Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

LRCCS Noon Lecture Series 🎙 Arunabh Ghosh (Harvard) on Building a Small Hydropower Station in Mao-era China 🗓 Tue, Apr 21 | 12:00–1:00 PM 📍 10th Floor, Weiser Hall Free & open to the public. #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseHistory #MaoEraChina

The dragon is lit and ready to be among the luminaries tonight at the FoolMoon Festival! 📍 Downtown Ann Arbor ⏰ 7:30 PM More details: #DestinationAnnArbor #DancingwiththeDragon 📸: Jonathan Valdez

Explaining the Sexual Empowerment of Married Women in China 🗓 Tue, Apr 14 | 12–1 PM 📍 Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor + Zoom 🎙 Bill Lavely (University of Washington) Register: myumi.ch/pV41e #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseMarriage

Yuan Architecture: Where Are the Mongols? 🗓 Tue, Apr 7 | 12–1 PM 📍 Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor 🎙 Nancy Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania) #umichchina #globalumich #YuanDynasty #ChineseArchitecture #LRCCS

Join U-M historian Ian Shin for Porcelains and Power — a public talk on Chinese art collecting & Western imperialism. 🗓 Wed, Apr 8 | 5:30–6:30 PM 📍 U-M Museum of Art 🆓 Free, registration required: umma.umich.edu/events/porcela… #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseArt #LRCCS

📖 Out Oct 2026 via @UofMPress — a posthumous work by Xiaohong Xu @UMSociology The Great Separation upends scholarship on China's neoliberalism, tracing ordoeconomism to before the Reform era. 📖 Book: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-Gr… 🔗 About Xu: myumi.ch/8qwRP

Chinese Espresso: A Story of Global China in Italy's Local Coffee Bars 🗓 Tue, Mar 31 | 12–1 PM 📍 Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor + Zoom 🎙 Grazia Deng (Brandeis University) Register: myumi.ch/79Dp1 #umichchina #globalumich #LRCCS

🐉 A 25-ft U-M dragon joins the Stearns End of Year Concert — alongside Indonesian Gamelan, Baroque orchestras & Moog synthesizer. 🗓 Mon, Apr 6 | 7:30–9:30 PM 📍 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor 🆓 Free & open to all #umichchina #DancingWithTheDragon ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-eve…

Transnational Feminist Mediation: The Other Half of the Sky (1975) and US-China People's Diplomacy 🗓 Tue, Mar 24 | 12–1 PM 📍 Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor + Zoom 🎙 Ling Zhang (SUNY Purchase College) Register: myumi.ch/Mk23A #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseFilm #LRCCS

🐉 LRCCS, Zhen Guo, Fangfei Miao & James Koo are recipients of the City of Ann Arbor's 2025 Golden Paintbrush Award for Dragons Everywhere All at Once — honoring art that adds "a bit of magic to daily life." #umichchina #globalumich #DancingWithTheDragon #GoldenPaintbrush

"Bridge-building has been the theme of my entire career." — Ryan Etzcorn, Chinese Studies '16 7 years in Beijing. Fulbright. Ford Foundation. It started here. 💙 Fund the next Ryan on #GivingBlueDay by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseStudies

A dragon is born in Ann Arbor. 🐉 Students sew its scales. Musicians rehearse erhu. Teams train to dance. In April, it will come alive. 💙 Give on #GivingBlueDay by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR #umichchina #globalumich #DancingWithTheDragon

Misinformation about China is loud. U-M scholars are louder — with facts. From Shanghai to Paris, our scholars go where it matters. 💙 Give on #GivingBlueDay by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseStudies

Title VI funding is gone. Our students are still here. The next generation of China experts stay at Michigan because of your support. 💙 Give on #GivingBlueDay by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseStudies

Federal funding for Chinese Studies is gone. @michiganchina is still here—65 years strong, and investing in the next generation of China experts. 💙 Give on #GivingBlueday by March 18: myumi.ch/VVJJR #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseStudies

Tomorrow at #AAS2026 — U-M's Asian Studies Centers reception! 🗓 Sat, March 14 | 7:30–9:30 PM 📍 Fairmont Waterfront, Ballroom C See you there! @AASAsianStudies @michiganchina @UMCJS @umCSAS @umcseas @MichiganKorea @iiumich

Globalizing Chinese Theatre: Chinese Dramatists and Transnational Media Ecologies 🗓 Tue, Mar 17 | 12–1 PM 📍 Weiser Hall 10F, Ann Arbor + Zoom 🎙 Sophia Tingting Zhao (Virginia Tech) Register: myumi.ch/mRz1N #umichchina #globalumich #ChineseTheatre #LRCCS

Attending #AAS2026? U-M's Asian Studies Centers invite you to our reception! 🗓 Sat, March 14 | 7:30–9:30 PM 📍 Fairmont Waterfront, Ballroom C @AASAsianStudies @michiganchina @UMCJS @umCSAS @umcseas @MichiganKorea @iiumich

Reminder: Join us this Saturday to explore Lunar New Year celebrations from China, Asia, and across the world!

🐉 Dance the dragon — we're recruiting! Performances at Hill Auditorium (Apr 6) & FoolMoon Festival (Apr 10). Teams of 8, no experience needed. Training in mid/late March. Tote bags & artist-designed tees for volunteers! 📧 chinese.studies@umich.edu #globalumich #DragonDance