Talk about Noguchi’s India ｜ May 6th
May 6, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |LIB 1117 | Speaker: Kalyani Madhura Ramachandran Did you know that the career of Isamu Noguchi, the master of modernist sculpture, was profoundly shaped by his encounters with India’s ancient stone art? His journey began in 1949 at Mahabalipuram, and over the years, the forms and textures of […]
Art History, Visual Studies, and the Archive: Thinking through Postcards of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923
10:00 AM–12:00 PM, May 1 | Book Publishing & Production Studio (Library 3109) Calling any students interested in art history! Duke Professor and former Dean of the Humanities Gennifer Weisenfeld will host a workshop on art historical methods with a special media focus on postcards, using historical images of the Great Kanto Earthquake for […]
Transwar Design: Kamekura Yūsaku from Nippon Kōbō to the Tokyo Olympics
Gennifer Weisenfeld, Duke University Renowned designer and art director, Kamekura Yūsaku is widely heralded as a pillar of the postwar Japanese design field. As a founding member of the influential Japan Advertising Artists Club in 1951, and key designer for both the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Kamekura’s enormous contribution […]
Report on Reading Group for “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education”
On April 17, 2026, faculty, staff, and students at Duke Kunshan University convened for the session of the “Embracing Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence for Inclusive Education” reading group series, which also marked the conclusion of this three-year event initiative. The discussion centered on Wei and Liu’s 2019 article “Coming out in Mainland China: A National […]
Thematic Short Film Screening about Memory, Identity & Resistance
Tue, April 21 | 7 PM | CCTE Performance Cafe Join us for an evening of six short films from four countries, circling with one persistent question: whose story gets to be told, and what does it cost to tell your own? From queer homecoming in China to political uprising in Myanmar, from a Moroccan […]
Film Society: Linda Linda Linda (2005) | April 15
Wednesday, April 15th, 6pm | IB Lecture Hall “Four girls, one song, and a day that changes everything.” This Wednesday, DKU Film Society will present to you the movie Linda Linda Linda (2005). Four high school girls scrambling to prepare for a cultural festival after everything falls apart at the last minute. What follows is […]
PALESTINE 36 Screening | 4.17
April 17th 8 PM | IB LectureHall In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colorhial rule,Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire. This event is co-sponsored by the DKU SWANA Club, HRC Fascism and Everyday Life Initiative and the Cultural & Societies Major.
Tea Culture Week 2026 | A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life | April 20–23
Tea Culture Week 2026 A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life Date | April 20–23 Venue | Duke Kunshan University Tea is more than a drink. It is a way of slowing down, noticing, and connecting. This Tea Culture Week is not simply a collection of events, but a thoughtfully designed experience. We […]
April 29 | Elemental Nationalism: Vies of China from earth and air
4.29 | 5:30-7:00 PM | AB 1079 People have long seized on that which they consider elemental as building blocks of their symbolic worlds, including their national identities. Recent work in the environmental humanities contends that attention to “elemental materiality” can help us to decenter the human and think ecologically about social issues. In that […]
LGBTQ+ Reading Group: Embracing Diversity | 4.17
Join Dr. Zhenjie Weng and Dr. Yanan Zhao for a timely discussion on how colleges can better support LGBTQ+ students. The conversation will explore recurring experiences of discrimination, isolation, and self-censorship—and underscore the urgent need for more inclusive, affirming campus environments. Come be part of the conversation and help shape a more inclusive future for our campuses.
