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Shanghai-Jiangsu Humanities Research Network Upcoming Events




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Here is an update for humanities events and activities in our Shanghai-Jiangsu Humanities Research Network. Read on below for more details. To advertise information on this email list, please write to Chi ZHANG chi.zhang323@dukekunshan.edu.cn. If you know someone who would like to be part of this list please forward this email to them and let them know they can subscribe here.

 

 

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News


2021-2022 Call for Proposals
The DKU Humanities Research Center (HRC) invites proposals from all DKU/Duke faculty and affiliates working on humanities-related projects. Projects should be based at DKU and/or connect Duke and DKU faculty. Proposals should be sent to Chi Zhang, administrative assistant for the Humanities Research Center, by June 30, 2021. Read More

The Thursday Night Tea Research Group Event Report: Skin with Yuting Liu
By Jade Jen, Class of 2023
We go gentle into that good night, in white suits, in paints, in illusions, and in skins that mark our nakedness. In the final installment of the four-part series on intimacy by The Thursday Night Tea Research Group, Yuting Liu presents an interactive performance to delve into the contradictory nature of intimacy by testing a theory in quantum physics, which claims we can never touch anything because the feeling of “touch” is a result of electrons repelling each other. As a costume and set designer, Yuting Liu’s interest focuses on exploring our relationship to the construction and deconstruction of our selves with visual design, cultural restoration, and performance art. He is an experienced designer for several plays and has also worked as a researcher on cultural restoration of traditional Chinese outfits at the National Museum of China, among other institutions. Read More
 


Events


Wednesday June 30, 2021
APSI Summer Book Club: Interior Chinatown w/ Eileen Chow
09:00 EST (21:00 China Time July 1), Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

Wednesday July 21, 2021
APSI Summer Book Club: Minor Feelings w/ Esther Lee
09:00 EST (21:00 China Time July 22), Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

Wednesday August 11, 2021
APSI Summer Book Club: Klara and the Sun w/ Simon Partner
09:00 EST (21:00 China Time August 12), Duke Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

Deadline: June 30, 2021
2022 MOFA Taiwan Fellowship
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
 


Faculty Publications


Kyle Fruh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, has recently published 3 articles: 
A Fair Shake for the Fair-Weather Fan Abstract
Climate Change Driven Displacement and Justice: The Role of Reparations. Abstract
Duties and Demandingness, Individual and Collective

An article co-authored by Dr. Fruh and Ege Duman (Class of 2023) , titled Offering more without offering compensation: non‑compensating benefits for living kidney donors, was published in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy in June 2021. You can read the paper here.

Stephanie Anderson, Assist. Professor of American Literature at Duke Kunshan University, has published a book chapter titled Larry Eigner's Archives in Flight in a new edited volume.

Hyun Jeong Ha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has recently published 2 articles:
The Reclamation Master Frame: A Visual Study of the Arab Uprisings Abstract
The Arab Spring Protests Abstract

Emmanuelle S. Chiocca, Assistant Professor of English Language, has authored and co-authored 5 papers:
Talking with ‘Others’: Experiences and perspective transformation in a short-term study abroad program Abstract
Hearts and Minds: Goal-Orientation and Intercultural Communicative Competence of ROTC Cadets Learning Critical Languages Abstract
Language endangerment: Diversity and specificities of Native American languages of Oklahoma Abstract
Transformative learning in times of global crisis: Reflections on collaborative working practices Abstract
Rethinking orientation: Innovation and collaboration in a language and culture camp at a Sino-American university (forthcoming, 2021). 

Ben Van Overmeire, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at DKU, has recently published 4 articles:
"Combining a Textbook and a Primary Source Anthology in a Student‐Centered Classroom" in On Pedagogy: Using Buddhist Textbooks in the Classroom Full Article
Zen and the Body: A Postmodern Ascetic? Bodily Awakening in the Zen Memoirs of Shozan Jack Haubner Abstract
Buddhism and Biography Abstract
‘Though gold dust is valuable, in the eyes it causes cataracts:’ Two Modern Zen Autobiographies Abstract


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