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 […]
“How Women Keep Reinventing Independent Publishing”, an Article about Prof. Stephanie Anderson’s Interview Book
Publishers Weekly, the trade magazine for the book industry in the US, published an article, “How Women Keep Reinventing Independent Publishing,” about Prof. Stephanie Anderson’s interview book Women in Independent Publishing: A History of Unsung Innovators, 1953-1989. When scholar Stephanie Anderson interviewed poet Alice Notley in 2010, she was surprised to learn that no one had […]
Tech Meets Imagination: DKU Students Explore Creative Tech with Sony
On March 28, the Computation and Design Major hosted a session in collaboration with Sony as part of their Student Creativity Competition. The event centered around the theme of technology and innovation. At the start of the session, a representative from Sony introduced the competition’s theme, structure, award categories, and judging criteria—giving students a clear understanding of what the […]
Prof. Kolleen Guy’s Joint Project Receives UNESCO Grant Award
We are pleased to announce the exciting news that Prof. Kolleen Guy’s joint project, Museums as Transnational Heritage Hubs: Civilian War Victims, Memory Networks, and Global Recognition, has been awarded funding through the UNESCO Transnational Heritage Joint Research Grant program. This research builds directly on the foundational work made possible by the generous funding for the Parapolitics of Empathy project from the […]
Computation & Design Student Tops Stanford Hackathon with Anti-Food Waste App
Rebecca Combs, a student majoring in computation and design from the Duke Kunshan University Class of 2025, clinched the top award at the esteemed TreeHacks hackathon held by Stanford University. TreeHacks 2025 prize announcement: EcoBite wins first place in the Best Use of FlutterFlow category The competition convened over a thousand students from around the […]
Student Reporter Recruitment | Prof. Zairong Xiang
Open Call for Two Student Reporters “A Matter of Trust” – an art project Are you interested in contemporary art and want to gain relevant experience? Do you want your writing to be exposed to international audiences? The Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General in Shanghai and Professor Xiang Zairong, Assistant […]
