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 […]
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 […]
The Sublime Body in Pain: Ballet, the Nation and the Female Ideal in Contemporary China
Thursday November 27, 5:00-6:15pm, Lib 2115 Speaker: Professor Ziying Cui, Visiting Lecturer of Dance at DKU In 2015, Huawei shocked the world with a striking advertisement: a ballerina’s foot, one perfectly poised in a satin shoe, the other bruised and bleeding beneath its bandages. For Huawei’s founder, this tortured foot symbolized both “pain and happiness” […]
2nd Chinese Theater Night
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Venue: Performance Café Join us for this year’s Chinese Theater Night, where international and Chinese students come together to showcase their creativity and passion through theatrical performances in Chinese (English subtitles provided). After 3 months of preparation, including play selection, scriptwriting, table reads, rehearsals, […]
Arts & Humanities | APOCALYPSE NOW
Join us for the next film in the Anti-War Screening Series. Date: September 18 Time: 6:30 PM Venue: CCTE Theatre Free Boba provided! All are welcome—don’t miss it!
Student Report on Frederick Douglass and The Beginnings of Pan-Africanism
Reported by Renyuan (Carl) Zhang and Disty Mahmud, Archives and History Initiative On September 11th, 2025, 44 participants gathered for a faculty-led discussion where Professor Olsavsky presented a draft chapter from his forthcoming book. His manuscript explores themes of Pan-Africanism, African decolonization, and the reimagined legacy of Frederick Douglass. While Douglass is not traditionally placed […]
Electroacoustic Music and Guzheng Performance
Experience an Unforgettable Electro-Music Night! Join us for a captivating evening of electronic music, creative performances, and unique sound explorations! When: Tuesday, August 26 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM Where: HUM Space (AB 1075A) Enjoy an electrifying lineup featuring: Innovative electronic music written by talented DKU students A brand-new original piece by Max Amici Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind fusion […]
By Milla Kosyak in DKU Film Society – Film Event Series, Fall ’25: Anti-War Film Series
First Session Highlights What makes a perfect screening experience? Is it a powerful film, a lively discussion, or free boba? The DKU Film Society offered all three, opening its first session with a screening of Isao Takahata’s animated film, Grave of the Fireflies, as the cornerstone of its Anti – War Film Series. The film, which […]
Event Report: Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S.
Archives and History Initiative, by Disty Mahmud ‘26 and Yuruo Zhang ‘27 On April 30th, the Archives and History Initiative hosted Professor Joseph Giacomelli, who presented on his research paper, Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S. The talk explored how weather modification, especially cloud seeding, was framed and justified during the […]
