Featured Faculty: David Landry

David Landry is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Duke Kunshan University. In addition to his teaching role, he has been co-leading the China and the Global South Cluster at the CSCC and is the principal investigator of a Faculty Research & Creative Activity Project titled “Mapping Chinese Mines around the World,” which receives […]

交集|马马虎虎,关于随意的不完美交集

乐莎在这篇文章中介绍了“马马虎虎”这个成语。它表达了一种不完美的状态,然而有时它提醒我们采用灵活态度对待复杂情况,不必一味追求主流所定义的完美标准,而应该接受并欣赏独创性。

交集|After School Tutoring Persists Despite “Double Reduction”

This article is reposted from the Duke Kunshan University Language and Culture Center Official WeChat Account. Click to read the original article. In this piece, Hung Nguyen and Haoxin Feng investigate how the “Double -Reduction” policy — instituted two years ago to reduce Chinese students’ excessive homework and after-school tutoring — continues to be flagrantly […]

Report on Apr.22 Dr. Peter van der Veer Events

By Zu (Zuo Rui) Gan, Class of 2025 On the 22nd of April 2024, the Division of Social Science, Anthropology@DKU, Humanities Research Center and the CSCC “Meanings, Identities and Communities” Cluster were honored to have host Dr. van der Veer, a distinguished scholar in the field of anthropology and religion. Dr. van der Veer is […]

Featured Student: Zihan Chen

By Tianlei (Ruby) Qiu, Class of 2024 As the student coordinator for the Governing China Cluster of CSCC, Zihan Chen, UG Class of 2026, took on a pivotal role in facilitating academic discourse and research on Chinese governance and policies. His involvement in research projects, such as “Regulating Global China: Mapping Chinese National Regulations on […]

交集|中国“礼”文化的复杂多样性

“礼”是中国传统文化的重要组成部分。在与中国人交往中,美籍华人Laura发现,中国人对礼的实践是根据情境而变化的。现在,让我们从Laura的视角出发,一同观察这些场景。

交集|Ordinary But Confident: Collisions Over Gender and Ambition

This article is reposted from the Duke Kunshan University Language and Culture Center Official WeChat Account. Click to read the original article. In this piece, Tong Yang (Haris) explores how female comedian Yang Li’s “ordinary but confident” joke created a new word of that meaning — “puxin” — that then ignited a controversy over gender […]

Featured Faculty: Cici Cheng

By Tianlei (Ruby) Qiu, Class of 2024 Cici Cheng is a Chinese-born U.S. artist and photographer who grew up in Durham, North Carolina. She received an MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts from Duke University and currently teaches Media and Arts at Duke Kunshan University. Additionally, she serves as a member of the CSCC Advisory […]