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Noon Lecture Series: U-M Center for Chinese Studies
Every Tues. (except Apr. 30). Talks by visiting scholars. Sandwiches, cookies, & coffee served. Apr. 2: University of Hawai’i philosophy professor Franklin Perkins discusses the 4th-century Chinese philosopher Mencius in “Seeing the World Like a Sage: Mengzi on Cultivating Perception.” Apr. 9: SUNY-Buffalo history professor Yan Liu on “Scent from Afar: Aromatics, Healing, and the Making of Olfactory Knowledge in Tang and Song China.” Apr. 16: MIT urban sustainability professor Siqi Zheng on “Tariff Wall Jumping at the China-Vietnam Border.” Apr. 23: University of California-Irvine sociology professor Wang Feng discusses contemporary China in “China’s Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath.” Noon–1 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church St. For livestream, preregister at ii.umich.edu/lrccs. Free. (734) 764–6308.
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