcomes amidst Pakistan’s 2022 ‘Superfloods’ – Arabela Iggesen Valenzuela
Faculty discussant: Hyun Jeong Ha
Gendered Dimensions of Climate Change: A Critical Analysis of Women’s Vulnerability and Representation in Global Environmental Governance – Manal Bidar
Faculty discussant: Jaehee Choi
12:20-13:30 PM: Lunch
Session 3 – Feminist Critiques to Culture and Society
1:30 – 2:30 PM: Presentations and faculty discussions
2:30 – 3 PM: Q&A
A Feminist Triumph or Flop?: Exploring Public Perceptions of Barbie- Yihan Chen, Ni Zheng, and Hsuan-kai Liao
Faculty discussant: Lindsay Mahon Rathnam
The Ornamental Personhood: A Reparative Reading of K-Pop Femininity – Vicky Yongkun Wu
Faculty discussant: Titas Chakraborty
Navigating Ideologies Rifts in the Digital Age: Understanding Relationship Dynamics Amidst Gender Discourse Polarization in China – Wenjing Xu
Faculty discussant: Qian Zhu
Program for the Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, April 26-27, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
1800-1900 Welcome dinner for all student presenters, Academic Building (AB) Executive Dining Room.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Register for the 2024 Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference
The Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce its annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, Superdeep, which will be held in person at Duke Kunshan University from April 26-27, 2024. The conference will feature approximately 40 undergraduate research papers and 4 keynote addresses. Students who register for the conference may attend an exclusive seminar with one of the keynote speakers, as well as a gala dinner with all the presenters.
Register to attend the conference here by April 19
Keynote Speakers
Roger T. Ames 安樂哲 is Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University, Senior Academic Advisor of the Peking University Berggruen Research Center, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i. He is former editor of Philosophy East & West and founding editor of China Review International. Ames has authored several interpretative studies of Chinese philosophy and culture, and his publications also include translations of the Chinese philosophical classics. His most recent monograph is Human Becomings: Theorizing ‘Persons’ for Confucian Role Ethics (2021). He has most recently compiled the new Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy with its companion A Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy, and is committed to writing articles promoting a conversation between pragmatism and Confucian philosophy.
Ru YE is an associate professor at Wuhan University. She works on epistemology, more specifically, epistemic permissivism, higher-order evidence, and pragmatic encroachment. She is also interested in formal epistemology and the intersection between ethics and epistemology. She received her PhD from Cornell University in 2016, and before that, she did undergraduate work at Wuhan University.
Seth Jaffe is Associate Professor (Research) of the History of Political Thought at Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome (LUISS). His PhD is from the University of Toronto, his MSc from the LSE, and his BA from Bowdoin. He has worked on U.S. foreign policy, been a postdoc at FU Berlin, and is a regular Senior Associate of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. He has research interests in Greek and Roman political philosophy, the history of international political thought, and how classical frameworks can enrich contemporary debates. His first book, Thucydides on the Outbreak of War, was published in 2017 by Oxford UP, and he is working on a book on Polybius. He recently co-edited (with Guillermo Graíño Ferrer) a double special issue of The Review of Politics on populism in the history of political thought.
Hao TANG is Professor of Philosophy at Tsinghua University. He received his MA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh after graduating with a BSc in Material Science from Fudan University. He is interested in Wittgenstein, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of action.
Recording from the 2024 Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference Information Session
If you were unable to attend the information session, fret not. A recording is now available here:
Gain valuable insights into the Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference ’24, covering its benefits, submission guidelines, selection process, and strategies for crafting titles and abstracts.
Don’t miss out—apply now!
Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference 2024 Information Session
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference is March 22, 2024. To help students prepare their abstracts, Professor James Miller, co-director of the Humanities Research Center, will give a information session on Tuesday, March 19, from 8-9pm (Zoom 6952900771).
In the information session you will learn
- advantages of participating in the conference
- advantages of presenting a paper at the conference
- the rules for which types of papers will be accepted and which will be rejected
- how the selection process works
- how to write a good title and a good abstract
All students who are considering participating in the conference are strongly encouraged to attend.
Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, April 26-27, 2024
The Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce its annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, Superdeep, which will be held in person at Duke Kunshan University from April 26-27, 2023. The conference will feature approximately 40 undergraduate research papers and 4 keynote addresses. Students who are selected for the conference will also attend an exclusive seminar with one of the keynote speakers.
(more…)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 welcome to submit their abstracts. GSI faculty affiliates will discuss student papers to offer constructive feedback.
Deadlines are as follows:
- 2-300-word abstract: January 12, 2024
- Finalist notification: February 2, 2024
- 8-15 double-spaced page paper submission: March 1, 2024
Abstracts up to 300 words should be sent by Friday, January 12th, 2024 to Professor Hyun Jeong Ha (hyunjeong.ha@dukekunshan.edu.cn).
Your final paper should be no more than 4,000 words, including the references and footnotes.
Please direct questions to faculty co-leads: Professors Megan Rogers (megan.c.rogers@duke.edu), Jesse Olsavsky (jesse.olsavsky@dukekunshan.edu.cn), or Hyun Jeong Ha (hyunjeong.ha@dukekunshan.edu.cn
中西太空探索的精神 The Spirit of Space Exploration in China and the West
昆山杜克大学人文研究中心荣幸地宣布，我们将于2024年6月6日至8日在中国江苏省昆山市以线上线下相结合的方式举办关于“中西太空探索的精神”的学术会议，并向各界人士诚征提案。
本次会议旨在探讨不同文学、文化、宗教传统中的思想、人物、世界观和叙事如何与当代中外对太空空间的探索研究相联系。我们诚邀来自不同学术领域和背景的科学家以及作家、文学家等人文学者加入我们，参与到这场中外对话之中
本次会议将围绕跨学科研究的前沿领域 【太空文化】(Astroculture) 旨在理解太空时代的文化与历史（Geppert 2012）。虽然目前的宇宙文化研究侧重于欧美，但近年来对俄罗斯太空时代的研究也有所增加。然而，尽管中国对地外空间有着悠久的文化和科学研究史，对中国方面的太空文化研究却相对较少。我们的会议将致力于填补这一知识上的空缺，将对中国太空探索的文化研究与西方学术界联系起来。
各国对太空探索的持续投入证明了太空竞赛不只是为了展示科技实力或体现军事的领先。在西方，征服太空的追求表现了更深层的与太空中神圣存在相遇的欲望，而近来宇宙文化中的宗教因素也吸引了更多学术关注。例如，基于基督教启发的叙事，我们的星球被描述为一个需要逃脱的堕落之地，亦或者是亟待开拓的新疆域。这样的叙事深刻地影响了杰夫·贝佐斯、伊隆·马斯克等致力太空探索的企业家的言辞（Rubenstein 2022）。同样的,学者们也指出太空竞赛在某些新的宗教运动——比如雷尔主义或科学教——的形成中扮演了起到了重要作用。
然而，学界对西方世界以外的太空计划以及其潜在的与亚洲文化、宗教、哲学传统和背景的关联却关注甚少。中国或印度的太空探索背后是哪些更深层的宇宙观？当亚洲的太空探索者遭遇地外生命时，他们将遵循怎样的价值观和伦理法则？哪一种探索和理解宇宙的角度可以避免我们的地球陷入环境危机之中？全球化时代的太空探索要求学者们用跨学科和跨文化的方式思考这一系列问题。
主题演讲嘉宾
陈楸帆
陈楸帆是中国重要的科幻作者创意制作人。他是耶鲁大学的研究员，并在博古睿研究院担任研究员。他与前谷歌大中华区总裁李开复合著了《AI2041:预见个未来新世界》
Jeffrey Kripal
Jeffrey Kripal博士在莱斯大学担任哲学和宗教研究部门的主席。具有代表性的基本著作有：《伊沙兰：美国与无宗教的宗教》和《蛇的礼赠：诺斯底主义关于宗教研究的思考》。他被公认为宗教、超自然和不可能性方面的领先理论家。
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Mary-Jane Rubenstein是一位科学和宗教哲学家，著有多本作品，最著名的是Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race。她在描绘的太空探索的愿景中探讨了摒弃地球殖民此类暴行的可能性，而她的研究也提倡科幻故事更多地关注宇宙自身而非宇宙探索的潜在利益
苏萌
苏萌，作为起源太空的创始人兼CEO，是当今最重要的太空科学家之一。苏萌教授本科毕业于北京大学物理学院，并于哈佛大学获天体物理学博士，他也是麻省理工学院Pappalardo Fellowship和NASA Einstein Fellowship的获得者。凭借对银河系的泡状结构的发现，他于2014年成为了美国天文学会高能天体物理学最高奖Bruno Rossi Prize最年轻的共同得主。
文章主题
我们接受不同主题的文章。文章的主题包括但不限于：
- 中外宗教、哲学或文化中的对太空科学家和宇航员的想象
- 中外科幻作品的对未来太空世界的构想
- 外星人与亚洲人/作为外星人的亚洲人
- 亚洲传统思想与文化、以及其对于行星文明和太空文化内涵的影响
- 与本次会议主题相关的艺术干预
语言
本次会议语言为英语
截止时间
请于2023年12月31日前将文章题目，200英文字摘要，以及一份简短的个人信息发送至邮箱<ben.van.overmeire@dukekunshan.edu.cn> ，并于2024年1月31日前告知我们您是否会线下或远程参加会议。
差旅
我们鼓励学者尽可能亲临现场参加。昆山紧邻苏州与上海，并可通过机场和高铁轻松抵达。在昆山市的花销将由昆山杜克大学人文研究中心承担，但我们将无法资助差旅费用。请与组织者联系以获取更多有关差旅的信息。
出版
本次会议结束时，我们将探讨以期刊特刊或编辑书籍的方式出版本次会议上的文章的可能性。
问题
如有任何问题，请通过邮件联系James Miller <jem122@duke.edu> 或Ben Van Overmeire <ben.van.overmeire@dukekunshan.edu.cn>。
The Spirit of Space Exploration in China and the West 中西太空探索的精神
Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a conference on “The Spirit of Space Exploration in China and the West,” to be held in person and virtually in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China, from June 6-8, 2024.
This conference will explore how ideas, characters, worldviews, and narratives from literary, cultural, and religious traditions engage with contemporary space exploration in China and the West. It will do so by inviting scholarly and creative contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, bringing humanities scholars, scientists and authors from China and the west in dialogue with each other.
The conference theme is located in the cutting-edge interdisciplinary field of astroculture, which aims to understand the cultural history of the space age (Geppert 2012). Though research on astroculture has mainly focused on America and Europe, there is a growing body of research on Russia as well. Much less has been done on China, despite its long history of cultural and scientific inquiry into outer space. Our conference aims to address this gap in our knowledge and to bring it into conversation with scholarship from the West. (more…)
Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference Program
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
All plenary events take place in the Innovation Building Auditorium.
0900–0915 Opening Ceremony & Welcome Speeches
James Miller, Co-Director, Humanities Research Center
Carlos Rojas, Co-Director, Humanities Research Center
Kolleen Guy, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities
0915-1045 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: James Miller
Daniel Vukovich 胡德
Taking “China and the World” Seriously: Towards Comprehension and Critique
This talk will query two things in the title: what does it mean to take some thing seriously, and what does “China and the World” really refer to? These refer to an intellectual or scholarly attitude on the one hand, and on the other a certain conceptual, historical, and actual geography. How are we to comprehend the relations between China in/and the world, and how and why should we think critically about this?
1045-1100 COFFEE BREAK
1100-1230 Seminar with Daniel Vukovich
1100-1230 Student Panels
1100-1230 1A VISUAL MEDIA AND SOCIETY, IB AUDITORIUM
1100-1230 1B CONTEMPORARY CHINA, IB1046
1100-1230 1C: IDENTITY, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIETY, IB1047
1230-1400 LUNCH BREAK
1400-1530 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Carlos Rojas
Lawrence Zhang 張樂翔
Examination, Office Purchase, and Meritocracy in Early Modern China
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the civil service examination (keju) system has always been a cornerstone in the narrative that imperial China was a meritocracy. There was also the rise of the office purchase (juanna) system that was expanded to increase both state capacity and personnel recruitment. This talk explores how these two systems coexisted in a conscious strategy that suited both the state and the elites. It also highlights the early modern nature of the Ming/Qing state.
1530-1600 COFFEE BREAK
1600-1730 Seminar with Lawrence Zhang
1600-1730 STUDENT PANELS
1600-1730 2A: GENDER, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, IB1046
1600-1730 2B: LITERATURE, BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES, IB1047
1800-2000 DINNER
All student presenters are invited to a buffet dinner in the executive dining room.
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023
0915-1045 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Chair: Carlos Rojas
Wang Hui 汪晖
A Supraethnic Perspective in Ethnology: The Transsystemic Society and the Question of Sinicization
The classical nationalist discourse often sees the unity of political and cultural boundaries as characteristic of the nation-state. However, this classical discourse forgets that the vast majority of countries in the contemporary world are transsystemic societies. If we speak of the unification of political and cultural boundaries, the premise must be that transsystemic societies and their definitions of culture are what lead to the unification of political and cultural boundaries—in transsystemic societies, culture is necessarily political. This article concerns the notion of Sinicization and outlines the associated academic debate. It reimagines the concept of a pluralistic whole and incorporates it into the notion of a transsystemic society and its movements to thereby redefine the “one” and the “many” in Chinese society and other societies. The author notes that, as a transsystemic society, China is a flourishing transcivilizational civilization that internalizes the traces of the other as essential elements of itself while maintaining its own unique vitality. It can therefore be seen that transsystemic societies and suprasocietal systems are correlated and mutually defining.
1045-1100 COFFEE BREAK
1100-1230 SEMINAR WITH WANG HUI, IB2025
1100-1230 STUDENT PANELS
1100-1230 3A: GENDER AND SOCIETY, IB1046
1100-1230 3B: HISTORIES, CONTEXTS AND ENVIRONMENTS IB1047
1230-1400 LUNCH BREAK
1400-1530 KEYNOTE LECTURE
1530-1600 COFFEE BREAK
1600-1730 Seminar with LORETTA KIM, IB2025
1600-1730 Student PANELS
1600-1730 4A: CHINESE AND JAPANESE LITERATURE, IB1046
1600-1730 4B: PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION AND ETHICS, IB1047
1800-2000 CLOSING CEREMONY AND DINNER
All conference participants are invited to a closing ceremony and dinner in the executive dining room.
