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Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Recent News
Dragons Everywhere All at Once — Performance, Art, Adventure
Children, parents, and art lovers experienced the magic and myth of dragons in East Asian art through dance performances, calligraphy, and zine-making at Family Day, held at the University Art Museum (UMMA) on September 21.
Ann Chih Lin Returns as LRCCS Director; K. Ian Shin Joins as Associate Director
The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies is happy to announce Ann Lin’s return to directorship this fall after a well-earned sabbatical. In addition, LRCCS eagerly welcomes Ian Shin as associate director.
The Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan was founded in 1961 and has been a national leader in Chinese studies for over 50 years. A member of the International Institute, the center provides students, specialists, and the public with expert resources and a deeper understanding of contemporary and historical issues related to China.
New Blog Post: Rewriting Power: Zhen Guo’s Journey from Silent Sacrifice to Feminist Art
A quiet confrontation with an artwork became the starting point of our conversation with feminist artist Zhen Guo. Sitting in the LRCCS director’s office, her eyes landed on a large photograph by Wang Qingsong (The Night Revels of Lao Li, 2000) depicting women attending to seated men — a contemporary riff on a classic Chinese painting. “They’re entertainers, not equals,” she said softly, frowning at the scene. The work itself was meant as political satire, but for Guo it captured the imbalance she has spent decades challenging through her art.
Events
Oct
21
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Beyond Spiritual Succession: The Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation and its 21st-Century Geopolitics
Lobsang Sangay, Lecturer, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
12:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Oct
28
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | New Discovery of Datong Music Society (1919-ca.1958) “Ancient Musical Instruments” Collection in Munich: Towards Modeling an Invention of “Heritage” in Chinese Musical Modernity
Joys HY Cheung, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology, National Taiwan Normal University
12:00 PM
Room 555
Weiser Hall
Nov
04
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Cohort Replacement and the Waves of Fertility Decline in China
Yong Cai, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
Nov
05
Book talk on "Buddhism: A Journey Through History" with author Prof. Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Donald S. Lopez Jr., U-M Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist & Tibetan Studies; Asian Languages & Cultures
4:00 PM
10th Floor
Weiser Hall
