Prof. Ziying Cui Leads Students to Experience Suzhou Ballet’s work Love Bridge Premiere and Rehearsal
Students in Prof. Ziying Cui’s MEDIART 118 class recently had the opportunity to experience Chinese ballet both behind the scenes and on stage. Through two field trips to the Suzhou Culture and Arts Center, arranged with the support of the Suzhou Ballet Theatre, students attended the technical rehearsal of Love Bridge (鹊之桥) on Wednesday afternoon […]
Exhibition “How to be Happy Together?” Curated by Prof. Zairong Xiang
The exhibition “How to be Happy Together?” is curated by Zairong Xiang in Para Site, Hong Kong, during December 13, 2024 and April 13, 2025. Departing loosely from Wong Kar Wai’s Happy Together (1997), the exhibition enacts a critique of dualism and the questions raised by the dual and its split—between intimate and antagonistic partners, […]
New Article “Everyone’s (a) Toilet” Published by Prof. Zairong Xiang
Prof. Zairong Xiang’s new article “Everyone’s (a) Toilet” has been published in e-flux journal issue 155, July 2025. Dong Guo-zi asked Zhuangzi, “Where is what you call the Dao to be found?” Zhuangzi replied, “Everywhere.” The other said, “Specify an instance of it. That will be more satisfactory.” “It is here in this ant.” “Give […]
Poem Publication on Poetry Daily | Prof. Stephanie Anderson
Prof. Stephanie Anderson published a poem, “With Love and Dread and Rage and Love,” from BEARINGS, on Poetry Daily: With Love and Dread and Rage and Love, – Poetry Daily With Love and Dread and Rage and Love, Stephanie Anderson Or is it anticipation cut perversely Something must happen Dear ones, say you feel it […]
Prof. Jung Choi Published a Peer-Reviewed Article in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
Prof. Jung Choi published a peer-reviewed article, “Patching Worlds through Levitating Machinic Vision: Xu Bing’s Dragonfly Eyes” in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. ABSTRACT In Dragonfly Eyes, Xu Bing repurposes surveillance footage as his new ready-made material, weaving a new aesthetic reality reflecting the omnipresent yet invisible nature of machinic vision in contemporary society. This essay examines how […]
Prof. Erin Wilkerson Redefines Cinema with Feral Filmmaking and Decolonial Storytelling
Erin Wilkerson, a global fellow and lecturer at Duke Kunshan University and co-founder of the political art collective and production company Creative Agitation, is shaking up traditional filmmaking with a radical, grassroots approach she calls “feral filmmaking.” Feral filmmaking challenges the polished, hierarchical world of mainstream cinema. It embraces mobility, simplicity and at its core, […]
“The Uncounted: Statelessness and the Burden of Our Times” | Guest Blog by Prof. Kolleen Guy and Prof. Jay Winter for Refugee Week 2025
Guest blog by Kolleen Guy and Jay Winter In her landmark 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt wrote that the stateless “are no longer human in any sense other than that they belong to the human race. Their very humanity had become questionable” (Arendt 1951, The Origins of Totalitarianism, p. 299). The observation was not […]
Tech Meets Talent: DKU’s Experimental Interface Design at Sony Shanghai
On May 7th, Sony Shanghai welcomed faculty and students from Duke Kunshan University Computation and Design major for an inspiring day centered on creativity, technology, and collaboration. This marked the second event in a growing interest between the global tech giant and DKU, following an earlier session held on the DKU campus as part of […]
Strings of Harmony: Ciompi Quartet Inspires Through Music and Collaboration
The final note lingered in the air, a perfect blend of harmony and history, as the Ciompi Quartet, Duke University’s resident string quartet, brought their performance to a close at Duke Kunshan University, where the audience—students, faculty, staff, and members of the Kunshan community—sat in a moment of stunned silence before erupting into applause. During […]
Prof. Travis Wilkerson Named Guggenheim Fellow in Foundation’s 100th Year
Travis Wilkerson, filmmaker and associate professor of documentary practice at Duke Kunshan University, has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, joining one of the most prestigious fellowships in the arts and humanities in the foundation’s milestone 100th year. “I had a mixture of feelings,” Wilkerson said of learning the news. “Excitement, relief and a sense […]
