Prof. Tam Perry, research chair and vice chair of strategic planning of SHPD (Senior Housing Preservation-Detroit), gave a talk regarding the housing issues faced by senior citizens while the large scale of gentrification is going on in the city. http://www.authorityhealth.org/2017/02/06/holding-fort-features-plight-low-income-seniors-midtowndowntown-detroit/

Associate Curator of Arts of Asia and the Islamic World of DIA gave us a wonderful trip of the Chinese art collection at DIA as well as its collection of Buddhist arts. Her colleagues later showed us how DIA is situated in the center space of Detroit. And we were very excited to have Dr….

Prof. Bo Shen gave a talk on obesity issues caused by the rapid urbanization of China; how some overlooks in urban planning have contributed to obesity.

Prof. Alina Cherry gave a talk on how Detroit has been conceptualized and represented in literature and cinema. The two case studies she gave are the vampire film: Only Lovers Left Alive and the French writer Tanguy Viel’s novel The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan The discussion lasted long and interesting and her dear colleague Prof….

Prof. Jian Wang, Dean of the School of Physical Education of China Central Normal University gave a talk on the general situation of urban sports development in Wuhan, Hubei Province, a medium-sized city in central china. He focused on the achievements of Wuhan and the policy behind these achievements). After the reception, we started showing…

Our Summer Institute finally opened on June 22nd! A great success! Good turnout, excellent talks, and the best audience! We are grateful for our speakers Prof. Zhang, Ming and Prof. Sang, Tze-lan who talked about The Singing of Song in Song Dynasty Cities and Its Cultural Significance and Negotiating Socialist Industrial Heritage in Post-1979 China:…

Mr. Chen Zhong, a Shenyanger, was born in Shenyang, but moved to Beijing with his family as a teenager in the late 80’s. Now he is a graphic designer with his own studio Qiexianshe (切线社). Here, with a piece of fountain ink pen calligraphy entitled Shenyang and My Life and My Design, he reflects on…

Dear friends, You are cordially invited to attend the Opening Ceremony On June 22nd at 11:30 In the Bernath Auditoriam of the Undergraduate Library of Wayne State University (5155 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202)   The Keynote Speakers will be Prof. Ming Zhang of Peking University, China And Prof. Tze-Lan Sang of the Michigan State…

Tour of the Old Chinatown in Detroit Please join our local historian and tour guide Michael Boettcher of Pure Detroit for a tour of the Old Chinatown in the Cass Corridor of Detroit on June 29th at 3:00PM, meeting in the Masonic Temple at 500 Temple St, Detroit, MI 48201, followed by dinner in the…

Please check out our new institute brochure either at: https://waynestateprod-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/an1884_wayne_edu/EUZqvzgGWUFPnkU_y6urYjIBezkkL7mqHfSun0O89GYj1A?e=ovmVSp or https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/s.wayne.edu/dist/9/56/files/2019/06/Brochure6.67.pdf