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Using American Databases and Historical Newspapers
The AHI is holding a workshop tomorrow in LIB1117 from 4:15-5:15pm. Prof Jan Hua-Henning will provide guidance on how to find U.S. sources online, specifically in regard to newspapers. The workshop is part of my class on American History but anyone interested is invited. Prof Jan Hua-Henning will also share some findings from his research on Tuberculosis and Race […]
HRC Superdeep is hiring Student worker！
Supercoordinators Superdeep Available positions: Supercoordinator (DKU HRC Student worker) HRC Superdeep is hiring Supercoordinators (aka: Student workers), to help plan, organize, and run Superdeep events. The term of employment is Spring 2026. Renewal possible. The position is for ~17 hrs per month. Compensation is 32 RMB/hr, as per DKU policy. Responsibilities include: ☞ soliciting participants for events; ☞ […]
Film Society: The Substance (2024)
As the premiere of our latest “Female Directors” screening series, this week the Film Society presents The Substance (2024), the gory horror by female director Coralie Fargeat. A grotesque fusion of body horror, dark satire, and feminist commentary, The Substance tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood celebrity who injects a black-market drug […]
Film Society | Curatorial Statement of the Female Directors Screening Series
This session, DKU Film Society turns its focus to female directors—not as a genre, nor as a category defined by identity alone, but as a curatorial lens through which cinema’s forms, politics, and ways of seeing can be re-examined. From body horror and revenge fantasy to nostalgic documentary, reflection on domestic labor, alienation, mobility, and […]
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 […]
Provincializing Earth: The Making of a Planet since 1946
Thursday December 4, 5-6:15 PM, AB1079 Speaker: Alexander C.T. Geppert, New York University and NYU Shanghai Global history is currently attempting to reinvent itself under the supposedly new label ‘planetary history’ yet without paying much attention to the planet’s outerspatial environment. Divided into four segments – planetization, picturization, satellization, extraterrestrialization – this talk argues that […]
Riverbank Homes: an exhibition by Prof. Li Xu & students from CHINESE 401 B
Date & Time: 4–31 December 2025 (Launch Event: 1:00 PM) Venue: HUM Space (AB1075A) Experience 《枕河人家》 Riverbank Homes, a December photography exhibition in the HUM Space presented by Professor Li Xu and students from CHINESE 401B: Issues in Modern China, in collaboration with the Office of Student Experience and the Office of Campus Engagement. Through […]
JOIN DKU’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER ｜The LilyPad IS RECRUITING!
Hey DKU creators, storytellers, and innovators—The LilyPad (DKU’s student newspaper) is calling YOUR name! We’re on the hunt for passionate minds to shape the voice of our campus community. TIME’S TICKING: APPLY BEFORE DECEMBER 10 OPEN POSITIONS (COME BRING YOUR VIBE): Editors (Own your beat!): Lead coverage for Student Life, Health & Wellness, Travel & Culture, […]
LILYPAD’S FALL 25 MAGAZINE IS HERE!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 5:30–6:30 PM at Performance Cafe Snacks and drinks covered The LilyPad’s Fall 25 Magazine is ready, and we’re hosting a small launch get-together to share it with you! Stop by to pick up your free copy (filled with campus stories, student art, and all the DKU spirit), and chat with the team […]
