Event Report — Reclaiming Creativity: Rodolfo Cossovich on Accessibility 2.0 and Co-Designing with Artists
By Yuran Wang, Class of 2028 On the evening of February 11, 2026, Reclaiming Creativity through Accessibility 2.0 was held at DKU, featuring Rodolfo Cossovich, Assistant Arts Professor of Interactive Media Arts (IMA) at NYU Shanghai. In a world often obsessed with normative metrics and idealized bodies, the talk challenged the audience to rethink accessibility not merely […]
Event Report | Geopolitics Consulting: An Insider’s Roadmap
By Zihan Chen, Class of 2026 On February 9, 2026, the Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century (G21) Lab welcomed Lu Yang for a practical and illuminating session on the world of geopolitics consulting. Yang is a Shanghai-based economist at Shui On Land specializing in business and political risk in China. A graduate of the Johns […]
Event Report | Religious Change in China in the Long Twentieth Century: Toward a New Sociology of Religion
By Zihan Chen, Class of 2026 On February 6, 2026, the CSCC Meanings, Identities, and Communities Cluster, in collaboration with the Division of Social Sciences, welcomed Yanfei Sun, Professor at Zhejiang University, for a lecture introducing her recently published book, Religious Change in Post-Mao China: Toward a New Sociology of Religion (The University of Chicago […]
Event Report | Dominant Strategies of Individuals and Organizations and their Social Contexts
By Zihan Chen, Class of 2026 On February 6, 2026, the CSCC Governing China Cluster, in collaboration with the Social Science Division and the University Colloquium Committee, welcomed Dr. Dingxin Zhao, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at Zhejiang University and Max Palevsky Professor Emeritus at the University of […]
Kim Hunter Gordon Publishes New Book on Kunqu’s Musical and Theatrical Traditions
We are delighted to share that Prof. Kim Hunter Gordon, a member of the CSCC Meanings, Identities, and Communities Cluster, has published a new book exploring the history, performance, and contemporary significance of Kunqu. Kunqu: China’s Classical Song-drama (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026) offers a comprehensive study of this foundational musical and theatrical tradition, drawing on Prof. Hunter […]
Event Report | Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China
By Violet Nguyen, Class of 2028 On February 3, 2026, the CSCC Digital Technology and Society cluster hosted Dr. Ning Leng, Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, for a thought-provoking lecture on state–business relations in China. Drawing on her recently published book “Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve […]
Global Commons in Motion: Cities, Sci-Fi, and Community Futures
On January 23rd, the Jiading District Urban Planning Exhibition Hall and Fengxian Waving Cube Sci-Fi Immersive Museum opened their doors to Duke Kunshan University students. Students from INFOSCI 103: Computation, Society & Culture and INFOSCI 301: Data Visualization and Information Aesthetics, accompanied by Prof. Fan Liang and Prof. Luyao Zhang, faculty lead and co-lead of […]
Featured Student: Zhiyuan (Mark) Ma
Zhiyuan (Mark) Ma (Class of 2026) is a bilingual poet and literary translator working in Chinese and English, and a student researcher in the CSCC Faculty–Student Collaborative Research Project Contemporary Kunshan Poetry Anthology & Exhibition, led by Professor Stephanie Anderson. His scholarly and creative work centers on contemporary Chinese and American poetry, literary translation, and […]
Navigating the China–Myanmar Border: Workshop and Talk with Zhuo Niu
Report: Miaoshu Li; Photography: Junyi Yu On Tuesday, January 27th, the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, the Humanities Research Center, Cultures and Societies, and Anthropology@DKU co-organized a workshop and academic talk featuring Zhuo Niu, a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies and the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, […]
Bridging Philosophy and Practice: Redefining AI Education at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025
By Zihan Chen, Class of 2026 On December 18, 2025, the global computer graphics community gathered in Hong Kong for SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, one of the world’s most influential conferences on interactive techniques and emerging technologies. Amidst the technical showcases, two standout Educator’s Forum sessions charted a new path for education in the generative renaissance. Prof. […]