Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | The Great Buddha+ (June 2, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52463 52463-12793951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Taiwan, 104 Minutes, Drama/Black Comedy, Minnan with Chinese & English Subtitles, Not Rated

The most anticipated Taiwanese film of the year is an extension of HUANG HSIN-YAO's 2014 award-winning short, The Great Buddha (the + in the feature's title was satirically added by the director as a reference to corporate naming trends.). Pickle (CRES CHUANG), a night security guard at a bronze statue factory, and Belly Button (BAMBOO CHEN), a recyclables collector, are best friends. While trying to kill time on the long nights spent in the security room, Belly Button suggests that they view the dash-camera footage of Pickle's rich boss, Kevin (LEON DAI). Watching the promiscuous meetings Kevin has with various women, they witness something they never should have known about. These images are like wormholes, taking Pickle, Belly Button, and the viewer from one universe into another, from the colourless existence of the poor and forgotten to the illuminated world of the powerful. -Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/the-great-buddha/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:11:44 -0400 2018-06-02T13:00:00-04:00 2018-06-02T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening The Great Buddha+
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | Angels Wear White (June 2, 2018 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52464 52464-12793955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, June 2, 2018 6:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China, 107 Minutes, Drama, Chinese with English subtitles, Not Rated

Ann Arbor, Award Winner, Chinese, Drama, Female Director, Films, Foreign Narrative, MT, ST

Working the graveyard shift at the reception desk of a sleepy maritime motel promises little excitement for teenage Mia — until one night she becomes the sole witness to an assault on two schoolgirls by a middle-aged man. Fearing the consequences of speaking up, Mia decides to keep quiet on the matter. Twelve-year-old victim Wen, however, quickly realizes that the violence she endured that night is only the first in a litany of troubles. With seemingly nowhere to run, Mia and Wen find themselves caught in an ever-tightening net that they alone can free themselves from. This second feature from the brilliant Chinese writer-director VIVIAN QU whisks us away to a small seaside village where tranquility is torn asunder by a terrible crime. A modern noir focused on complex female characters, Angels Wear White possesses a distinctive slow burn that may prove to be Qu’s signature. – Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/angels-wear-white/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M.

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:49:01 -0400 2018-06-02T18:15:00-04:00 2018-06-02T20:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening Angels Wear White
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | Angels Wear White (June 3, 2018 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52464 52464-12793956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 3, 2018 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China, 107 Minutes, Drama, Chinese with English subtitles, Not Rated

Ann Arbor, Award Winner, Chinese, Drama, Female Director, Films, Foreign Narrative, MT, ST

Working the graveyard shift at the reception desk of a sleepy maritime motel promises little excitement for teenage Mia — until one night she becomes the sole witness to an assault on two schoolgirls by a middle-aged man. Fearing the consequences of speaking up, Mia decides to keep quiet on the matter. Twelve-year-old victim Wen, however, quickly realizes that the violence she endured that night is only the first in a litany of troubles. With seemingly nowhere to run, Mia and Wen find themselves caught in an ever-tightening net that they alone can free themselves from. This second feature from the brilliant Chinese writer-director VIVIAN QU whisks us away to a small seaside village where tranquility is torn asunder by a terrible crime. A modern noir focused on complex female characters, Angels Wear White possesses a distinctive slow burn that may prove to be Qu’s signature. – Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/angels-wear-white/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M.

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:49:01 -0400 2018-06-03T12:15:00-04:00 2018-06-03T14:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening Angels Wear White
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | The Great Buddha+ (June 3, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52463 52463-12793952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, June 3, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Taiwan, 104 Minutes, Drama/Black Comedy, Minnan with Chinese & English Subtitles, Not Rated

The most anticipated Taiwanese film of the year is an extension of HUANG HSIN-YAO's 2014 award-winning short, The Great Buddha (the + in the feature's title was satirically added by the director as a reference to corporate naming trends.). Pickle (CRES CHUANG), a night security guard at a bronze statue factory, and Belly Button (BAMBOO CHEN), a recyclables collector, are best friends. While trying to kill time on the long nights spent in the security room, Belly Button suggests that they view the dash-camera footage of Pickle's rich boss, Kevin (LEON DAI). Watching the promiscuous meetings Kevin has with various women, they witness something they never should have known about. These images are like wormholes, taking Pickle, Belly Button, and the viewer from one universe into another, from the colourless existence of the poor and forgotten to the illuminated world of the powerful. -Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/the-great-buddha/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:11:44 -0400 2018-06-03T16:00:00-04:00 2018-06-03T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening The Great Buddha+
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | Angels Wear White (June 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52464 52464-12793957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China, 107 Minutes, Drama, Chinese with English subtitles, Not Rated

Ann Arbor, Award Winner, Chinese, Drama, Female Director, Films, Foreign Narrative, MT, ST

Working the graveyard shift at the reception desk of a sleepy maritime motel promises little excitement for teenage Mia — until one night she becomes the sole witness to an assault on two schoolgirls by a middle-aged man. Fearing the consequences of speaking up, Mia decides to keep quiet on the matter. Twelve-year-old victim Wen, however, quickly realizes that the violence she endured that night is only the first in a litany of troubles. With seemingly nowhere to run, Mia and Wen find themselves caught in an ever-tightening net that they alone can free themselves from. This second feature from the brilliant Chinese writer-director VIVIAN QU whisks us away to a small seaside village where tranquility is torn asunder by a terrible crime. A modern noir focused on complex female characters, Angels Wear White possesses a distinctive slow burn that may prove to be Qu’s signature. – Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/angels-wear-white/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M.

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:49:01 -0400 2018-06-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-06-05T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening Angels Wear White
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | The Great Buddha+ (June 5, 2018 9:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52463 52463-12793953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 9:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Taiwan, 104 Minutes, Drama/Black Comedy, Minnan with Chinese & English Subtitles, Not Rated

The most anticipated Taiwanese film of the year is an extension of HUANG HSIN-YAO's 2014 award-winning short, The Great Buddha (the + in the feature's title was satirically added by the director as a reference to corporate naming trends.). Pickle (CRES CHUANG), a night security guard at a bronze statue factory, and Belly Button (BAMBOO CHEN), a recyclables collector, are best friends. While trying to kill time on the long nights spent in the security room, Belly Button suggests that they view the dash-camera footage of Pickle's rich boss, Kevin (LEON DAI). Watching the promiscuous meetings Kevin has with various women, they witness something they never should have known about. These images are like wormholes, taking Pickle, Belly Button, and the viewer from one universe into another, from the colourless existence of the poor and forgotten to the illuminated world of the powerful. -Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/the-great-buddha/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:11:44 -0400 2018-06-05T21:30:00-04:00 2018-06-05T23:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening The Great Buddha+
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | Crosscurrent (June 6, 2018 6:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52465 52465-12793959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 6:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China. 116 minutes. Drama. Mandarin with subtitles. Not Rated.

A young cargo ship captain named Gao Chun (Qin Hao) pilots his boat up the Yangtze River and ponders the recent death of his father in this allegorical drama from director Yang Chao. During the trip, he encounters numerous symbols representing China’s past, present and future, including a mysterious woman who is present at every port along the way. The woman, he soon learns, is some sort of magical being who seems to grow younger as the ship inches closer to the source of the Yangtze.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/crosscurrent/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M.

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:58:57 -0400 2018-06-06T18:45:00-04:00 2018-06-06T20:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening Crosscurrent
LRCCS Cinetopia Film Screening | Angels Wear White (June 8, 2018 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52464 52464-12793958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 8, 2018 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China, 107 Minutes, Drama, Chinese with English subtitles, Not Rated

Ann Arbor, Award Winner, Chinese, Drama, Female Director, Films, Foreign Narrative, MT, ST

Working the graveyard shift at the reception desk of a sleepy maritime motel promises little excitement for teenage Mia — until one night she becomes the sole witness to an assault on two schoolgirls by a middle-aged man. Fearing the consequences of speaking up, Mia decides to keep quiet on the matter. Twelve-year-old victim Wen, however, quickly realizes that the violence she endured that night is only the first in a litany of troubles. With seemingly nowhere to run, Mia and Wen find themselves caught in an ever-tightening net that they alone can free themselves from. This second feature from the brilliant Chinese writer-director VIVIAN QU whisks us away to a small seaside village where tranquility is torn asunder by a terrible crime. A modern noir focused on complex female characters, Angels Wear White possesses a distinctive slow burn that may prove to be Qu’s signature. – Toronto International Film Festival, 2017.

Purchase tickets ahead here: http://www.cinetopiafestival.org/show/angels-wear-white/

Sponsored by U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and Confucius Institute at U-M.

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Film Screening Wed, 30 May 2018 08:49:01 -0400 2018-06-08T19:15:00-04:00 2018-06-08T21:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening Angels Wear White
Chinese 4: OLLI Study Group (August 15, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53804 53804-13463695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In Chinese 4, study group participants will learn more about the Chinese characters including their history, geography, and cultural references. Participants will increase their Chinese vocabulary, enabling them to carry on simple conversations in Chinese.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet Mondays, 1-3, from October 15 – December 17. Instructor Angela Yang retired from medical research at UM. She also taught at an Ann Arbor Chinese school.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:34:04 -0400 2018-08-15T18:00:00-04:00 2018-08-15T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
The Promise of Making: Desiring Alternatives and Hacking Entrepreneurial Living in China (September 14, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54822 54822-13645285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Since 2014, a series of Western media outlets from Wired UK over the Economist to Forbes have begun celebrate the city of Shenzhen in the South of China as a rising hub of innovation, a so-called “Hollywood for Makers” and “Silicon Valley of Hardware.” These media stories took up an idea that open source hardware advocates had been promoting for several years: that the city of Shenzhen had become crucial for the realization of one of the key promises of the maker movement, i.e. to prototype concrete alternatives to the pitfalls of the information society and contemporary capitalism. Just a couple years earlier, Shenzhen was largely known as a place of copycats and fakes that lacked creativity where ideas created elsewhere were simply executed and mass produced. What happened within the timespan of only a few years that changed Shenzhen’s image from demonstrating China’s continuous lag in technology innovation towards a place where alternatives to neoliberal capitalism could be prototyped? In this talk, I present excerpts from my forthcoming book “The Promise of Making” to unpack the historical contingencies of this transformation of Shenzhen, and with it China, in the global tech imaginary. Drawing from more than seven years of ethnographic research, I show how the displacement of technooptimistic onto Shenzhen unfolded through and alongside the emergence of “making” as a mode of intervention in the status-quo by hacking not only machines, but also markets and work itself. Shenzhen, I show, was rendered by open source hardware advocates, venture capitalists, avant-garde designers, Chinese politicians and state actors alike as a laboratory to prototype what I call “entrepreneurial living,” i.e. a naturalization of experimentation as a mode of “living on" amidst a pervasive economization of life. While making reformulated a key neoliberal logic of self-economization as a story of empowerment by promising to include ever more people in its call for self-transformation into human capital, Shenzhen came to be seen as the place to accomplish this upgrade of the self and to regain a sense of control amidst anxieties over economic and environmental crisis. Entrepreneurial living as an analytical frame moves beyond a theorization of making or hacking as a countercultural or grassroots movement that exists separate or independent from the systems it sets out to challenge, but points instead to the parasitic relations between contemporary maker cultures, China’s shifting relations in geopolitics and the global political economy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:54:46 -0400 2018-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
LRCCS Panel Discussion | China’s Adaptive Governance: Past Success and Future Challenges (September 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54078 54078-13521843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

A reception will follow the panel presentation from 6pm-7pm.

This panel discussion honors the legacy of Professor Michel Oksenberg, who taught at the University of Michigan from 1973 to 1991, and served as a key member of the National Security Council when the US normalized relations with China. He consistently urged that the United States engage with Asia in a more deliberate manner. The panel discussion will focus on the broader picture of economic development in China, especially rural China.

The panel discussion also marks the publication of a new volume by Stanford University Press on one of the key research sites of Professor Oksenberg, Zouping County. Two of the panelists, Professors Steven M. Goldstein and Jean Oi, edited this new volume, "Zouping Revisited: Adaptive Governance in a Chinese County."

Panelists:

Steven M. Goldstein is Associate of the Fairbank Center and the director of the Taiwan Studies Workshop at Harvard University. 
 
Jean C. Oi is the William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics in the Department of Political Science, Stanford University. 
 
Susan Whiting (Ph.D., Michigan; B.A., Yale) is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington in Seattle
 
Changdong Zhang is Associate Professor of Political Science at School of Government, Peking University. 
 
Mary Gallagher, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan, will serve as moderator for this event.

Image Caption: Michel Oksenberg (center) in Zouping County, ca. 1980s]

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:29:16 -0400 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium China’s Adaptive Governance: Past Success and Future Challenges ~ A Panel Discussion in Honor of Professor Michel Oksenberg (1938-2001)
Chinese Theater, Drama Publications, and the Printed Image (September 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54205 54205-13539459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Professor Patricia Sieber will examine different early modern editions of The Story of the Western Wing in an effort to tease out how images in drama publications not only altered the reading experience of such texts, but also changed the performative enactment of theatrical forms. Thus rather treating such images as mere “illustrations,” the talk seeks to show that the appearance of images in theater-related texts was a transformative moment for the history of the book and for the culture of theater alike.

About the speaker:

Patricia Sieber is an Associate Professor of Chinese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on premodern Chinese drama and fiction, the history of the book, and translation studies. She is the author of Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 and is currently the lead editor for How To Read Chinese Drama: A Guided Anthology. She has given talks in the US, Europe, Russia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and her work has appeared in English, Chinese, and German.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:13:31 -0400 2018-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Patricia Sieber
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers, and Online Mobilization in China (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52909 52909-13142320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Comparing the political activism of feminists and lawyers in China and drawing on theories of performance and dramaturgy, this project investigates how performance arts are used by activists to challenge the authoritarian state in the age of social media. Adopting a strategy of subversive disruption, Chinese activists used social media and performance arts to expose the state’s illegal or repressive backstage actions in the public eye. However, it was precisely the success of their “artivism” that contributed to the crackdowns on feminists and lawyers in 2015.

Sida Liu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Before joining the University of Toronto faculty in 2016, he taught sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for seven years and directed its East Asian Legal Studies Center in 2014-2016. He received his LL.B. degree from Peking University Law School and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Professor Liu has conducted extensive empirical research on China’s legal reform and legal profession. His most recent research project is on the impact of China’s rise as a global power on the legal professions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition to Chinese law, he also writes on sociolegal theory and general social theory. He is the author of three books in Chinese and English, most recently, "Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work" (with Terence C. Halliday, Cambridge University Press, 2016). He has also published many articles in leading law and social science journals, including the "American Journal of Sociology," "Sociological Theory," "The China Quarterly," "Law & Society Review," "Law & Social Inquiry," "Law & Policy," "Wisconsin Law Review," "Fordham Law Review," etc.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:24:38 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Sida Liu, September 25
Ross Global Showcase (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52064 52064-12407322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Come learn about the global opportunities the Ross School of Business offers to students across the university!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:23:51 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Ross School of Business
Earthly Airs and Hearty Beats: A Unique Concert of Wind and Drum Music from Central China (September 28, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53991 53991-13510883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Registration: https://goo.gl/G7AuE2

“Earthly Airs and Hearty Beats” will be performed at the Mendelssohn Theater on Friday, September 29, 2018. The performers are Zhou family Band, a group of family musicians that play music of weddings, funerals, and other life cycle rituals. Zhou Family Band attracted international attention through their first Europe tour in 2017, which brought them to five countries and prestigious festivals such as World of Music, Arts and Dance festival (WOMAD). Hailed for its “tremendous energy” by BBC, regarded as “China’s avant-garde” by The Guardian, and selected by SOAS Radio as one of its five favorite acts from the 2017 WOMAD, Zhou Family Band presents an authentic Chinese tradition.

Zhou Family Band (周家班) plays traditional wind and percussion music that have accompanied birth and death celebrations of people in Central-Eastern China for more than 600 years. Coming from Lingbi, Anhui Province, part of the Central Plain area which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization, the Zhou family has been musicians for seven generations, and are bearers of a tradition that represents the cream of Chinese folk music – Bolin Laba, a national intangible cultural heritage of China as declared by UNESCO.

Program:

“Red Forever” 《万年红》
“Tune of Celebration” 《庆贺令》
“Picking Dates“ 《打枣》
“Wild Geese Landing on the Shore” 《雁落沙滩》
“Tune of Great Sadness” 《大悲调》
“Chinese Opera” 《咔戏》
“Opening the Door” 《开门》
“A Hundred Birds Saluting the Phoenix” 《百鸟朝凤》
“Double Pipe” 《双管》
Medley of Chinese Popular Songs

*This program is subject to change.

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Performance Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:28:57 -0400 2018-09-28T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T21:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Performance zhou family band
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Spatializing Infant Burial in Qing China (October 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53060 53060-13211469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In the nineteenth century, foreigners in China wrote prolifically about so-called "baby towers"—structures that were erected outside cities to house the remains of dead children. In the minds of many foreigners, baby towers came to embody both a peculiar rendering of Chinese death practices, as well as a growing animus toward certain aspects of Chinese social life. This talk will attempt to contextualize these structures, by describing and mapping the history of campaigns to bury children in the late imperial period.

Jeff Snyder-Reinke is a professor of Chinese history at The College of Idaho. He earned his PhD in modern Chinese history from the University of Michigan in 2006. He conducted dissertation research at the Institute for Qing History in Beijing while on a Fulbright fellowship. Out of this research came his first book, "Dry Spells: State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China," which was published by the Harvard University Asia Center in 2009. He is currently working on a book-length study of infant burial in the Qing dynasty. In what little spare time he has, he serves as the CEO of a company that manufactures fruit tea.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:53:37 -0400 2018-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jeff Snyder-Reinke, Professor of Chinese History, The College of Idaho
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
China’s Pompeii: Julu, a Northern Song Ceramic Legacy (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54434 54434-13583310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

According to historical records, in 1108 A.D. the region of Julu Xian and surrounding areas in southern Hebei Province were inundated when the Yellow River burst its banks. Like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Europe, buried in 79 A.D. by volcanic ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the story of daily life in this ordinary Song marketplace was instantaneously preserved in the silt of the Yellow River for more than 800 years. Dr. Margaret Carney will discuss Cizhou ware ceramics discovered in the Song dynasty Julu marketplace, offering a window into the food, dining, and daily life of the Northern Song.

Margaret Carney is a ceramic historian with PhD and Master’s degrees in Asian art history, and a BA in anthropology/archaeology. Dr. Carney is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and an elected member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Switzerland. Grants received include Senior Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American Art and the Renwick Gallery.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:07:56 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion
Lost in Translation: The Architecture and/of Chinese Edition (October 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55224 55224-13700533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Have you ever wondered how architecture sounds in Chinese? Or questioned if the language of architecture would sound any more esoteric if it were in Chinese? Does linguistic difference matter? What is lost and what is gained when designspeak traverses the Chinese-English divide? How does the medium of design discourse affect its content? Is graphic communication the great equalizer? Is architecture sinicizable? Do you doubt that these are answerable questions? Find out on October 3rd, 5–7pm, at the Taubman College Commons.

In 1922, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein declared that “the limits of my language mean the limits of my world." With the globally-connected community at the University of Michigan in mind, we invite you to an exploration of the cross-cultural academic expressive production that accompanies thinking and writing from a non-English background. Taking the University of Michigan as a case study, we hope to engage questions of scholarship and public expression incubated in the globalized environment that is the contemporary American university. Rather than focusing on the mechanics of English as a Second Language or as a lingua franca, we seek a discussion around scholarly expression in a multicultural, globalized academia.

Panelists:
FU Liangyu, Communications & Media Studies
WANG Jieqiong, Architecture & Urban Studies
William THOMSON, Anthropology & Architecture
ZHANG Fang, Fine Arts, Design, & Economics

Hors d'oeuvres to be served.
All are welcome!
No registration is required but please RSVP so we can provide enough food for everyone.

This event is organized by GRIN with generous support from Rackham and in partnership with Taubman College DEI.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:00:55 -0400 2018-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T19:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion Flyer
From the Dragon's Mouth: A Life in Translation (October 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54436 54436-13583312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Brian Holton will speak about his own odyssey in translation, from the Latin and Greek proses of his schooldays, to the near-impossibility of earning a living through literary translation. He will propose the following questions: When we read a poem in translation, whose voice do we hear? Do translators think other people’s thoughts? Is translation useful for an apprentice writer? He will stress the importance of praxis in generating theory, and briefly discuss his own practice as a Chinese-Scots translator. Lastly, he will explore the tools which make a poem sing in its new habitat.

Brian Holton was born in Scotland and educated at Edinburgh and Durham. Holton taught classical and modern Chinese language and literature in the UK, and Chinese-English translation in Hong Kong. He has translated a dozen books of poetry by Yang Lian and has appeared at major literary festivals in the UK, Europe and the Far East. He has published a wide range of Chinese poetry and fiction in Scots and English.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:07:05 -0400 2018-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Brian Holton
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Plato, Through Confucian Eyes (October 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52910 52910-13142321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

While many published studies compare ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, such studies usually start by identifying some set of ideas in the Greek texts, and then argue that one can find the same or similar ideas on the Chinese side. In this talk, Professor Hutton reverses that direction of comparison and use Chinese ideas—and in particular early Confucian views—as a lens to re-examine Greek philosophy, starting with Plato. Through this method, he aims to show how Confucian perspectives can unearth new interpretive insights about Western philosophical texts, and how this process can also aid us in thinking more deeply about the Confucian views themselves.

Eric L. Hutton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he has been teaching since 2002. His research focuses on early Confucianism and comparative studies of ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, especially on the topic of ethics. His major publications include a translation, "Xunzi: The Complete Text" (Princeton University Press, 2014), and an edited volume, the "Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi" (Springer, 2016). He is also co-editor (with Justin Tiwald) of the new translation series "Oxford Chinese Thought."

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:35:51 -0400 2018-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Eric Hutton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
Asian Pacific Islander American Studies Fall Welcome Reception (October 9, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56272 56272-13869410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

The Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program and the Critical Ethnic and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop warmly invite you to join us for delicious refreshments and good company as we open the 2018-19 academic year in A/PIA Studies at the University of Michigan! Fall is in the air, and there is no better time to reunite with old colleagues and meet new ones. This event is open to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in APIA Studies. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

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Reception / Open House Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:29:31 -0400 2018-10-09T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Reception / Open House Poster
Engaging Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Dance (October 10, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54437 54437-13583313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

Since the 1980s, China’s society and economy have undergone massive change, and the speed of modernization has continuously increased. This means that the urban-rural divide has required greater attention. In the midst of political, economic, and legal modernization, how can the deep philosophical outlook, moral and cultural system, and artistic spirit of China’s long-lasting rural cultural model continue to draw its worldviews and values from tradition? This is a problem not only for those who work in the realm of ideas but also has become a keen focus of attention for dance artists around the globe to explore through new dance creation. This talk will explore the work of several young contemporary dance choreographers based in Beijing who are currently attracting significant attention in China. Specifically, it will investigate the different ways these young choreographers are engaging with tradition in their work.

Mao Cui is Associate Professor of Dance Studies in the Humanities Institute at the Beijing Dance Academy. She holds a PhD in Dance Studies and is a member of the China Dancers Association, and she has been the recipient of several prestigious national and Beijing-level awards for her research and teaching. In 2016, she received China’s most competitive national-level social science research grant for her project titled “Twentieth-century American Modern Dance’s Borrowings from Eastern Culture and Their Relationship to its Transformations.”

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:18:04 -0400 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion mao cui
LRCCS Occasional Lecture Series | China's Crisis of Success (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55887 55887-13802782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

China’s success has made its economy and polity so complex that continued success requires transformation. China is struggling with the needed transition. Western views of this process are frequently both strong and wrong.

William Overholt has been Senior Research Fellow at Harvard since 2008. From 2013-2015 he was also President of the Fung Global Institute in Hong Kong. From 2002-2008 he was Distinguished Chair and Director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Asia Pacific Policy. He served as Asia regional Head of Strategy and Economics for Nomura from 1998 to 2001. Before that, he was Managing Director and regional Head of Research at Bank Boston Singapore. During 18 years at Bankers Trust, he managed a country risk team in New York from 1980 to 1984 and then served as regional strategist in Hong Kong. At Hudson Institute, 1971-1979, he directed planning studies for the U.S. Department of State, National Security Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Council on International Economic Policy.

Dr. Overholt has published eight books, including "China’s Crisis of Success" (2018); "Renminbi Rising: The Emergence of a New Global Monetary System" (2016); "Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics" (2008); "The Rise of China" (1993); "Political Risk" (1982); and (with William Ascher) "Strategic Planning and Forecasting" (1983). He is principal co-author of: "Asia's Nuclear Future" (1976) and "The Future of Brazil" (1978). With Zbigniew Brzezinski, he founded the semi-annual "Global Assessment" in 1976 and edited it until 1988.

Dr. Overholt received his B.A from Harvard and his Ph.D. from Yale.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:47:09 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion William Overholt, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University
Cancelled - Yenching Academy (October 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54285 54285-13563522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

This event has been cancelled. Interested students should schedule an individual advising appointment via the ONSF website and/or contact Henry Dyson directly.
The Yenching Academy provides full tuition plus a generous stipend to cover travel and living expenses for a 1- to 2-year Master's program in China Studies at Peking University in Beijing. More detailed information available at http://lsa.umich.edu/onsf

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Presentation Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:59:21 -0400 2018-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Mason Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Why Bother? The Place of Socialist Propaganda Theater in China (October 23, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53019 53019-13200562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This presentation argues against the conventional wisdom which views the performance culture of the People’s Republic of China as a monolithic, top-down, and meaningless practice characterized solely by censorship in a totalitarian regime. Professor Chen will demonstrate that propaganda performances on the process and history of the communist revolution and its leaders can be studied as a complex, dialogic, and interweaving process, in which multiple voices and opposing views collide, negotiate, and compromise in forming what looks like a mainstream ideology—and indeed functions as such—to legitimize the state and its right to rule. She argues that propaganda study can delineate performative rituals which insinuated itself in the form of “personal” memories, nostalgia, commercial culture, pop culture, youth culture, and the cybersphere with popular appeal, which can explore­ the charisma of revolutionary leaders to create romance, detective, suspense, and war stories that overlap with Hollywood blockbusters despite their obvious differences.

Xiaomei Chen is a professor at the University of California at Davis where she teaches modern Chinese literature, film, and theater. She is the author of "Occidentalism" (1995), "Acting the Right Part" (2002) and "Staging Chinese Revolution" (2016). She is the editor of "Reading the Right Text" (2003) and the "Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama" (2010) and co-editor, with Claire Sponsler, of "East of West: Cross-Cultural Performances and the Staging of Difference" (2000)"; with Julia Andrew, of "Visual Culture in Contemporary China" (2001), and with Steven Siyuan Liu, "Hong Shen and the Modern Mediasphere in Republican-Era China" (2016).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:41:01 -0400 2018-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Resource Diversification and Resilience: The Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Northwest China (October 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52912 52912-13142322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Northwest China experienced several marked transitions during the Bronze Age (~2000-1000 BCE), including climate change, the spread of mobile pastoralism, the rise of new technologies, and increasing interregional interaction. Ancient human skeletons bear the embodied traces of these transitions, and of the accompanying changes to human health and diet. This evidence, when incorporated into a multidisciplinary archaeological analysis, points to a patchwork of successful adaptive strategies leading to social-ecological resilience in the region.

Elizabeth Berger is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. Her ongoing work in bioarchaeology focuses on ancient adaptation to climate change, ancient human health, and subsistence strategies in northwest China. She has also worked on archaeological human remains from central China, investigating Warring States period migration and Ming dynasty foot binding. She earned her doctorate in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina in 2017.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:42:50 -0400 2018-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Berger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Asian Languages and Cultures Info Session (November 2, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57045 57045-14075027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/undergraduates/informationsessions.html

We hope to see you there!

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Other Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:36:15 -0400 2018-11-02T12:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other Information Session Flyer
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | From Cook to Counterrevolutionary: A Window into Christianity in China through the Saga of a Single Family (November 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52913 52913-13142323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

A former Beijing correspondent for "The Philadelphia Inquirer," Jennifer Lin chronicles 150 years of family history in "Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), described by author Orville Schell as “a beautifully written elegy.” The book includes a compelling cast: the first convert who went to work for missionaries as a cook; a doctor who treated opium addicts; a Penn-educated Anglican pastor; and the influential independent religious leader Watchman Nee, vilified after 1949 as a “counterrevolutionary.” Lin will discuss how her family story personifies the evolution of Christianity from a Chinese perspective, as well as how she used journalistic tools to construct a multi-generational narrative.

Jennifer Lin worked for "The Philadelphia Inquirer" for 31 years, including postings as a financial correspondent in New York; a national reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight Ridder Newspapers; and the Asia correspondent for "The Inquirer" and the 30-paper Knight Ridder chain. Lin left daily journalism in 2014 to complete her family memoir, and to start work on a documentary, “Beethoven in Beijing,” which captures the flourishing of classical music in China through the history and ongoing engagement of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A graduate of Duquesne University, Lin lives in Doylestown, Pa. with her husband, Bill Stieg, a Wolverine and former sports editor of "The Michigan Daily."

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:43:16 -0400 2018-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jennifer Lin
Chinese and East Asian Notated Musical Sources and their Notation Database in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China (November 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54520 54520-13592096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

In recent years, a large number of ancient East Asian music scores were discovered, demonstrating that East Asian musical instruments and notation underwent extensive changes in the last millennium. How to understand, restore and/or reconstruct ancient music through historical musical instruments and notated has become is a complicated and timely job. Launched in 2010, the East Asian Notation Research Center in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music has collected a large number of ancient and notated scores from all over the world and established a database of ancient tablature and other kinds of musical scores. This lecture discusses the Center's collection and examination of East Asian ancient notated sources and their interpretation.

Professor Weiping Zhao is Chair, Professor and Advisor of Doctoral Students of the Department of Musicology at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He leads a national research project on Chinese Ancient Music History at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and directs the Center for Research on Music Cultures of China and Japan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:08:26 -0400 2018-11-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T13:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion
LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers (November 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55543 55543-13756888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Complete conference details, including daily schedule and speaker bios, are available on the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/art--history--and-sinology--an-international-conference-in-honor.html

Martin J. Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has always been a towering beacon in the field, trailblazing fresh methodologies and breaking down academic stereotypes on Chinese culture. In celebration of his well-deserved retirement from teaching, Prof. Powers’ graduate advisees and colleagues from around the world will convene an international conference on Chinese art. This academic gathering will reflect upon ways the field of sinology has changed over the course of Prof. Powers’ long academic career and the new directions it is developing, or should develop, in the future.

A public reception follows Friday’s session at Weiser Hall, 10th floor.

This event is sponsored by Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additional support is provided by the Department of the History Art, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) as well as Liu Jiuzhou and Qian Ying.

Conference organizer: J. P. Park, University of California, Riverside.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:35:48 -0400 2018-11-09T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers
LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers (November 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55543 55543-13756889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Complete conference details, including daily schedule and speaker bios, are available on the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/art--history--and-sinology--an-international-conference-in-honor.html

Martin J. Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has always been a towering beacon in the field, trailblazing fresh methodologies and breaking down academic stereotypes on Chinese culture. In celebration of his well-deserved retirement from teaching, Prof. Powers’ graduate advisees and colleagues from around the world will convene an international conference on Chinese art. This academic gathering will reflect upon ways the field of sinology has changed over the course of Prof. Powers’ long academic career and the new directions it is developing, or should develop, in the future.

A public reception follows Friday’s session at Weiser Hall, 10th floor.

This event is sponsored by Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additional support is provided by the Department of the History Art, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) as well as Liu Jiuzhou and Qian Ying.

Conference organizer: J. P. Park, University of California, Riverside.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:35:48 -0400 2018-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers
The Glory of Life (2018) by Wang Qingsong (November 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57525 57525-14209025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

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Synopsis

This documentary uncovers the production process of Wang Qingsong’s seminal art pieces from 2003 to 2018, including the most celebrated pieces such as “China Mansion” (2003), “Competition” (2004), “Come!Come!Come!” (2005), and “Follow You” (2013). Attempting to narrate the complex and chaotic composition of the world through his large-scale photos, Wang’s works display the surreal realities of incessant transformations in the world.

About Director Wang Qingsong

Wang Qingsong is an artist, photographer, educator and curator who represents a generation of Chinese cultural producers and creative intellectuals who continue to have a profound influence on contemporary art practices in the 21st century. Over the past 20 years, Wang Qingsong’s artistic works have played a pivotal role in the expansion of Chinese artists within the international art market, and more specifically in developing new roles for visual culture to flourish through his highly stylized photographic works.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Gs-Zs-jtTvI

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Nov 2018 13:33:56 -0500 2018-11-11T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-11T18:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Film Screening Wang Qingsong Image
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Futures in the Past of Africa-China Engagement (November 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52915 52915-13142325@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will challenge the presentist time frame of much current scholarship on China and Africa. Popular discourse as well as scholarly research in this field has been reactive to the expansion of China’s economic and policy interests in Africa since 2006. This brings with it a dismissal or erasure of earlier periods of China-Africa engagement, that are deemed less significant when measured against the scale and speed of today’s relationships. As a historian, Professor Monson wishes to challenge this assumption as a backward projection of metrics that can underestimate, in hindsight, the historicity of China and Africa on their own terms. So that, for example, a tiny Chinese-built shoe factory on Zanzibar, or a small-scale irrigated rice farm in the Gambia, could have an amplified role and meaning in its own time. The Chinese role model offered an alternative imagining for an African future, one that whether embraced or rejected made a difference on the global stage. Africa and Africans made a difference domestically for China, too, through a range of solidarities expressed through literature, drama, film and in person as delegations of youth, women, athletes and journalists traveled abroad.

Jamie Monson is Director of the African Studies Center and Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her background is deeply rooted in East African environmental history and the relationship between development, resource use and landscape change in Africa. A recognized researcher and scholar, Professor Monson's efforts have established her as a pioneer in China-Africa development studies. Her book, "Africa’s Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania," explores the TAZARA railway, which was built with Chinese development aid. Her most recent project is a book and documentary film based on life histories of TAZARA railway workers in Tanzania, Zambia and China. Monson teaches courses on African environmental history, history of science and technology in Africa, and has led workshops on ethics of community engagement.

Co-sponsored by the African Studies Center, University of Michigan.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:35:21 -0400 2018-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
A Mysterious Tomb Painting Uncloaks an Ancient Practice (November 14, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54522 54522-13592098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

A wall painting found in a tomb at Dingjiazha in western China and dated to the early Six Dynasties (220-589) is wrapped in a mystery of identity and motive. Archaeologists have dated the tomb, which is in Gansu province, to the fourth or fifth centuries, and a contemporaneous record from eastern China suggests that the scene illustrates a tragic incident involving the birth of a deformed baby and an appeal for relief from drought through an ancient practice of ritual exposure. Professor Clydesdale argues this painting sheds light on how superstition, folklore, and associated practices can seem to fall out of use, but actually go underground and, like a rhizome, sprout over vast distances and through centuries in times of deprivation.

Heather Clydesdale is a lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at Santa Clara University in the Bay Area, where she teaches courses on the Silk Roads as well as modern Asian art. Her research focuses on cultural exchanges and artistic innovations on China’s northwestern frontier. She holds a PhD in art history and archaeology from Columbia University and wrote her dissertation on third and early fourth century tombs in the Hexi Corridor.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:21:25 -0400 2018-11-14T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Heather Clydesdale
Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies (November 15, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57043 57043-14075025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Light lunch will be provided. Free and Open to the Public.

The recent rise of medical history as an analytical lens to study the history of early religions raises new questions: What is medicine? In what sources can we find it?

This presentation introduces a case study of how to adapt digital tools to study medicine and religion in China, focusing on the distribution of drug terms in religious and medical sources from the Six Dynasties (220-589). After constructing a text database and attaching bibliographic data about the texts, Docusky can track the distribution of large term sets (I collected 12,000 drug names) according to time, space, sect and genre. This facilitates entirely new kinds of historical argument. I will demonstrate three examples, showing 1) new evidence of Buddhist transmission of medicine to China and the new historical questions it leads to, 2) how to use the toolset to make context-discovery of unknown sources, and 3) using geographic data of materia medica to argue for regional origins of primary sources. The paper further considers the philological violence done to primary sources when working in digital media.

Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 is assistant professor in History and at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He researches medicine and religion in early medieval and contemporary China. He developed tools for the study of religion and medicine in China with National Taiwan University and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and is now developing them for the study of multi-lingual primary sources for medical history across the classical world. He also serves as Vice-President of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM). More information is available at https://michaelstanley-baker.com/digital-humanities/

The “Deep Dive” series is co-sponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS) and the Asia Library, and is co-directed by Mary Gallagher (Professor of Political Science and Director of LRCCS) and Liangyu Fu (Chinese Studies Librarian, Asia Library). Question about the series? Please email Liangyu Fu at liangyuf@umich.edu .

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:38:14 -0400 2018-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker
Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies (November 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57044 57044-14075026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Speakers: Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源, Nanyang Technological University and Dr. Hu Chijui 胡其瑞, National Taiwan University

Light refreshments will be provided. The room is equipped with laptops, but please feel free to bring your own.

Designed by the Research Center for Digital Humanities and CSIE Digital Humanities Lab of NTU in Taiwan, DocuSky is a digital humanities research platform created specifically for researchers of texts, to suit various needs and different stages of research. It provides tools to build up their own personal database of texts for text processing, tagging, text reorganizing and contextualizing, text-mining, GIS and visualization.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to use Docusky and Palladio for large scale analysis of the full-text Buddhist and Daoist canons. You will learn how to search for large term sets, determine their statistical distribution by chapter, and then sort these chapters according to time period, intellectual genre, sectarian attribution and place of origin. You will then learn how to produce simple but powerful visualizations to show the similarities or differences between term clusters in different scriptural groups. This toolset is open access, and the Daoist and Buddhist canons data file will be made available as an open-source, citable document.

This workshop requires that you first register here: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/datamining-the-daoist-and-buddhist-canons-with-docusky/ It is open to faculty, students, postdocs and visiting scholars at the University of Michigan. We regret that it is not open to the general public.

Dr. Michael Stanley-Baker 徐源 is assistant professor in History and at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He researches medicine and religion in early medieval and contemporary China. He developed tools for the study of religion and medicine in China with National Taiwan University and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and is now developing them for the study of multi-lingual primary sources for medical history across the classical world. He also serves as Vice-President of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM). More information is available at https://michaelstanley-baker.com/digital-humanities/

Dr. Chijui Hu 胡其瑞 is a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center for Digital Humanities at the National Taiwan University. Dr. Hu received his PhD degree from the Graduated Institute of Religious Studies from National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research focused on the cultural and history of the minority groups in Southwest China, and now, he wants to put this research into the digital humanities tools to see what may happen.

The “Deep Dive” series is co-sponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS) and the Asia Library, and is co-directed by Mary Gallagher (Professor of Political Science and Director of LRCCS) and Liangyu Fu (Chinese Studies Librarian, Asia Library). Question about the series? Please email Liangyu Fu at liangyuf@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:13:17 -0400 2018-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T11:30:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Workshop / Seminar Dr. Chijui Hu
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Bureaucrats, Business, and the Manipulating of Capitalism in China (November 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52916 52916-13142326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Although China is a global manufacturing titan, the "made in China" model has begun to wane. Starting in the 2000s, China shifted from attracting foreign investment to promoting domestic firms. This shift led city bureaucrats to compete for funding and tax breaks to benefit their business clients. While bureaucrats in some cities successfully motivated local businesses to upgrade, others deprived businesses of their developmental space. With 18 months of in-depth interviews, original surveys, and quantitative data, Professor Chen argues that this regional variation is rooted in how foreign firms strengthened or weakened vested interest coalitions and the historical patterns of local capitalism. She advances a new theory to explain the implementation of economic policies in China and other emerging economies that comprise the new "globalized" generation.

Ling Chen is Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, she was a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and Rajawali Fellow at the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research interests lie in comparative politics and political economy, especially the political origins of economic policies and government-business relations in China. Her works have appeared in multiple peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of "Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China" (Stanford University Press, 2018). Chen was recognized as the Diversity Scholar by the University of Michigan. Her research has received support from institutions such as the Social Science Research Council, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Institute for Humane Studies and Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:16:16 -0500 2018-11-20T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ling Chen, Assistant Professor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (November 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57695 57695-14263400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

November 20, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room 1405 // East Quad // 701 E. University

Megan Bascom: Empathy and the Moving Body
Traci Lombre: From France to the Jazz Club: Major N. Clark Smith and Performing the Saxophone in the American Blues-based Jazz Tradition
Masimba Hwati: Mbende Jerusarema Tehkno
LJ Foust: Exploring the Complexities and Popularity of The Dance Style, Jazz Funk

November 27, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Space 2435 // North Quad // 105 S. State Street

Kelly Hirina: Bharatanatyam: The psychological state of flow as pedagogical tool for developing artistry
El Chen: Exploring Change Mechanisms through the Arts
Xiaoxi Zhang: Performing a Story of Resistance
Ruby Macdougall: On a Symposium of Dance in Xinjiang

December 4, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
10th Floor Event Space // Weiser Hall // 450 Church Street

Jeffrey Siegfried: Performing Heterophony: Persona and Musicality in Weimar and Darmstadt
Kaleigh Wilder: Changing Traditions in Ghana: A Cross-Cultural Analysis on Women in Music
Rebecca Selin: Fan Clubs and Faith: Islamic 'Girl Bands' and Dangdut, Indonesia's most Hated/Loved Music

Light refreshments will be served at a reception following the final presentation on December 4.

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Presentation Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:50:48 -0500 2018-11-20T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-20T21:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Capstone Poster
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Was the Opium War Really Destined to Happen? (November 27, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52917 52917-13142327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will explore some of the countercurrents to our dominant understanding of the era leading up to the Opium War of 1839-1842, focusing in particular on the voices of Chinese scholars who counseled pragmatism in foreign relations, the continued debates on opium policy in China, and the powerful political coalition in Great Britain that tried to terminate the war as soon as it was launched.

Stephen R. Platt is Professor of Chinese history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he focuses mainly on China's place in the 19th-century world. He holds a 2004 PhD in history from Yale University, where his dissertation won the university-wide Theron Rockwell Field Prize. He is the author of three books, the first of which was "Provincial Patriots," a history of reformers and revolutionaries in Hunan Province. His second book, "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom," was a history of the Taiping Rebellion in global context that was chosen as a Washington Post notable book of 2012 and won the Cundill History Prize. His latest book, from which the material for his talk is taken, is a history of the long-term origins of the Opium War titled "Imperial Twilight."

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:28:53 -0400 2018-11-27T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Stephen R. Platt, Professor of Chinese History, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (November 27, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57695 57695-14263401@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

November 20, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room 1405 // East Quad // 701 E. University

Megan Bascom: Empathy and the Moving Body
Traci Lombre: From France to the Jazz Club: Major N. Clark Smith and Performing the Saxophone in the American Blues-based Jazz Tradition
Masimba Hwati: Mbende Jerusarema Tehkno
LJ Foust: Exploring the Complexities and Popularity of The Dance Style, Jazz Funk

November 27, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Space 2435 // North Quad // 105 S. State Street

Kelly Hirina: Bharatanatyam: The psychological state of flow as pedagogical tool for developing artistry
El Chen: Exploring Change Mechanisms through the Arts
Xiaoxi Zhang: Performing a Story of Resistance
Ruby Macdougall: On a Symposium of Dance in Xinjiang

December 4, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
10th Floor Event Space // Weiser Hall // 450 Church Street

Jeffrey Siegfried: Performing Heterophony: Persona and Musicality in Weimar and Darmstadt
Kaleigh Wilder: Changing Traditions in Ghana: A Cross-Cultural Analysis on Women in Music
Rebecca Selin: Fan Clubs and Faith: Islamic 'Girl Bands' and Dangdut, Indonesia's most Hated/Loved Music

Light refreshments will be served at a reception following the final presentation on December 4.

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Presentation Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:50:48 -0500 2018-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Capstone Poster
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Now We See It, Now We Don't: How to Theorize Traditional Chinese Song-Drama (December 4, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52930 52930-13148799@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will attempt to bring premodern Chinese song-drama out of the straightjacket of Western terminology, that is, comedy vs. tragedy, opera vs. drama, role type vs. character, music vs. voice, etc. Instead, it will seek to map new ways to think through traditional Chinese theatrical practices (playwrighting, acting, musicking, staging, audience participation, etc.) in an effort to both historicize and globalize the modern scholarly discourse on Chinese theater.

Patricia Sieber is an Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University, where she teaches courses on premodern Chinese drama and fiction, the history of the book, and translation studies. She is the author of "Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000" and is currently the lead editor of "How to Read Chinese Drama." She has given talks in the US, Europe, Russia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and her work has appeared in journals, books, and encyclopedias in English, Chinese, and German.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:56:25 -0500 2018-12-04T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Patricia Sieber, Associate Professor of Chinese, The Ohio State University
CWPS Graduate Student Capstone Presentations (December 4, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57695 57695-14263402@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for World Performance Studies

November 20, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room 1405 // East Quad // 701 E. University

Megan Bascom: Empathy and the Moving Body
Traci Lombre: From France to the Jazz Club: Major N. Clark Smith and Performing the Saxophone in the American Blues-based Jazz Tradition
Masimba Hwati: Mbende Jerusarema Tehkno
LJ Foust: Exploring the Complexities and Popularity of The Dance Style, Jazz Funk

November 27, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Space 2435 // North Quad // 105 S. State Street

Kelly Hirina: Bharatanatyam: The psychological state of flow as pedagogical tool for developing artistry
El Chen: Exploring Change Mechanisms through the Arts
Xiaoxi Zhang: Performing a Story of Resistance
Ruby Macdougall: On a Symposium of Dance in Xinjiang

December 4, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
10th Floor Event Space // Weiser Hall // 450 Church Street

Jeffrey Siegfried: Performing Heterophony: Persona and Musicality in Weimar and Darmstadt
Kaleigh Wilder: Changing Traditions in Ghana: A Cross-Cultural Analysis on Women in Music
Rebecca Selin: Fan Clubs and Faith: Islamic 'Girl Bands' and Dangdut, Indonesia's most Hated/Loved Music

Light refreshments will be served at a reception following the final presentation on December 4.

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Presentation Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:50:48 -0500 2018-12-04T18:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T21:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for World Performance Studies Presentation Capstone Poster
Renzong’s Reign (1022-1063): A Time for Music and Culture in Northern Song China (December 5, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57959 57959-14381734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

During the first decades of the twelfth century, the Song Dynasty in China built a vibrant world of art, entertainment and music that nobles, literati, and commoners of the time would produce and consume. How and why such an urbanized and diverse music culture emerged is one of the main topics having been researched and discussed. This presentation examines available historical data on the Song Dynasty music and music culture, explaining the roots and forces that generated vibrant music developments.

About the speaker:

Huang Yiou is Assistant Professor in Music College at Shanghai Normal University in China, where she teaches courses on Chinese music history. Her research focuses on the period of the Song Dynasty Music between the 10th and 13th century. She was a visiting scholar of the Center for Chinese Studies of the University of Michigan in 2010.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:39:32 -0500 2018-12-05T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T13:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-14401059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Chairman Mao’s Children and China’s Difficult Past: Generation, Class, and Memory (December 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52929 52929-13148798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Chinese government sent about 17 million secondary school graduates (the “educated youth” or “zhiqing”) to villages, state farms, and military corps, to achieve some practical and ideological goals. The "send-down" program, however, failed dismally and had detrimental impacts on the zhiqing generation’s life courses. Despite its failure, the zhiqing’s memory of their sent-down years is a mixture of grievance, resentment, self-congratulation, nostalgia, and heroism. Drawing on various data collected through interviews, ethnography, archival research, and textual analysis (2013-2018), Professor Xu examines their memory to explore the mentality and political views of this generation of “Chairman Mao’s children,” who have inherited the legacy of the Mao years and have to reconcile it with the sea changes in the post-Mao society, and theorize the relations between generation, class, and memory.

Bin Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Emory University. His research interests lie at the intersection of politics and culture. He is the author of "The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China" (Stanford University Press, 2017), which has won two book awards from the American Sociological Association. His research has also appeared in leading sociological and China studies journals. He is currently writing a book and a few related articles on the collective memory of China’s “educated youth” (zhiqing) generation—the 17 million youths sent down to the countryside in the 1960s and 1970s.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Email us at chinese.studies@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:22:39 -0400 2018-12-11T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Bin Xu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University
Chinese Studies in Shanghai info session (January 22, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59199 59199-14717510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Interested in Chinese Studies? for 2019, CGIS is offering Chinese Studies in Shangai! Shanghai boasts one of the best transportation systems in the world, making it easy to commute to work, head to Hangzhou for the weekend, or take the high-speed train all the way to Tibet. The program is located at Donghua University’s downtown campus, which means a home base for the semester is right in the center of the city.

Come learn about your semester/summer options!

Semester: This program offers students various areas of coursework in English. Students will enroll into an intensive Chinese language course for 6 credits, enroll in an optional 3-credit internship that accompanies an internship course, and choose at least two 3-credit electives including The Chinese Economy, Political Governance, International Marketing, and more! Students may choose a third elective if they opt out of the internship.

There are a wide range of Internships in areas including business, media, STEM, history, law, education, sports, philanthropy, and music. Options include China Accelerator, Edelman, Habitat for Humanity China, Han Kun Law Offices, Heinz Global Procurement, PepsiCo, and others!

Summer: Students will enroll in an optional 2-credit internship that accompanies an internship course, one 3-credit Chinese language course, and choose one 3-credit elective classes that range from Key to Modern China, International Marketing, International Economics, and more! Students will have an opportunity to visit local government offices and a few think tanks. Students may choose a second elective if they opt out of the internship.

Each term, the program offers different activities that allow you to explore Shanghai and Chinese culture.

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Presentation Mon, 07 Jan 2019 09:40:01 -0500 2019-01-22T15:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Presentation CHINA
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī" (January 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59302 59302-14728387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī of Mullah Mūsa Sayrāmī" (1836-1917) is celebrated as a monument of Uyghur literature and the preeminent Muslim history of nineteenth-century Xinjiang (East Turkestan). Sayrāmī's work is also layered, polyvocal text, and one that best recontextualization and rereading through different analytical approaches. This talk will explore the Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī both in terms of its interaction with other Muslim and Chinese sources and as a colonial, transcultural text that advances insightful observations of Chinese power and new theories about its workings.

Eric Schluessel as an assistant professor at the University of Montana and current Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of several articles, a new textbook for the Chaghatay language, and a forthcoming monograph titled “Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia.”

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:32:31 -0500 2019-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī"
CANCELLED - International Institute Round Table (January 31, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59350 59350-14734785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This event has been cancelled due to the emergency reduction in operations on January 30 & 31, 2019. We are working on rescheduling this important event.

This panel will discuss the situation faced by the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in northwestern China. Since early 2018, media reports, NGOs, and eyewitness accounts have documented that up to one million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim groups have been detained and interned in "re-education camps" by the Chinese government. This discussion will give an overview of the current situation, how it developed, and what may happen in the future. A Q&A will follow.
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Moderator: Mary Gallagher, Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Panel:
Louisa Greve, Director of External Affairs, Uyghur Human Rights Project
Nico Howson, Professor of Law, University of Michigan
James Millward, Professor of History, Georgetown

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:26:32 -0500 2019-01-31T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-31T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | US-China Relations in the Age of Trump and Xi (February 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60070 60070-14814838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk will examine the current state of US-China relations since the start of the Trump Presidency and the second term of Xi Jinping in China.

Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China" (Princeton 2005), "Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China" (Cambridge 2011), "From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China" (Cornell 2011), and "Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies" (Cambridge 2010).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:07:23 -0500 2019-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of Michigan where she is also the director of the Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher received her Ph.D. in politics in 2001 from Princeton University and her B.A. from Smith College in 1991. She was a foreign student in China in 1989 at Nanjing University. She also taught at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing from 1996-1997. She was a Fulbright Research Scholar from 2003 to 2004 at East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai, China. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiaotong University. Her most recent book is "Authoritarian Legality in China: Law, Workers and the State," published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. She is also the author or editor of several other books, including "Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China"
LRCCS and the CHOP Film Series present: The Search for General Tso (February 7, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60409 60409-14875269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In time for the Chinese New Year, this feature documentary engages our culinary senses by exploring an iconic sweet, spicy and savory dish--General Tso's Chicken. The film will be moderated by Miranda Brown, U-M Professor of Chinese Studies, who is a historian of pre-modern China and currently pre-occupied with food and medicine. Miranda Brown@ Dong_Muda

Audience participants will be offered surprise tastings.

CHOP (China Ongoing Perspectives) is a new movie/discussion series which provides selected documentary films that view greater China through the lens of overseas Chinese, immigrants and travellers' experiences--those slices of reality touching on transitional/transcultural events and memories.

Comments and inquiries can be sent to chopfilmseries@umich.edu.U-M FILM SERIES co-sponsored by Asia Library and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

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Film Screening Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:43:54 -0500 2019-02-07T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-07T18:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Film Screening This is the inaugural event of the CHOP series--stay tuned for the exciting line up of movies and discussants!
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
LRCCS Conference | Environments and Adaptation in Ancient China: Recent Advances and Global Context (February 8, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60228 60228-14849131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Conference schedule and complete details: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/environments-and-adaptation-in-ancient-china--recent-advances-an.html

This conference will gather experts in history, archaeology, anthropology, environmental studies and classical studies to discuss topics such as human adaptation to climate change, the relationship between humans and the environment, and much more, in ancient China.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:36:10 -0500 2019-02-08T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Environments and Adaptation in Ancient China: Recent Advances and Global Context
The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera (February 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60581 60581-14910395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

A panel to further explore the artistic depth of the jing role will be held on Friday, February 15 at 5:00 pm, Weiser Hall, Rooom 555, 500 Church St., Ann Arbor.

Supported through the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, the International Institute, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:43:04 -0500 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T18:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera
De-Centering the Global Middle Ages (February 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52918 52918-13142329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

De-centering the Global Middle Ages invites researchers to consider scholarly perspectives of the “global turn” of the premodern world, addressing connectivity and mobility of the globe c. 500-1600 CE. What work does the idea of “the medieval” do, and for whom? What do we gain and what do we lose by insisting on a shared notion of the medieval? By conceiving of a more diverse Middle Ages characterized by mobility and connectedness rather than isolation and limited travel? This symposium will explore what the “medieval” means for scholars of various geographic regions, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in hopes of facilitating a dramatic shift in our visions of what it means to do medieval history, and the meaning of global history more broadly.

Please see the conference website for the program and registration details.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Dec 2018 13:08:18 -0500 2019-02-09T09:00:00-05:00 2019-02-09T17:00:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Conference / Symposium Tisch Hall
LRCCS Conference | Environments and Adaptation in Ancient China: Recent Advances and Global Context (February 9, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60228 60228-14849133@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:30am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Conference schedule and complete details: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/environments-and-adaptation-in-ancient-china--recent-advances-an.html

This conference will gather experts in history, archaeology, anthropology, environmental studies and classical studies to discuss topics such as human adaptation to climate change, the relationship between humans and the environment, and much more, in ancient China.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:36:10 -0500 2019-02-09T09:30:00-05:00 2019-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Environments and Adaptation in Ancient China: Recent Advances and Global Context
The Painted Face: Artistry, Design and the Voice in Chinese Opera (February 10, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60701 60701-14939414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Beijing opera performer, Li Yang, who specializes in the jing role, will bring to the stage a unique presentation of the visual power of face painting along with his skills in vocal performance.  One of the most intriguing figures in Chinese opera is the jing or painted face role—the character type for warriors, generals, bandits and gods whose brilliant face makeup reveals each individual’s emotions, flaws, and strengths. Join the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, the International Institute, and UMMA, to experience the full power of the jing role, by witnessing the effect of this visual spectacle combined with vocal virtuosity.  A special raffle will be held for an audience member to be face painted by the expert. 

​The artist’s residency is part of a series of events during the Lunar New Year in February 2019 highlighting contemporary Chinese artists and coincides with the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019).  Related event:

A panel to further explore the artistic depth of the jing role will be held on Friday, February 08 at 5:00 p.m., Weiser Hall, Rooom 455, 500 Church St., Ann Arbor.

 

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

This program is co-sponsored by the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, the International Institute, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Performance Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:17:25 -0500 2019-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera (February 10, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60580 60580-14910394@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 10, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Beijing opera performer, Li Yang, who specializes in the jing role, will bring to the stage a unique presentation of the visual power of face painting along with his skills in vocal performance. One of the most intriguing figures in Chinese opera is the jing or painted face role—the character type for warriors, generals, bandits and gods whose brilliant face makeup reveals each individual’s emotions, flaws, and strengths. Join the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, and the International Institute to experience the full power of the jing role, by witnessing the effect of this visual spectacle combined with vocal virtuosity. A special raffle will be held for an audience member to be face painted by the expert. The artist’s residency is part of a series of events during the Lunar New Year in February 2019 highlighting contemporary Chinese artists and coincides with the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019).

Supported through the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, the International Institute, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

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Performance Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:41:38 -0500 2019-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-10T15:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Performance The Painted Face: Artistry, Design, and Voice in Chinese Opera
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | "Heaven and Earth are Within One's Grasp": The Healer's Body-as-Technology in Chinese Medicine (February 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59303 59303-14728388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Marta Hanson is an Associate Professor of the history of East Asian medicine in the Department of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (2004-present). Her book is titled "Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine: Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China" (Routledge, 2011). She is currently writing a book titled: “‘Heaven and Earth are Within One’s Grasp’ (Qian Kun zaiwo 乾坤在握): The Healer’s Body-as-Technology in Classical Chinese Medicine.” This book uses evidence from the seventh to seventeenth century to illustrate how Chinese healers instrumentalized their bodies as mnemonic aids, time-keeping devices, calculating devices, and medical instruments before instruments became considered to be external to physicians’ bodies, calculators substituted for our brains, and computers became surrogates for our memory in the modern period.

She was senior co-editor of the journal "Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity" for five years (2011-16). She currently is President of the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine (ISHEASTM, 2015-2019), is on the Advisory Board of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung IKGF (International Consortium for Research in the Humanities), project on “Fate, Freedom, and Prognostication,” at Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg (2016-20), and on the Council Member of the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM, 2017-19). Her publications are available via academia.edu and other information about her is on her department website.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/martahanson/research/publications.htm

https://www.hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/content/marta-hanson

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:53:47 -0500 2019-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ethics, Identity and Sociality in Wuna Wu’s First-person Documentaries
RESCHEDULED FOR FEB 10 -- The Painted Face: Artistry, Design and Voice in Chinese Opera (February 13, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59122 59122-14686288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Beijing opera performer, Li Yang, who specializes in the jing role, will bring to the stage a unique presentation of the visual power of face painting along with his skills in vocal performance.  One of the most intriguing figures in Chinese opera is the jing or painted face role—the character type for warriors, generals, bandits and gods whose brilliant face makeup reveals each individual’s emotions, flaws, and strengths. Join the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, and the International Institute to experience the full power of the jing role, by witnessing the effect of this visual spectacle combined with vocal virtuosity.  A special raffle will be held for an audience member to be face painted by the expert. 

The artist’s residency is part of a series of events during the Lunar New Year in February 2019 highlighting contemporary Chinese artists and coincides with the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019).

Supported through the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, The Confucius Institute, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Performance Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:16:49 -0500 2019-02-13T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-13T19:30:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Ethics, Identity and Sociality in Wuna Wu’s First-person Documentaries (February 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59913 59913-14797378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Touted as a representative of the “Me” generation of documentary makers in 21st-century Taiwan, Wuna Wu has frequently appeared as both the filmmaker and a major social actor in her documentaries. This talk examines her first-person positioning in three prize-winning films: “Happy or Not” (2002), “Farewell 1999” (2003), and “Let’s Fall in Love” (2008). I argue that Wu has experimented with a broad variety of first-person positionings, which underscore the question of documentary ethics, the importance of mediation for self-identity, and the opportunities for building sociality and community through documentary.

Tze-lan Deborah Sang is Professor of Chinese Literature and Media Studies at Michigan State University. Among her major publications are “The Emerging Lesbian: Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China” (2003), “Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New Documentaries” (2012), and a forthcoming book on the “Modern Girl in Early 20th-century China.” She is currently at work on a study on Taiwanese women documentary makers as public intellectuals and innovative artists.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:54:25 -0500 2019-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ethics, Identity and Sociality in Wuna Wu’s First-person Documentaries
Screening and Discussion: “East Wind West Wind: Pearl Buck” (1993) (February 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60874 60874-14981912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

In December 1938, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to an American woman for the first time. With this announcement, the 46-year old Pearl Buck vaulted into the international spotlight. East Wind West Wind follows the extraordinary life of a missionary child. Born in West Virginia at the end of the nineteenth century and raised in rural China, who became one of the 20th century’s most popular authors. Best known for her novel “The Good Earth”, Pearl Buck wrote over 100 books during her career. She was also an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, civil rights, the real of the Chinese Exclusion Act, mixed race adoption and tolerance for the mentally challenged. The final segment of the documentary sums up her extraordinary legacy.

Guest speaker: Donn Rogosin, Director

As vice president of content development for WLIW/WNET, New York, Donn Rogosin brought many programs to public television including “Classic American Cars of Cuba” and “Mariachi: Spirit of Mexico,” which was hosted by Plácido Domingo. He has also served as president and general manager of PBS stations WSWP in West Virginia and WMHT in Albany New York. He has been a commentator for National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” and was a Jefferson Fellow at the East West Center for the University of Hawaii. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Film Screening Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:01:12 -0500 2019-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T21:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Film Screening Pearl Buck
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Japan’s Response to the ‘US-China Cold War (February 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59102 59102-14677982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit.

A strong and wealthy America meets Japan’s security as well as economic interests. In this sense Tokyo prefers Trump’s type of leadership to Obama’s. However, as the U.S.-China relations become confrontational, Japan has to make sure that they will not spill over to itself. Trade war between Washington and Beijing will affect Japanese trade and eventually its economy. Military tensions in the South China Sea may prevent Japan’s vital trading route from safe use. China is conducting “smile diplomacy” for Japan and is trying to drive a wedge between Japan and the United States. Japan should sustain the strong alliance with the United States in this triangular relationship.

President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security, which he assumed in 2006. A graduate of Kyoto University (BA) and a holder of an MA and PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. He was Professor of International Relations at the National Defense Academy in 1977-2000 and served as President of the Academy in 2000-2006.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:32:44 -0500 2019-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Masashi Nishihara, President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security, Tokyo, Japan
Language Fair (February 22, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60997 60997-15000025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:30am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Are you interested in learning more about the Asian languages taught at the University of Michigan? The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures invites you to the Asian Languages Fair, featuring guests from the Chinese Language Program, Japanese Language Program, Korean Language Program, South Asian Language Program, and Southeast Asian Language Program.

You are invited to come learn about opportunities at UM to study the following languages: Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There will also be opportunities to win raffle prizes.

The Asian Languages Fair will be held in the Shapiro Lobby from 10:30am-1:30pm on Friday, February 22. We hope to see you there!

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Fair / Festival Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:30:24 -0500 2019-02-22T10:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T13:30:00-05:00 Shapiro Library Asian Languages and Cultures Fair / Festival red and brown tower
Everything You Want to Know about China (February 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59007 59007-14644747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This is a discussion group about everything related to China. If we cannot get the answers to your questions immediately, we will try to provide the source of information.
Yi Keep, your instructor, is Chinese and has lived in the U.S. since 1984. This Study Group is for those 50 and over and will meet on Mondays, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., February 25 and March 25.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:25:01 -0500 2019-02-25T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Study Group
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Mao’s Secret Photo Retoucher: Redefining Chinese Masculinity for a New China (February 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59707 59707-14780086@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Dr. Lex Jing Lu is Assistant Professor of History at Clark University. He got his BA at East China Normal University and PhD at Syracuse University. His research focuses on Chinese physiognomy, legitimacy, and the changing conceptualization of political masculinity. His book manuscript “Appearance Politics: Legitimacy Building in Late Imperial and Modern China” (under a preliminary contract at Cornell University Press) explores the role that physical appearance has played in Chinese political culture.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:50:48 -0500 2019-02-26T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Lex Jing Lu, Assistant Professor of History, Clark University
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Prizes of the "Great Upheaval": The International Politics and Business of Chinese Art During World War I (March 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59396 59396-14737081@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Among the many legacies of World War I (1914–1918) was the rise of the United States as a cultural superpower as seen in the international race to collect and study Chinese art in the early 20th century. The war disrupted many of the institutions that Europeans had built and the social networks they had cultivated over the previous century. Drawing on sources from across both the Atlantic and the Pacific, this talk shows how American collectors and curators took advantage of openings to make uncontested acquisitions and to launch new scholarly projects. Their successes depended in turn on art dealers in China, who saw and seized their own opportunities to build thriving international businesses in the midst of the Great War.

Ian Shin is Assistant Professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan, where his teaching and research focus on the history of the U.S. in the world and Asian American history between 1850 and 1950. He is currently completing a book manuscript entitled “Imperfect Knowledge: Chinese Art and American Power in the Transpacific Progressive Era,” which examines the geopolitics of Chinese art collecting and scholarship in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. His publications have appeared in the Journal of American-East Asian Relations and the Connecticut History Review. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:17:13 -0500 2019-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
STS Speaker. Just in Time: The Chronopolitics of the Queue (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58143 58143-14433273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

This talk examines the politics of time as they play out through various problems of the queue—the organizational science and logistics of waiting lines. Drawing on ethnographic analysis of civility campaigns and customs inspection reform in contemporary China, I will show how the queue offers insight into shared concerns about “quality control” over the flows of both global supply chains and the movement of populations. These concerns link the market metrics of timeliness as configured by the dominant global production model of JIT or Just-in-Time with social questions of expedience and justice in the other sense of being "just" in time. These entangled issues converge in what I will explain as a politics of tempo--that is, as a question of pace and rhythm--in contradistinction to the conventional emphasis on "speed" or "space-time compression" in the analysis of global temporalities.

Biosketch: Julie Y. Chu is a sociocultural anthropologist with interests in mobility and migration, economy and value, ritual life, material culture, media and technology, and state regulatory regimes. Her book, Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China (Duke University Press, 2010), received the 2011 Sharon Stephens Prize from the American Ethnological Society and the 2012 Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. Her current writing project is entitled The Hinge of Time: Infrastructure and Chronopolitics at China's Global Edge. Based on three years of fieldwork largely among Chinese customs inspectors and transnational migrant couriers, this work will analyze various infrastructures in place (legal-rational, financial, cosmic, piratical) for managing the temporal intensities and rhythms of people and things on the move between Southern China and the United States. A graduate of NYU’s Program in Culture and Media, she is also currently completing video projects related to her fieldwork as well as developing a new ethnographic focus on Chinese soundscapes, especially in relation to the changing qualities and valuations of the Chinese concept of renao (热闹, a bustling scene, social liveliness or, literally, “heat and noise”).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:06:35 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Chu
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | China's Universities in Perspective (March 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59391 59391-14737080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In this talk, Professor Qian will review the major initiatives for China's universities in the past two decades, analyze the major global rankings of these universities, and discuss the challenges of China's higher education.

Yingyi Qian is Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University and former Dean (2006-2018), of the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. He was born in Beijing and graduated from Tsinghua University in Mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University after earning an M.Phil. in Management Science/Operations Research from Yale University and an M.A. in Statistics from Columbia University. He was on the economics faculties at Stanford University, the University of Maryland, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Qian was elected as Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2012 and a recipient of the 2009 Sun Yefang Prize in Economic Sciences and the inaugural 2016 China Economics Prize. His main research areas include comparative economics, institutional economics, economics of transition and the Chinese economy. He is the author of the book "How Reform Worked in China: The Transition from Plan to Market" (The MIT Press, 2017) and has published articles in international journals such as "The American Economic Review," "Journal of Political Economy," "The Quarterly Journal of Economics," and "The Review of Economic Studies."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:14:38 -0500 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Government Campaigns and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China (March 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60370 60370-14866472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

How do business elites express policy preferences in the presence of government campaigns in China? This talk advances a theory of strategic preference expression in authoritarian systems, where business elites express dissent or conformity to the government based on material incentives. Their position-taking strategies vary depending on whether firms have the bargaining power to extract benefits or avoid punishment from the government.

Boliang Zhu is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on foreign direct investment, multinational corporations, corruption, development, public opinion, and Chinese politics. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the “American Journal of Political Science,” the “Journal of Politics,” “International Studies Quarterly,” “Comparative Politics,” and “Research & Politics.” He received his B.A. from Peking University, M.A. in East Asian Studies from Yale University, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:55:25 -0500 2019-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Boliang Zhu, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
LRCCS Distinguished Speaker Series | Reconfiguring the Box — Stan Lai on Creativity (March 28, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61812 61812-15188675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Stan Lai's theories on creativity, heretofore only published in Chinese, are considered groundbreaking in the field (Stan Lai on Creativity, in Chinese, 赖声川的创意). Through his invention of bold new genres and innovative staging, Lai has sparked new interest for theatre audiences in China. He will be joined by Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music. Sheng is one of the foremost composers of our time whose works are performed regularly across the globe. He collaborated with Stan Lai in the opera production of Dream of the Red Chamber, a much anticipated new opera, which debuted in San Francisco in 2016.

Please see also our March 26 event: Film Screening of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" An Lian Tao Hua Yuan 暗戀桃花源. More information at: https://events.umich.edu/event/61759

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:52:24 -0400 2019-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Stan Lai's theories on creativity, heretofore only published in Chinese, are considered groundbreaking in the field (Stan Lai on Creativity, in Chinese, 赖声川的创意). Through his invention of bold new genres and innovative staging, Lai has sparked new interest for theatre audiences in China. He will be joined by Bright Sheng, Professor of Composition at the U-M School of Music, Theatre and Dance and MacArthur Fellow. Sheng is one of the foremost composers of our time whose works are performed regularly across the globe. He collaborated with Stan Lai in the opera production of Dream of the Red Chamber, a much anticipated new opera, which debuted in San Francisco in 2016. The following text will be included on all II events unless you indicate otherwise:If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the unive
Why Asian Studies? (March 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61924 61924-15239148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/undergraduates/informationsessions.html

We hope to see you there!

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Other Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:23:15 -0500 2019-03-29T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other ALC info session poster
Michigan China Forum 2019 (March 30, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62272 62272-15339873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

Founded in 2017, Michigan China forum takes connecting Michigan to China as its mission. By inviting key figures across different industries to discuss the latest and most controversial topics, the forum serves as a platform for students and young professionals across different cultures to gain insights, dispel biases and engage in inspiring dialogues.

The theme of Michigan China Forum 2019 is "Empower the Transformations". By connecting industry leaders with future victors,we will face the challenges, welcome the transformations, find the opportunities waiting ahead, and empower future young leaders. The forum this year consists of five panels (Sino-U.S. relations, sports, business, environment and education), fireside chat, China business challenge, and career fair.

Anyone is welcome and please RSVP for free at https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:00:01 -0400 2019-03-30T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-30T21:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium Poster of MCF 2019
Michigan China Forum -- Environment Panel (March 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62273 62273-15339875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

China has experienced significant economic growth in the past few decades but with that has come a reputation for dangerous levels of pollution. Transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy has been the key to economic growth and energy security in China.

Despite nearly mature solar, wind and hydropower technologies, how to better put such technologies into the wider market is becoming a problem we need to solve in the future. Improving battery efficiency of electric vehicles, expanding charging infrastructure, and introducing supportive benefits and policies for electric vehicles will be the key to reducing air pollution and making transportation and cities cleaner. The cap-and-trade regime is featured with its market-based regulation and economic incentives, giving each regulated company a limited permission of GHG emission and allowing trade of permission between companies. However, a deeper and more comprehensive look into cap-and-trade system is needed to help mitigate climate change.

Several panelists from various backgrounds are invited to talk about renewable energy, electric vehicles and carbon trade system, both in China and across the world. Anyone is welcome to environment panel, Michigan China Forum 2019! Please RSVP for free at:
https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/
Go to the same site to register for any other events in Michigan China Forum 2019!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:37:16 -0400 2019-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium environment panel poster
Michigan China Forum 2019 (March 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62272 62272-15339874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

Founded in 2017, Michigan China forum takes connecting Michigan to China as its mission. By inviting key figures across different industries to discuss the latest and most controversial topics, the forum serves as a platform for students and young professionals across different cultures to gain insights, dispel biases and engage in inspiring dialogues.

The theme of Michigan China Forum 2019 is "Empower the Transformations". By connecting industry leaders with future victors,we will face the challenges, welcome the transformations, find the opportunities waiting ahead, and empower future young leaders. The forum this year consists of five panels (Sino-U.S. relations, sports, business, environment and education), fireside chat, China business challenge, and career fair.

Anyone is welcome and please RSVP for free at https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:00:01 -0400 2019-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium Poster of MCF 2019
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Constructing Nature and Culture In and Out of the Studio (April 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60790 60790-14963973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The studio is an enclosed site specifically used for reading, writing and art creation. During the Song dynasty (960–1279), the studio became a significant cultural space for literati. This talk will analyze the attributes of this cultural space by going beyond the studio, in terms of its relationship with its natural surroundings. In Song literary and pictorial representations, this interplay between the studio and its surrounding scenery is represented as the "mise-en-abyme," through which nature and culture are continuously framed, transformed, and intertwined.

Yunshuang Zhang is currently a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Wayne State University. She received her Ph.D. in classical Chinese literature and culture from the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA in 2017. She obtained her M.A. and B.A. in Chinese Literature from Peking University, China. Her research interests center on the literature and literati culture during Middle Period China (800–1400). She is now working on her book project, entitled “Porous Privacy: The Literati Studio and Spatiality in Song China.” This project examines the privacy of the studio space and the way by which it works as a medium for the reproduction of literati culture.

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Image Caption: Liu Songnian, Reading Changes by the Autumn Window, album leaf, ink and color on silk, 25.7 × 26 cm. Liaoning Provincial Museum.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:20:39 -0400 2019-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Liu Songnian, Reading Changes by the Autumn Window, album leaf, ink and color on silk, 25.7 × 26 cm. Liaoning Provincial Museum.
II Round Table: The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis: What is Happening in Northwest China? (April 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62174 62174-15308877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This panel will discuss the situation faced by the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in northwestern China. Since early 2018, media reports, NGOs, and eyewitness accounts have documented that up to one million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim groups have been detained and interned in "re-education camps" by the Chinese government. This discussion will give an overview of the current situation, how it developed and what may happen in the future.
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Mary Gallagher (moderator), Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; professor Political Science, University of Michigan

Gardner Bovingdon, associate professor Central Asian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Nicholas Howson, professor U-M Law School

Zubayara Shamseden, Chinese Outreach Coordinator, Uygur Human Rights Project


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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:51:53 -0400 2019-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion poster
Deep Dive into Digital and Data Methods for Chinese Studies | How Disasters Begin: The Little Ice Age of 14th-Century China and Data Collection in the Long Durée (April 4, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61969 61969-15250100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Free and Open to the Public

Light refreshment will be provided.

This lecture tackles the historical construction of weather as disaster. The genre of Local Gazetteers (difang zhi 地方誌) records a considerable number of disasters for the period of the Yuan-dynasty (1279-1368). The political nature of these data is well known and yet, scientists from the early 20th to the 21st era of anthropocene debates have used them, not only to advance their political agenda, but also their sciences. This lecture will lead you through the way in which contemporary actors of the Yuan, Ming historians, and Chinese scientists from Zhu Kezhen to modern climatologists and historians produce(d) and use(d) ideas about weather and disaster. The focus of this lecture will be on the changing relations such actors draw between local knowledge, history, and imperial cosmology, i.e. since the 20th century also “local knowledge,” historical analysis, and geology and climate science.

Dagmar Schäfer is the Director of Department III (Artefacts, Action, & Knowledge) at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG). A prominent scholar in the history and sociology of technology of China, she focuses on the paradigms configuring the discourse on technological development, past and present. She has published widely on the premodern history of China (Song-Ming) and technology, materiality, the processes and structures that lead to varying knowledge systems, and the changing role of artifacts—texts, objects, and spaces—in the creation, diffusion, and use of scientific and technological knowledge. Her monograph "The Crafting of the 10,000 Things" (University of Chicago Press, 2011) won the Joseph Levenson Prize (Association for Asian Studies) in 2013 the Pfizer Award (History of Science Society) in 2012.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:57:30 -0400 2019-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Professor Dagmar Schäfer, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
LRCCS Guided Tour of UMMA Exhibit "Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing" (April 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60663 60663-14937078@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Presented during the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019), this symposium celebrates three decades of active engagement between American and Chinese artists, museum directors, curators, collectors, and scholars.

We are also organizing a related event:

Symposium: Chinese Contemporary Art: Curation, Collection and Critique
Saturday, April 6, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium
525 State Street, Ann Arbor

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Exhibition Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:58:39 -0400 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Requesting Buddha
Public tour: Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing with Fang Zhang (April 5, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59541 59541-14750200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Fang Zhang, Hughes Fellow at the U-M Liberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and wife of the artist Wang Qingsong, will lead a public tour of Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing to kick off the symposium Chinese Contemporary Art: Exhibition, Collection, and Criticism. 

The symposium will take place at UMMA on Saturday, April 6, beginning at 9 a.m., and focus on the contributions of museums, exhibitions, collections and criticism to expand our understanding contemporary Chinese art practice.

Organized by Fang Zhang in collaboration with the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies and co-sponsored by UMMA.

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:16:26 -0500 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | The Origins and Evolution of Social Surveillance in China (April 9, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59706 59706-14780085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This talk focuses on the post-1949 efforts of the Chinese state to develop a panoptical surveillance capacity. Although these efforts have been largely successfully with regard to the Han majority, the talk argues that from the 1950s to the present day, territorially concentrated minority groups like the Tibetans and the Uighurs have remained poorly penetrated and thus present a persistent powerful obstacle for the highly sophisticated Chinese surveillance apparatus. The paper is based on internal circulation (neibu) materials from China.

Martin K. Dimitrov is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2004. His books include “Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China” (Cambridge University Press, 2009); “Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe” (Cambridge University Press, 2013); and “The Political Logic of Socialist Consumption” (Ciela Publishers, 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:13:34 -0400 2019-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Martin Dimitrov, Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (April 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

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Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
LRCCS Conference | Understanding Media: New Perspectives on Ming–Qing Literature (April 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63056 63056-15543233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The full two-day schedule is available here: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/understanding-media--new-perspectives-on-ming-qing-literature/schedule--understanding-media--new-perspectives-on-ming-qing-lit.html

This international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature. Invited scholars will bring to light the supports and surfaces that shaped sensory experiences of the “literary.” Some panels will trace the lives of literary works from the oral to the analog to the digital; others will consider how early modern readers understood what we now call “media.” Over the course of two days, the conference proceeds from the early modern moment to rethink 21st-century understandings of “new” media.

Friday, April 12, 2019
9am–6pm
Michigan Room at Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave.

Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:30am–5:00pm
10th Floor at Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:17:08 -0400 2019-04-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Understanding Media: New Perspectives on Ming–Qing Literature
LRCCS Conference | Understanding Media: New Perspectives on Ming–Qing Literature (April 13, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63056 63056-15543234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The full two-day schedule is available here: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/understanding-media--new-perspectives-on-ming-qing-literature/schedule--understanding-media--new-perspectives-on-ming-qing-lit.html

This international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature. Invited scholars will bring to light the supports and surfaces that shaped sensory experiences of the “literary.” Some panels will trace the lives of literary works from the oral to the analog to the digital; others will consider how early modern readers understood what we now call “media.” Over the course of two days, the conference proceeds from the early modern moment to rethink 21st-century understandings of “new” media.

Friday, April 12, 2019
9am–6pm
Michigan Room at Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave.

Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:30am–5:00pm
10th Floor at Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:17:08 -0400 2019-04-13T08:30:00-04:00 2019-04-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Understanding Media: New Perspectives on Ming–Qing Literature
The Lute: Cai Bojie, a Filial Son and a Loyal Official (April 13, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61475 61475-15110511@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan

CIUM proudly presents a grand performance of The Lute: Cai Bojie, a Filial Son and a Loyal Official (琵琶记:蔡伯喈) by the Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province on April 13, 2019 at the Michigan Theater.

Authored by Gao Ming (fl. 1340s), Pipaji (琵琶记) is a centuries-old masterpiece of Chinese drama/opera that is an allegory of Chinese filial piety, loyalty, sacrifice and gendered rights and responsibilities. Featuring many dramatic moments performed with flowing songs and elegant acting-dancing, the Lute has been continuously performed and negotiated in China. Recently, new versions of the story have been staged as a performance-discourse of 21st century Chinese morals and life-styles. The version to be presented in Ann Arbor premiered in Suzhou in 2018.

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Performance Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:02:03 -0500 2019-04-13T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-13T21:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan Performance The Lute Image
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Reinstalling the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Asian Galleries: New Voices and New Perspectives (April 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60372 60372-14866473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In November 2018, the Detroit Institute of Arts opened expanded Asian galleries in its new Robert and Katherine Jacobs Asian Wing, completing the museum-wide reinstallation that had been inaugurated in 2007. To develop thematic ideas and object groupings for the galleries, DIA staff collaborated with both academic specialists and community members, bringing a range of voices into the planning process. In this talk, Dr. Kasdorf will discuss the DIA’s methodology of co-creation, its visitor-centered exhibition practices, and the ideas, objects, and interactive features in the new Asian galleries, with emphasis on areas where Chinese works of art are on view.

Katherine Kasdorf is Associate Curator of Arts of Asia and the Islamic World at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Most recently, she collaborated with colleagues on the reinstallation of the Asian collection, opening new galleries of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, South & Southeast Asian, and Buddhist art in November 2018. Prior to joining the DIA in May 2017, she held a Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship at the Walters Art Museum, where her work focused primarily on the Tibetan, Nepalese, and South & Southeast Asian collections. She received her Ph.D. in South Asian art history from Columbia University in 2013.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Photo: Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:59:34 -0500 2019-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Winter 2020 Walk-in Advising! (April 17, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63011 63011-15534811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Don’t wait until the September 15th deadline, join CGIS & Newnan Advising Center for a walk-in advising event to discuss Winter 2020 CGIS applications.

Before you leave for the summer, come and find out how studying abroad can fit into your degree plan, learn about scholarships and financial aid, and more!

Popcorn & punch will be provided!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:21:24 -0400 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (April 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-04-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
Chinese Instrumental Music Ensemble Concert (April 23, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63014 63014-15534814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 7:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

A concert performance by students in RCHUMS 252, playing erhu (fiddle), dizi (flute), pipa (lute), and percussion.

April 23, 7pm
East Quad's Keene Theater

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:56:10 -0400 2019-04-23T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T20:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Ensemble
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (April 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (May 3, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553758@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (May 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-10T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
Complicity (Kazenokiwa Kotono Youni) (May 15, 2019 8:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63466 63466-15716663@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 8:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Cinetopia Film Festival.

Chen Liang, a young Chinese man is an illegal immigrant in Japan. One day he receives a call about a job offer meant for someone else. In his desperation, he pretends to be the intended recipient in order to get the job, which turns out to be work at a traditional Japanese soba restaurant. He starts his new life living and working with the elderly soba master with the fear that his identity could be exposed at any moment.

More details at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7239688/

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Film Screening Thu, 02 May 2019 09:56:35 -0400 2019-05-15T20:45:00-04:00 2019-05-15T22:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Film Screening Complicity (Kazenokiwa Kotono Youni)
Complicity (Kazenokiwa Kotono Youni) (May 16, 2019 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63466 63466-15716664@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Cinetopia Film Festival.

Chen Liang, a young Chinese man is an illegal immigrant in Japan. One day he receives a call about a job offer meant for someone else. In his desperation, he pretends to be the intended recipient in order to get the job, which turns out to be work at a traditional Japanese soba restaurant. He starts his new life living and working with the elderly soba master with the fear that his identity could be exposed at any moment.

More details at the IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7239688/

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Film Screening Thu, 02 May 2019 09:56:35 -0400 2019-05-16T16:15:00-04:00 2019-05-16T18:15:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Japanese Studies Film Screening Complicity (Kazenokiwa Kotono Youni)
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (May 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553760@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-05-17T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-17T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China
Special Exhibit | Staging Theater: Chinese Operatic Practice and Performance (May 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63084 63084-15553761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This exhibition will be open every day, April 12-June 30, during Hatcher Library open hours.

Featuring the vibrant paintings of Peking opera face patterns, performance props, and rare books, this exhibition is a tribute to the University of Michigan's commitment to the presentation of Chinese operatic arts and culture. In the Winter Semester of 2019, a Peking opera performer specializing in the jing 淨 role engaged in a Chinese New Year artist-residency; the renown Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China, stages a production of The Lute (Pipa ji 琵琶記); and an international conference examines the critical role of media in the making and remaking of Ming-Qing literature and performance.

All of these endeavors offer the U-M faculty, staff, and students and Michiganers a chance to experience and embrace Chinese operatic arts and literary culture at the highest level and to introduce to the audience traditional Chinese aesthetic and moral values and their challenges and meanings in traditional and contemporary contexts.

Please visit https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/videos-of-past-events.html to access the online recording of Peking opera performer, Li Yang, in vocal recitation and in the practice of hand painting his own operatic face pattern. Introductions are provided by Professor David Rolston and LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellow Anne Rebull with Professor Joseph Lam being painted at the end of the program as the character Cao Cao

This exhibition is co-organized by Carol Stepanchuk and Liangyu Fu, and is sponsored by the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Special thanks to Professor Joseph Lam, Professor David Rolston, and the Confucius Institute.

Photo caption:
Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China

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Exhibition Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:24:02 -0400 2019-05-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-24T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Exhibition Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province, China