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Event Report — Female Pain in Pre-modern China/ Reading group night
By Yuqing Wang, Class of 2025 & Yuting Zeng, Class of 2026 February 21, 2025, Professor Wenting Ji, Yuqing Wang and Yuting Zeng hosted a reading group sharing event centered on the theme of “female+pain,” guided by historian Dorothy Ko’s two monographs on women in Chinese history: Cinderella’s Sisters and Teachers in the Inner Chambers. […]
Student Report: Translating feminism, gender movements, and beyond: Pathways to languages and traveling
Written by Xinyu Liao, class of 2027 The event on February 19, 2025, featured Jenna Tang, a highly accomplished writer and literary translator from Taiwan, China. Ms. Tang holds an MFA in Fiction Creative Writing from The New School in New York City. Fluent in Mandarin, French, Spanish, and English, she has an extensive portfolio […]
Join Us for an Engaging Talk with Paolo Visigalli
Time: Saturday, 8 March 2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Location: 长乐路325号，近陕西南路 325 Changle Rd, Near Shaanxi South Rd，Shanghai, China To register, please scan the QR code below. Marco Polo and the Heresy of Evil: Meeting Yuan dynasty Fuzhou’s secretive religious group Around 1290 CE, the famed Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo was visiting the […]
DKU Film Society Presents: The Best of Sofia Coppola
This Thursday at CCTE Theatre, we’re thrilled to present a screening of The Virgin Suicides (“处女之死,” 1999) as part of our “The Best of…” series. This hauntingly poetic debut by Sofia Coppola is a mesmerizing exploration of memory, desire, and the unknowable depths of adolescence. Set in suburban 1970s America, The Virgin Suicides follows the […]
DKU Film Society Presents: 情书 Love Letter (1995)
Location: CCTE Theatre Time: This Thursday, 6:30 PM Tonight at CCTE Theatre, we’re excited to present a screening of Shunji Iwai’s Love Letter, as part of our “The Best of…” series. This emotionally evocative film is a masterpiece of modern Japanese cinema, renowned for its exquisite portrayal of love, grief, and the passage of time. Set […]
Teng Tong 疼痛: Female + Pain Reading Group
Date: 2/20 (Thursday) 6:30-7:30 pm Location: AB1075A(HUM Space) Introduction: Pain, both physical and psychological, is one of the most complex emotions and experiences. In late imperial China (17th to 19th century), shaped by cultural and historical contexts such as Confucian hierarchy and the practice of footbinding, women experienced pain in ways distinct from their male […]
Student Report on Reading Group for “Censoring ‘Rainbow’ in China”
By Yaxuan Wang, Class of 2027 On Friday, February 14, 2025, DKU faculty, staff, and students gathered for our first reading group session, which focused on the article “Censoring ‘Rainbow’ in China” by Jamie J. Zhao. We were excited to welcome both returning participants and new faces, including several first-year students. The session began with […]
Queer Visual Culture in Advertising: Amaryllis du Japon
You’re Invited! Join us for a thought-provoking talk at HRC’s Gender Studies Lab! Date: March 25, 2025 Location: IB 1047 Time:• 4:30–5:30 PM – Student Workshop • 5:30–7:00 PM – Talk Speaker: Professor Hyounghee Kong Topic:Scenting Sapphic Elegance and Queer Promises: Advertisements for Amaryllis du Japon (1891-94) This talk explores the advertising campaign for Amaryllis du Japon, a […]
Harmony Lab Event Report: Round Table Discussion
Written by Effy Bat-Erdene, Class of 2025. On December 6th, 2024, the DKU Harmony Lab, in collaboration with the Gender Studies Lab, hosted an engaging roundtable event titled “Confucianism, Family, and Women.” This event brought together faculty members and students for a thought-provoking discussion on the intersections of Confucian philosophy, family structures, and gender roles. […]
RAS HISTORY CLUB JAN 18: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SELF IN FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
Asian and North African francophone literatures share not only a common language but are both fertile grounds where writers explore the experiences of the self, families, and society at large. In these literatures, writing functions as an archaeological device to make sense of the obstructive social processes that make life excessively demanding and complex. This […]
