Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center
Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Arts, Humanities, and Interpretive Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University
1800-1900 Welcome dinner for all student presenters, Academic Building (AB) Executive Dining Room.
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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:
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
The Gender Studies Initiative invites applications for spring 2024 funding (up to $500 USD) for new faculty-student research projects on topics related to gender, sexuality, queer theory, and/or feminism. The applications may be submitted either by the faculty member or the student(s) but must involve some sort of faculty-student collaboration. This could entail a collaborative faculty-student project but also includes faculty working with student research assistants and students working on their Signature Work projects with their mentors. Continue reading “Gender Studies Initiative Calls for Applications for Faculty-Student Research Grants”
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。
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，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。
我们接受不同主题的文章。文章的主题包括但不限于：
本次会议语言为英语
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。
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。
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。
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>。
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. Continue reading “The Spirit of Space Exploration in China and the West 中西太空探索的精神”
The Citizenship Lab invites applications for funding from faculty, Class of 2024, and Class of 2025 students working on or developing Signature Work (SW) projects related to citizenship.
Citizenship Lab Faculty Grants
The Citizenship Lab, part of DKU’s Humanities Research Center, invites proposals from faculty working on projects related to citizenship (broadly construed). The Lab will provide funding of up to 10,000 RMB, and the call will remain open until the available funds are exhausted. Grants may be used to cover any research expenses so long as the project involves collaboration with student researchers. Projects leading to or involving Signature Work (SW) are encouraged but not mandatory. If required, the Lab can assist in identifying students interested in conducting SW in a related field.
Applications should include an abstract-length proposal (300-500 words), a brief statement explaining the anticipated role of the student(s) in the project, and a proposed budget. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application, or any queries, to citizenshiplab@dukekunshan.edu.cn by 15 November 2023.
Citizenship Lab Student Grants
The Citizenship Lab invites Class of 2024 and Class of 2025 students working on or developing Signature Work (SW) projects related to citizenship (broadly construed) to apply for funding of up to 5,000 RMB. Grants may be used to cover any research expenses including those relating to field-based and experiential learning activities. Proposals must indicate whether you have or are seeking a mentor.
Applications should include an abstract-length proposal (300-500 words). Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Finalists may be asked to provide additional information, including a proposed budget and budget justification. Please submit your application, or any queries, to citizenshiplab@dukekunshan.edu.cn by 15 November 2023.
Addendum: Potential Research Topics
The Citizenship Lab welcomes applications on projects relating to the following topics. (This is a non-exhaustive list of topics that the Lab will consider funding.)
The DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) invites proposals from all DKU/Duke faculty and affiliates working on humanities-related projects. Projects should be based at DKU and/or connect Duke and DKU faculty. Proposals should be sent to Fei Xu <fx21@duke.edu> by October 15, 2023, with decisions to be announced by November 15, 2023.
All proposals should normally be designed to be completed by June 30, 2024.
As part of their residency project Drawing the Lines: Politics and Technology in China’s Industrial History with DKUNST Art on Campus, artist Ho Rui An and curator Zian Chen are seeking research assistants for their archival and field research within the Yangtze River Delta region and participants for a workshop that will culminate in a research-based exhibition.
Expanding the narrative developed in Ho’s recent film, Lining (2021), which examines the rise and decline of the textile industry in Hong Kong, their residency considers the development of the industry within the Yangtze River Delta region before their displacement to Hong Kong in the late 1940s as well as the subsequent “return” of industrial capitalism to the mainland following the launch of China’s economic reforms. A key line of inquiry looks into the shifting relations between labour, technology, and capital within this history, with a focus on the (de)politicization of technology as a result of these changes.
As an extension of their research, the artist and curator will also organise a two-week workshop, during which they will share their research process with the participants and explore with them different ways of engaging with industrial history. Topics to be covered include industrial modernity and cinema, mapping (post)industrial space, and aural/oral industrial history. Following the workshop, participants will have two to three weeks to work together with the artist and curator to realise a research-based exhibition at Ming Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai.
Requirement for research assistants
* Research assistants should ideally be available for the entire period as indicated. However, they can discuss with the artist and curator to work out a feasible schedule should they have other commitments during this period.
Workshop participants will have to attend all four sessions of the workshop and work together with the artist and curator to realise the exhibition at Ming Contemporary Art Museum. They should also be prepared to be involved in the public programs that will be organised to accompany the exhibition. All participants will receive an honorarium for their involvement in the exhibition and its related programs.
Period of Commitment
* Workshop participants should work out a feasible schedule with the artist and curator for their involvement in the installation and public programs for the exhibition.
Application deadlines
For research assistants, please complete your submissions by 9 May 2023, 23:59.
For workshop participants, please complete your submissions by 18 August 2023, 23:59.
The Gender Studies initiative at DKU will be hosting a workshop on student papers as part of a series of events of the Women’s History Month. We invite student papers in any discipline which addresses the questions and concerns of gender studies broadly. For consideration, please submit an abstract of 150-200 words demonstrating the relevance of gender in the paper. We are particularly interested in the following themes:
Upon acceptance, participants will be required to submit finished papers of around 2000 words prior to the workshop. Each student paper will be paired with a faculty commentator.
Send your abstracts to this email: titas.chakraborty@dukekunshan.edu.cn
The deadline for abstract submission is March 31, 2023.
Citizenship Lab’s grant project, “The role of citizens in lawmaking in China,” led by Professor Annemieke van den Dool, is seeking a research assistant.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2023
Job title: Student researcher
Job description/responsibilities: Continue reading “Citizenship Lab Grant Project Seeking Student Researcher”
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