April 7, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Noon Lecture Series: U-M Center for Chinese Studies

Apr. 7, 14, & 21. Talks by visiting scholars.

Apr. 7: “Yuan Architecture: Where Are the Mongols?” University of Pennsylvania East Asian art professor Nancy Steinhardt discusses why 12th-century Chinese didn’t adopt the architecture of the occupying Mongols.

Apr. 14: “Explaining the Sexual Empowerment of Married Women in China.” University of Washington sociology professor Bill Lavely discusses recent changes in Chinese marital roles.

Apr. 21: “Building a Small Hydropower Station in Mao-era China.” Harvard University Chinese history professor Arunabh Ghosh discusses the construction of one of the approximately 90,000 hydropower stations built across China in the 1960s & 70s.

Noon–1 p.m., Weiser Hall, 10th fl., 500 Church St. Livestream available at ii.umich.edu/lrccs. Free. (734) 764–6308.

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