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 […]
会议回顾 | Disrepair and Repair: Politics of Care and Gender in Contemporary China
5月10日至11日，由当代中国研究中心资助的“Disrepair and Repair: Politics of Care and Gender in Contemporary China”学术会议在昆山杜克大学成功举办。
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 […]
交集｜不正宗菜肴，正宗好奇心：外国餐厅作为跨文化交往的载体
米朗润因一家位于家乡意大利罗马的名为“成都”的中国餐厅而对中国文化产生浓厚兴趣，最终选择在中国留学。通过这家餐厅的体验，他打破了对中国的刻板印象，认识到跨文化交流的价值，并受到了探索中国文化的启发。文章强调了外国餐厅作为文化交流桥梁的作用，以及文化融合带来的新美食体验。
