Anthropocene XR Lab Presents: Accessibility and Inclusion of Social VR for People with Disabilities
This event has passed. The recording is now available: Guest Speaker: Prof. Yuhang Zhao Date and Time: Nov 9, 9:15-10:15 am, Beijing Time. Zoom ID: 989 5768 1032; Passcode: XRLAB Talk Introduction Social VR has the potential to become the next generation of the Internet. However, current VR technology mainly relies on realistic visual feedback to […]
Freedom Lab invites you to 2022 Award Ceremony of the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for Scholarship in Transnational American Studies
The International Committee of the American Studies Association is excited to announce the 2022 Award Ceremony of the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for Scholarship in Transnational American Studies. The event will take place on November 11, 2022 at 11am EST over zoom: https://duke.zoom.us/j/3443189585 Please join us in celebrating this year’s award-winner, Dr. Mahshid Mayar, on her monograph, Citizens & Rulers […]
Third Space Lab Presents: Developing authentic international learning experiences through Virtual Exchange
This event features Robert O’Dowd from the University of León, Spain, on Developing authentic international learning experiences through Virtual Exchange. The recording for this talk is now available: Robert O’Dowd: Developing authentic international learning experiences through Virtual Exchange Date/Time: Nov 11, 12pm Barcelona time/7pm BJT Location: Zoom ID 248 487 9248; https://duke.zoom.us/j/2484879248?from=addon Please RSVP by Thursday, […]
Citizenship Lab Welcomes Elena Lopez
Citizenship Lab is proud to welcome their first post-graduate affiliate, Elena Lopez. Read Lopez’s biography below. Elena Lopez is a PhD candidate in anthropology at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Her research interests include political philosophy, social- environmental and multispecies justice, conflict, nationhood, and understandings of citizenship. In her doctoral thesis, Elena disturbs current […]
HRC Doc Lab Project: One Hundred Crossed-Out Messages of Gender Discrimination: A Crypto-philanthropic exploration of feminist NFT PFPs
One Hundred Crossed-Out Messages of Gender Discrimination: A Crypto-philanthropic exploration of feminist NFT PFPs is funded by HRC’s Doc Lab as part of Doc Lab’s ongoing “Requests for Proposals: Documentary Projects.” Members Faculty Advisor: Professor Jung Choi Undergraduate Researcher: Xinran (Penelope) Lai Project Summary Crypto philanthropy, with the word “crypto” referring to “using blockchains and […]
Translating Blackness―A Brief History of African American Literature in Post-WWII Japan
The recording is now available here: Presented by HRC Freedom Lab February 22, 2022 @ 10am Beijing Time Join Zoom Speaker: Michio Arimitsu (Keio University） Abstract For the publishers, translators, and general readers of kokujin bungaku [black literature] in post-WWII Japan, African American struggle for freedom and autonomy and their resilient cultural production have served as […]
Black or black?
This event has passed. You can now watch the recording here: Presented by Freedom Lab Friday, December 3rd Time: 9PM (China Time) Zoom: 261 330 4845 Speaker: Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw is a Professor of French Literature at The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago). She is both an award-winning fiction […]
Africa for the Africans: A History of Self-Determination before Decolonization
This event has passed. You can watch the recording here: Presented by Freedom Lab Friday, November 26, 2021 Time: 7:30 PM Location: CC1103 Zoom: 261 330 4845 Speaker: Prof. Adom Getachew Adom Getachew is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She has published numerous academic articles on topics related […]
Fat Liberation: Power in the Face of Anti-Fat Bias
Friday, November 19th, 2021*, 9:00 PM CST Zoom: 336 052 6609 | passcode: aiyo https://duke.zoom.us/j/3360526609?pwd=b0lDUmp2OU5RSEROTWdEUzZLbzVXdz09 Did you know that an estimated 90% of women and 50% of men are dissatisfied with their bodies? That two of three girls under the age of 13 are already on a diet or considering going on one? That being […]
Volunteer for Planet X
Want to be a member of a whole new world? Our game project “Planet X” awaits! Details of the Project The project is sponsored by the Humanities Research Centre PETAL lab. We adopt the model of strategic games to create an “alternative world”, in which one plays as a will of the state on “Planet […]
