Mini Term Reflection | CartograFun: Exploring Maps, Data, and Archives, co-taught by Prof. Joseph Giacomelli, Librarians Ryder Kouba and Siti Lei
CartograFun: See Through the Eye of History Before maps became the tiny squares on your cellphones that can take you thousands of miles away with a few taps, they had a long history of shaping – and being shaped by – culture, politics, and economics. In the mini-term class CartograFun: Exploring Maps, Data, and Archives, co-taught […]
Mini Term Reflection | Heavy Metal Music: A Global History, co-taught by Prof. Zach Fredman and Prof. Juan Vasquez
Written by Daria Weir, Class of 2028 Music often reflects the tone of a generation. It captures the emotions, tensions, and values that people experience in a particular time and place. Over the course of this class, I began to see music less as simple entertainment and more as something deeply connected to culture and […]
DKU Kunqu Festival Explores the “Spaces and Voices of Kunqu”
The third Duke Kunshan University Kunqu Festival (March 6-7th) brought together performers, scholars, students, and community participants to explore this year’s theme, “Spaces and Voices of Kunqu.” Through a program of performances, singing gatherings, and scholarly discussion, the festival examined how Kunqu’s distinctive vocal tradition takes shape across different performance environments, academic contexts, and media […]
Research Team Secures Three-Year UNESCO Transnational Heritage Research Grant (2026–2028)
The Division of Arts and Humanities at Duke Kunshan University is pleased to announce that Constellations of Memory: Transnational Heritage Networks and the Afterlives of War has been selected to for a three-year research grant from 2026 to 2028 from UNESCO. The three-year grant is part of the Transnational Heritage Joint Research Grant program and will be […]
Great Ocean Chamber Ensemble Brings Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov to DKU Stage
On January 28, the Great Ocean Chamber Music Ensemble from Wuhan presented a chamber music concert “Through Time with Music” at the CCTE Theater at Duke Kunshan University, coordinated by Assistant Professor of Music and Composition Maximiliano Amici. The performance was offered to both the DKU campus and the Kunshan community, drawing an audience of […]
Congratulations to Prof. Caio Yurgel for publishing a peer-reviewed article in Textual Practice
Congratulations to Prof. Caio Yurgel for publishing a peer-reviewed article, “The alienation of Valerii Pereleshin” in Textual Practice. ABSTRACT Valerii Pereleshin, a Russian-Chinese-Brazilian poet, translator, and monk, remains an underexplored and virtually unknown figure despite a life that spanned pivotal political and cultural moments of the twentieth century. Born in 1913 in Russia and dying […]
Congratulations to Prof. Kim Hunter-Gordon for Publishing the New Book “Kunqu: China’s Classical Song-drama”
Congratulations to Prof. Kim Hunter-Gordon for publishing the new book “Kunqu: China’s Classical Song-drama” with Methuen Drama (Bloomsbury) on Jan 22nd. Description From its origins in the poetic tradition and its refinement in the southern salons of the 16th century, to its 18th-century theatrical heyday and patriotic revival in modern times, this book introduces Kunqu […]
Alumni Achievement: Zheng Zou Wins Prestigious Graduate Award in Chinese Studies
We are proud to share that Zheng Zou, an alumnus of the Class of 2023 with a major in Media and Arts, and currently a graduate student in the Art History M.A. program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has been awarded the 2026 Chung-Fong and Grace Ning Graduate Student Prize in Chinese Studies. […]
Professor Zach Fredman co-authored an article titled “In the Age of AI, the Study of the Humanities Still Matters” with Executive Vice Chancellor John Quelch, published in China Daily Global
In the age of AI, study of humanities still matters By John Quelch and Zach Fredman | China Daily Global | Updated: 2025-12-04 09:08 With the rise of artificial intelligence, it is tempting to believe that the future belongs to coders, data scientists and engineers. But the past year has made something else equally clear: […]
Prof. Rui Hu Presents Lecture-Performance on Speculative Ecological Fiction at Fotografiska Shanghai
In November, Rui Hu, Assistant Professor of Computation and Design, presented a lecture-performance on speculative ecological fiction at Fotografiska Museum Shanghai as part of VORTEX, a recurring lecture-performance series organized by MACA Art Center Beijing that supports cross-disciplinary artistic and academic projects. The event was attended by approximately 40 people. “The lecture-performance featured three sets […]