December 9, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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U-M Center for Chinese Studies Noon Lecture Series

Dec. 2 & 9. Talks by visiting scholars.

Dec. 2: “The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping.” Talk by American University international studies professor Joseph Torigan.

Dec. 9: “The Image of the Book in the Performance of Reading: The Drunken Man’s Talk as a Charter Text.” University of Virginia Chinese studies professor Canaan Morse discusses oral storytelling in 13th-century imperial China.

Noon–1 p.m., 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church. Free. (734) 764–6308.

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