Lecture

Light Center for Chinese Studies Guest Lecture Series

Posted by Junliang Fei for Asian Initiatives

Join us at the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies Spring Guest Lecture Series. All events are free and open to the public. Prior registration is recommended.  

  • Dr. Patrick Fuliang Shan, professor of history at Grand Valley State University, will speak Feb. 5. His remarks titled “China’s First Communist and the United States: Li Dazhao’s Changing Attitudes towards America” are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in 3130 Sangren Hall on WMU’s campus. The presentation explores Li Dazhao’s evolving attitudes toward the United States and analyzes his ideological shift. Li Dazhao was a co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party and a mentor to Mao Zedong. 

  • Dr. Don Wyatt, professor of history at Middlebury College, will speak April 10. His lecture titled “Aboard Ships Bound for Oblivion: Early Modern Entrances of the African into China” are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in 3520 Sangren Hall.  

A unit of the Haenicke Institute for Global Education, WMU’s Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies was established in 2010 to enhance the work of faculty and graduate researchers specializing in Sinology, as well as those with teaching or research interests in China. The Light Center encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and global partnerships to enrich the international curriculum, arts and culture on campus.  

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
3:30 to 5 p.m.
3130 Sangren Hall, Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 US
Asian Initiatives