Religion+Aliens, with Ben Van Overmeire and James Miller
Religion+Aliens, with Ben Van Overmeire and James Miller Date/Time: March 21, 6:00-7:30pm Location: DKU Water Pavilion *Snacks and drinks provided! Join us! The Tuesday Night Conversation Series, Religion+X., hosted by Religion+ research group of the Humanities Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, will take place every Tuesday from 6:30pm-8pm and feature DKU religious studies professors James Miller, Tommaso Tesei and Ben […]
Religion+ Group Announces Schedule for Session 4
The Religion+ research group at Duke Kunshan University is pleased to announce its Tuesday Night Conversation Series, Religion+X. In session 4 these will take place at the earlier time of 6pm-730pm and feature DKU religious studies professors James Miller, Tommaso Tesei and Ben Van Overmeire in informal conversation with other DKU professors on a wide […]
Student Report on The Climate Emergency and Tuvalu’s Escape to the Metaverse: Challenging the Complicity of Design in Technological Solutionism
Cody Schmidt, class of 2025 This event was hosted by HRC’s Citizenship Lab. The Citizenship Lab seeks to understand the transformation of citizenship and the ways in which citizenship is expressed through ecological, temporal, and spatial terms. The full event can be viewed here. Dr. Nick Kelly and Professor Marcus Foth from the Queensland University […]
XR Lab Presents: Metaverse: Are We Living in a Simulated World?
Date/Time: Thursday, March 16, 3-4p.m. Location: IB 2025 Guest Speaker: JieKun Song 宋介堃 Biography: Song is an XR enthusiast. Works in XR/Metaverse industry for more than 6 years. Build more than 20 metaverse projects for fortune 500 companies. Also personally published a VR game on Steam. 宋介堃是一名非常资深的XR架构师。在XR、元宇宙领域有超过六年的工作经验。为世界五百强公司提供过20多个方案的咨询以及部署实施。同时还在Steam发布过VR游戏作品。 Linkedin: https://cn.linkedin.com/in/songjiekun
Citizenship Lab Presents: On (Self-Destructive) Resistance
Date/Time: Fri, Mar 17, 4pm China time Zoom ID: 989 6560 8865 Guest Speaker: Prof. Candice Delmas Abstract: Acts of self-destructive resistance, such as self-neglect, self-immolation, hunger strike, and lip-sewing, which involve self-directed violence, have not caught philosophers’ attention. This neglect makes sense given the methodological assumptions that underwrite philosophers’ approach to resistance, including the […]
Citizenship Lab Research Project: “Relational Egalitarianism and Economic Liberty”
The Humanities Research Center’s Citizenship Lab proudly funds Jiyuan (Dmitry) Sun’s Signature Work project Student: Jiyuan (Dmitry) Sun, Class of 2024, Ethics and Leadership/Philosophy Mentor: Joseph Mazor, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics This project centers on two concepts in contemporary political philosophy: relational egalitarianism and economic liberty. It will investigate the place of economic liberty […]
Citizenship Lab Research Project: “Familial Love or Social Justice? Confucian Dilemmas of Ethics and Politics”
The Humanities Research Center’s Citizenship Lab proudly funds Xiaoliang Yang’s Signature Work project. Student: Xiaoliang Yang, Class of 2023, Ethics and Leadership/Philosophy Mentor: Lincoln Rathnam, Assistant Professor of Political Science In this project, I consider Classical Confucians’ treatments of ethical dilemmas, as reflected in Confucian classics (especially the Analects and Mengzi). I respond to current […]
Religion+Empire, with Bryce Beemer, Titas Chakraborty and Rasoul Namazi
Religion+Empire, with Bryce Beemer, Titas Chakraborty and Rasoul Namazi Date/Time: February 28, 6:30-8pm Location: DKU Water Pavilion*Snacks and drinks provided! Join us!
Anthropocene XR Lab is accepting proposals for the “Onsite Student Hackathon”
HRC Anthropocene XR Lab presents: Onsite Student Hackathon Registration Open Interested in XR (VR&AR) and environmental designs? Come and learn, practice, have fun with us! Submit your team/individual hackathon proposals to get: Funding: up to ¥ 5,000 per project Equipment support: VR headset, AR glasses, etc. Mentorship; indicate a DKU faculty mentor/seek mentorship from XR […]
Anthropocene XR Lab Presents: Entrepreneurship in AR/VR/XR
Date/Time: Fri, Feb 24, 12-12:45pm China time Zoom ID: 879 6872 6939 Guest Speaker: Dr. Simon Mak Biography: Dr. Simon Mak is Executive Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice in the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Business Economics at the SMU Cox School of Business. He directs the Caruth Institute […]
