Congratulations to Dr. Yachao Sun for His Recently Published Paper in Language Teaching Research
Congratulations to Dr. Yachao Sun on his recent publication in Language Teaching Research. Title: Implementation of translingual pedagogies in EAL writing: A systematic review Abstract Translingual pedagogies have been proposed and implemented to respond to the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity in today’s classrooms. However, the findings of translingual pedagogies on English as an additional […]
Student Report | Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia
By Maya Peak, Class of 2025 The Center for the Study of Contemporary China was honored to co-host Assistant Professor Victor Seow from Harvard University’s History of Science Department for the Carbon Technocracy seminar on September 8. During his presentation, Seow introduced three main interventions: energy transitions and the modern state, imperial industrialization and the […]
Student Report: Freshman Orientation to Social Science
By Yiwei Zhang & Zhenshan Zhang, Class of 2026 The Fifth Annual Freshman Orientation to Social Science was given by three professors who are experts in various fields of social science, respectively focusing on fieldwork, big data, surveys. Organized by the Center for the Study of Contemporary China yearly , the event aims to provide […]
Call for Papers: Mysticism Colloqium
In Orientalism and Religion, Richard King provides a genealogy of the term “mysticism,” arguing that this term is both “socially constructed” and “the conceptual site of a historical struggle for power and authority” (9). The label of “mysticism” has been applied to many practices and movements (religious or not) across many social and historical contexts. […]
Congratulations to Dr. Yachao Sun for His Recently Published Paper in System
Congratulations to Dr. Yachao Sun for his recently published paper Research trends in ‘trans-’ studies on writing: A bibliometric analysis in System, describing the research trends of ‘trans-’ studies on writing by analyzing 165 journal articles from a bibliometric approach. The paper was written based on Dr. Sun’s CSCC Faculty Pilot Research Project, titled A […]
Author Interview: Q and A with Dr Fan Liang on The making of “good” Citizen: China’s Social Credit Systems and infrastructures of social quantification
Dr. Fan Liang is an Assistant Professor of Media at Duke Kunshan University. His research focuses on the intersection of digital media, political communication, technology governance, and computational social science. His work recognizes that the modes of power have significantly shifted in the era of algorithms, big data, and social media, and examines how new […]
Congratulations to Dr. Caio Yurgel on Publishing a Paper in the Journal of Lusophone Studies!
Congratulations to Dr. Caio Yurgel on his newest publication in the Journal of Lusophone Studies! Title: The (Other) Third Space: The Poetry of Hilda Hilst Abstract It can be refreshing not to have to discuss one’s own identity, especially if identity carries with it an idea of nation. This lack of interest in exploring—and placing herself within—national identities […]
Congratulations to Dr. Annemieke van den Dool on New Paper Published in the Policy Studies Journal!
Congratulations to Dr. Annemieke van den Dool on her paper published in Policy Studies Journal! Title: The Multiple Streams Framework in a Nondemocracy: The Infeasibility of a National Ban on Live Poultry Sales in China Abstract In response to calls to apply the multiple streams framework to nondemocracies, this article adapts the framework to an […]
CSCC Supports Kunqu Teaching at DKU
Supported by the Centre for the Study of Contemporary China, Prof. Kim Hunter Gordon has been developing the presence of Kunqu in DKU’s curriculum and cultural offerings. This includes an expansion of regular weekly singing classes, which have seen around a dozen students sign up so far, PE classes that offer basic training in the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Fan Liang for his Two Recent Published Articles!
Dr. Fan Liang has 2 very recent journal article announcements. The paper, titled The Effects of Flagging Propaganda Sources on News Sharing: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Twitter, was published in The International Journal of Press/Politics. Abstract While research on flagging misinformation and disinformation has received much attention, we know very little about how the flagging of […]