May 25th | Yiddish in China Research Seminar
Join us for the Yiddish in China Research Seminar at Duke Kunshan University on May 25, 2026. Featuring international scholars, the event explores Yiddish literature, history, and its connections with China through talks, panels, and discussions across cultures. Welcome and Opening Remarks [WDR 1100] 9:30 – 10:00 Yiddish Studies Research Presentations [WDR 1100] 10:00 […]
Film Society | He’s a Woman, She’s a Man ｜April 29th
This Wednesday the film society proudly presents a landmark Hong Kong romantic comedy directed by Peter Chan—–He’s a Woman, She’s a Man (金枝玉叶). This 1994 classic follows Wing, a devoted young fan who disguises herself as a man to audition for a male singer competition, only to catch the eye of top music producer Sam […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: Nostalgia for the Light (Guzmán 2010) | Apr 30, 7:28 + 8:28pm
7:28pm DKO; 8:28pm IB 1008 Join the Nighthawks for a fitting finale of the year: a stargazing + screening collaboration with DKU Astronomy Club: following a sighting of none other than godly Jupiter from the DKU Observatory (DKO) we will take to Patricio Guzmán‘s heavenly 2010 documentary Nostalgia for the Light (& food & drink). Don’t […]
Tea Culture Week 2026 at Duke Kunshan University | A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life
From April 20 to 23, Tea Culture Week unfolded at Duke Kunshan University, bringing together over 200 students, faculty, and staff into the Library Tea Room and Performance Café Corridor.Across four evenings and through tea-related documentary, performances, dialogues, and hands-on activities,participants didn’t just learn about tea, but they experienced it through their senses, conversations, and everyday practices. The […]
CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT AND PRACTICE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Contemporary political and intellectual changes have called into question the idea that democracy can and should become the dominant political regime globally. In order to understand these developments, this conference gathers scholars to examine non-democratic political thought, understood broadly to include critiques of democracy as well as the study of non-democratic traditions and arguments more […]
Humans of DKU won the “Diversity and Inclusion Effort of the Year” Award
The Humans of DKU Exhibition was held from March 19 to April 5, 2026, at HUM Space (AB1075A). It was curated by students Yesuidari Amarbayasgalan, Byerikbol (Beck) Yerbol, and Avidikhuu Altangerel, under the supervision of Professor Seth Henderson, with support from Bilguun Dugarsuren, and funded by an HRC HUM Space exhibition grant. The exhibition featured […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto; Mendonça Filho 2025) | Apr 23, 8:28pm
8:28pm | IB 1008 Week 27 of 28 long short fast weeks of teaching… What could be more fitting now than a 158min long & Superdeep movie that for the first half doesn’t even reveal its genre?! Join the Nighthawks for Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s 2025 masterpiece The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto), which is worth […]
Early Buddhist Sculpture in Riverine South India | May 7th
May 7, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ｜ LIB 1117｜ Speaker: Kalyani Madhura Ramachandran When we think of ancient Indian Buddhist art, do we often focus on northern sites like Gandhara or Mathura? Hidden along the rivers of South India lies the site of Phanigiri, home to early Buddhist sculptures from the 1st–4th centuries CE. […]
Talk about Noguchi’s India ｜ May 6th
May 6, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |LIB 1117 | Speaker: Kalyani Madhura Ramachandran Did you know that the career of Isamu Noguchi, the master of modernist sculpture, was profoundly shaped by his encounters with India’s ancient stone art? His journey began in 1949 at Mahabalipuram, and over the years, the forms and textures of […]
Art History, Visual Studies, and the Archive: Thinking through Postcards of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923
10:00 AM–12:00 PM, May 1 | Book Publishing & Production Studio (Library 3109) Calling any students interested in art history! Duke Professor and former Dean of the Humanities Gennifer Weisenfeld will host a workshop on art historical methods with a special media focus on postcards, using historical images of the Great Kanto Earthquake for […]
