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Which Book Made You Fall in Love with History?｜Archives and History Initiative ｜Mar 25
If you enjoy reading history books, or just want some great reading recommendations, please join us for this panel conversation about the books we love. March 25th | 5:30–6:30 PM | LIB 2121 Food provided!
Film Society | Screening of 家乡的消息 News from Home (1976) | Female Directors Series | Feb. 11
“Letters read over drifting cityscapes” Wednesday, 2.11, 6:15pm CCTE Theater This Wednesday, hosted by Professor Erin Wilkerson, the Film Society will present the last movie News from Home (1976) before Chinese new year!!! Directed by Chantal Akerman, it is a poem with quiet, radical meditation on distance, memory, and belonging. Filmed in New York yet […]
Film Society | When Youth Ends (And Nothing Begins) | Mini-term Special Screening Series | Mar. 9-14
“When Youth Ends (And Nothing Begins)” At 22, the world is supposed to make sense at last: diploma in hand, résumé in order, possibilities abound. The films in this series suggest the opposite. Moving between university dormitories, cramped apartments, and decadent dance floors, they follow young people who did everything “right” and still fail to […]
Event Report — Embodied Wisdom Through Tea: Tea, Stillness, and the Senses
By Lianyun (Peggy) Pang and Byerikbol Yerbol On the evening of February 2, Embodied Wisdom: Tea, Stillness, and the Senses took place at Performance Café, offering students a quiet and immersive tea experience. Designed and facilitated by Prof. Lianyun Pang of the Language and Culture Center,the session formed part of her Infusions of Thought experiential learning series. Through embodied […]
Film Society | Screening of 沼泽 La Ciénaga (2001) | Female Directors Series | Feb. 5
“A house suffocating in heat, noise, and decay” Thursday, 2.05, 7:15pm Library 2101B -> (film appreciation room) Presented by DKU film society this week, La Ciénaga (2001) announces Lucrecia Martel as one of cinema’s most radical new voices. Set in the stagnant summer of an Argentine bourgeois family, the film replaces plot with atmosphere, letting […]
Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy reimagined through a fearless cinematic vision
This week, hosted by Professor Seth Henderson, DKU film society will present the movie Titus (1999), an audacious adaptation of Titus Andronicus directed by Julie Taymor. As well-known for bringing the stunning visuals of puppetry to the Broadway adaptation of The Lion King, Taymor this time blended ancient Rome with modern imagery. The film erupts […]
A perfectly controlled life, starting to crack
Date & time: 7:15pm, Thursday, Jan. 22 IB Lecture hall This week in the Female Directors series, the Film Society will screen American Psycho (2000), Mary Harron’s darkly funny and deeply unsettling take on status, masculinity, and self-invention. Set in late-1980s Manhattan, the film follows Patrick Bateman, a man obsessed with appearances, his job, his […]
Event Report on Using American Databases and Historical Newspapers
Prof. Jan Hua-Henning began by offering a brief introduction to historical research. For students who are not familiar with historical research methods, he distinguished between primary and secondary sources. Students then shared some examples of primary and secondary sources. To offer a case study in primary source research and analysis, Prof. Hua-Henning delved into a […]
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; ☞ […]
