Light Center for Chinese Studies Brown Bag Talk

Thursday, October 9

"Tourism Development in a Historic Town in China" by Dr. Li Yang, School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability, Western Michigan University. 

Wednesday, September 25

"Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China" at noon, given by Dr. Shu Yang, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Western Michigan University.   

Thursday, April 4

"Expanding Access to Undergraduate Higher Education for China's Ethnic Minority Populations" at noon, given by Dr. Eric Archer and Dr. Yvonne Zhang, College of Education and Human Development, Western Michigan University.   

Tuesday, March 12

"Heavenly Empress Wu Zetian: From Concubine to the Throne" at noon, given by Dr. Victor Xiong, Professor of History and Distinguished Faculty Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Michigan University.  

Thursday, November 16

"The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy" at noon, given by Dr. Suisheng Zhao, Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.  

Friday, September 22

"Food Consumption and Well-Being in China during Covid" at noon, given by Dr. Ann Veeck, the 2021 TLC Faculty Research Grant winner and Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing, WMU, and Dr. Hu Xie, Associate Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing, WMU.  

Friday, November 4

"Intercultural Communication Competence and International Chinese Education" at noon, given by the 2021 TLC Faculty Research Grant winner Dr. Xiaojun Wang, Professor of Chinese, Department of World Languages and Literatures, WMU, and his research team.