Duke Kunshan University Humanities Research Center
Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Arts, Humanities, and Interpretive Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University
8:04pm | IB 1008
What could better bring closure to another hurlyburly semester than a heart-rending meditation on life’s very big counterfactuals. Join the Nighthawks for the love of Celine Song’s 2023 Past Lives (…& food & drink).
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
6:15pm CCT Theater | 8pm Performance Café
The Nighthawks are thrilled to co-sponsor a special DKU treat this week: join us for a screening of Crystal Kwok‘s 2022 award-winning documentary Blurring the Color Line, which will be followed by a Q&A (& food & drink) with Crystal Kwok moderated by Prof. Selina Lai-Henderson. Then on Friday morning Crystal Kwok will lead a filmmaker & storyteller salon. For further details on Crystal Kwok and our events see the HRC’s initial announcement. Overview of events:
The events are sponsored by DKU UG Studies, Division of Arts and Humanities, and the Humanities Research Center (Doc Lab + Freedom Lab + Supedeep).
***
Superdeep Nighthawks generally meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
In a bustling week join the Nighthawks for a cineastic meal with Lee Isaac Chung‘s 2020 Minari (미나리; & food & drink). Thu, Nov 9, 8:24pm, IB 1008 (Auditorium).
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
The Nighthawks deliver for what you’ve been yearning: Lee Chang-dong‘s 2018 Burning (“버닝” …& food & drink). Thu, Nov 2, 8:24pm, IB 1008 (Auditorium). This slow-burning masterpiece of recent Korean cinema gives credence to a poet’s words: “You cannot unburn what is burned…”
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
Join the Nighthawks for Orson Welles‘s 1962 Kafkaesque The Trial (& food & drink). Thu, Oct 26, 8pm c.t., IB 1008 (Auditorium).
This screening is Superdeep‘s first collaboration with DKU’s Pre-Law Society, members of which will also have the floor at the event.
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
5:30pm IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
6:00 pm IB 2028 | Zoom 6979897969
The Superdeep Workshop returns on a chord of high notes: on Tue Oct 24, Caroline Aung of Philadelphia’s Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) will join us for a presentation and interactive workshop for “Defying Displacement: The Case of Philadelphia Chinatown“. The event is Superdeep first collaboration with DKU’s HRC Citizenship Lab and the Center for the Study of Contemporary China (CSCC) Meanings, Identities, & Communities Cluster.
As an auftakt to the event we will screen the Philly Chinatown documentary “Look Forward & Carry on the Past” (Dornfeld, Kodish, & Wei’s 2002; accessible here).
Screening: Tue Oct 24, 5:30pm IB 1008.
Workshop: Tue Oct 24, 6:00pm IB 2028.
Snacks & drinks at the screening & workshop.
***
The Workshop is Superdeep‘s venue for philosophical work-in-progress research & practice. For more info or to submit proposals for the Workshop, follow this link; for more info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
Finals week is peak Nighthawks week! A special treat recommended by distinguished guests, join us for Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier‘s 2021 La Panthère des neiges (aka The Velvet Queen). Thu, Oct 19, 8pm c.t., IB 1008 (Auditorium).
This screening Superdeep‘s first collaboration with DKU’s budding Animal Protection Academic Club, who will also have the floor at the event.
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (8pm till late). For more info, or to submit proposals for the Nighthawks, follow this link; for info on Superdeep more generally, follow this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
A week 7 screening of Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin‘s 2018 Free Solo (& food & drink) is the Nighthawks‘ way of saying: hang in there… ✊ Thu, Oct 12, 8pm c.t., IB 1008 (Auditorium).
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (8pm till late).
2023 Session 1 theme: the Mind.
For more info or proposals for the Nighthawks follow this link, for Superdeep more generally this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
Superdeep remain the Nighthawks when attending to My Octopus Teacher (Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed 2020) …& food & drink. Thu, Sept 28, 8pm, IB 1008 (Auditorium).
The screening is Superdeep‘s first collaboration with the DKU Sustainability Club. Club members will join us to introduce the club and their current activities.
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (8pm till late). Session 1 theme: the Mind.
For more info or proposals for the Nighthawks follow this link, for Superdeep generally this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium)
The Nighthawks are up to converse with Her (Spike Jonze 2013) to get to the bottom of AI (…& food & drink). Thu, Sept 21, 8pm, IB 1008 Auditorium.
***
Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (8pm till late). Session 1 theme: the Mind.
For more info or proposals for the Nighthawks follow this link, for Superdeep generally this one.
Superdeep is sponsored by DKU’s Humanities Research Center.
|