The last day of our institute! Prof. Krysta Ryzewski gave us a talk on the history of the new and old Chinatown in Detroit. She dug into a large amount of archaeological and historical evidence and documents to led us step-by-step into the past of the land now is today’s Detroit. Her talk is also…
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Prof. Hui-shu Lee of art history from UCLA gave us a talk on the creative idea and tradition behind Chinese gardening, and she used the examples of I. M. Pei and Wang Shu, two world-renown哦ed architects, to illustrate the modern inheritance and expansion of the spirit of Chinese gardening.
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Today at Wayne has been helping us to promote our events: July 5th, Friday 5-6:30 UGL Bernath Auditorium Prof. Hui-shu Lee: Chinese Garden: inspiration and recreation July 6th, Saturday 11:30-1 UGL Bernath Auditorium Prof. Krysta Ryzewski: Urban Historical Archaeology in Detroit: documenting the city’s ethnic layers and erasures 7.6 Saturday LUNCH RECEPTION: 1-2pm UGL COMMUNITY…
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What makes a single-party severance more resistant to coups? Prof. Yumin Sheng gave us an excellent talk about the mechanism by which the central government guarantees loyalty from its military generals. The theoretical framework and the large amount of data helped us understand the survival instinct of the political bodies.
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Today, Prof. Haiyong Liu gave us a talk on how space is reflected in human language and how it is a useful device to make human language function. He eventually contended that if the core of every sentence, the verb, is a reflection of the time of the proposition, the nouns, the other most important…
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Today Prof. Min Yu gave us an excellent and touching talk on the education of migrant children against the theoretical framework of migration. She argues that the offering good education to these underprivileged children will eventually contribute to the overall good of our increasing urbanized society. She explained to us what caused the status quo…
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In addition to their similar historical importance, industrial achievements, latitude, and topography, as a result of the June 28-29 online dialogue, people from Detroit and Shenyang discovered a new common thing their cities share: music and famous singers. We played the music of Aretha and Marvin Gaye to our Shenyang friends. And they introduced to…
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Hope to see you at many of our events: 7.1 (Mon) 5-6:30 in 408 Manoogian: Migration, Education, and Space (by Prof. Min Yu, dinner will be served) 6:30-8:00 in 408 Manoogian: movie: Detroit 48202 7.2 (Tue) 5-6:30 in 408 Manoogian: Space and Direction in Language (by Prof. Haiyong…
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Prof. Xuefei Ren gave a talk on the newtowns on the rustbelt of China. She guided us to understand the mechanism and motivation behind the booming of such newtowns. After a lunch reception, the audience braved the heat and went on a guided tour by Mr. Michael Boettcher of the old Chinatown of Detroit. The…
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Prof. Yuning Wu gave a talk on crime and space. She challenged us on what should form a crime, what triggers crime, and what really prevents crime. Then, we had the first dialogue between the residents of Detroit and Shenyang. During the two hours, both parties showed great interest in one another and we discussed…
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