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Report on “Gathering the Cracks: Poetic Counter-Mapping of Informal Networks in Bacheng”
English and Chinese reported by Zhiyuan Mark Ma, Junyi Yu, Jiaxin Wang On November 6, 2025, the Entangled Cartographies Conference (Track II: Networked Societies), hosted by Prof. Benjamin Bacon, gathered scholars and students to explore the changing landscapes of mapping, networks, and spatial imagination in the digital age. During this panel, DKU students Zhiyuan Mark […]
Activity Recap: Japanese Tea Ceremony Etiquette and Appreciation
On Friday, November 21, 2025, at 1:00 PM, about twenty students and faculty members gathered for a special Japanese Tea Ceremony workshop. This event is part of China-Japan Post-1945 event series. Prof. Cong Li from the Language and Culture Center invited a specialist of the Japanese tea ceremony from Shanghai, who held the workshop at […]
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 […]
Event Recap: Exploring Lu Xun’s Japanese Essay, “I Want to Deceive People”
Reported by Ruoying Wang, class of 2028 On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, DKU faculty, staff, and students gathered in LIB1123 for a special reading and discussion session titled “I Want to Deceive People.” The session was led by Professor Taku Kurashige, Associate Professor at Tsinghua University’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, whose research […]
Punishment Park, a film by Peter Watkins
Time: Nov. 25th, 6:30 pm (Screening at 7:15) Space: Performance Cafe Drinks & refreshments are provided at the event. A film screening event of Punishment Park, a film by Peter Watkins, presented by the Fascism and Everyday Life Initiative, hosted by Duke Kunshan Humanities Research Center.
Liang Qichao & Frank Goodnow: Views on China’s Monarchy
The Chinese political reformer Liang Qichao’s support for constitutional monarchy and rejection of the republican revolutionary cause (1906) incurred great controversies. Almost ten years later, the American political scientist Frank Goodnow, hired as the constitutional advisor to the Chinese president Yuan Shikai, also argued that constitutional monarchy was more suitable for China than the republican […]
Autumn Tranquility: An Experience of Japanese Tea Ceremony
Time: Nov.21, 1-2pm Place: Library 3F Teahouse Description: The Japanese tea ceremony has its roots in Chinese tea culture, which was introduced to Japan during the Tang and Song dynasties through Buddhist monks. Early Japanese tea practices were heavily influenced by Chinese methods of preparing powdered tea (matcha) and by the Zen Buddhist emphasis on […]
2nd Chinese Theater Night
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Venue: Performance Café Join us for this year’s Chinese Theater Night, where international and Chinese students come together to showcase their creativity and passion through theatrical performances in Chinese (English subtitles provided). After 3 months of preparation, including play selection, scriptwriting, table reads, rehearsals, […]
Report on Reading Group for “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education”
On Friday, November 7, 2025, the DKU faculty, staff, and students were invited to our 3rd reading session on “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education”. This time, our discussion focused on Formby’s (2017) article: “How should we ‘care’ for LGBT+ students within higher education?” The text explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Still Life (三峡好人; Jia 2006) | Nov 13, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks for another Superdeep treat: Jia Zhangke‘s 2006 Still Life (三峡好人…& food & drink). You’ll have use for such a life notably after A Touch of Sin (天注定; Jia 2013) by our Film Society, starting 5:45pm in CCT Theatre as part of our first Film Society + Superdeep double-feature. Stay […]
