Highlights
Zhejiang University Wenqin Arts Troupe Performance
Twenty-four students from Zhejiang University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China, performed for over 300 UMass Boston guests on February 1, 2012. It was a standing room only New Year event.
Recent Conferences
- The First Greater Boston Area Weekend Chinese School Conference, Nov. 13, 2011
- Annual New England Chinese Language Teacher Network Fall Conference, Nov. 5, 2011
- Annual New England World Languages Department Chairs Network Spring Conference
Speech Contests
- High School Student Chinese Bridge Speech Contest
- College Student Chinese Bridge Speech Contest
Seminar Series
- "Ancient Therapies for Modern Diseases" workshops, Oct. 5, 7, and 9 by internationally celebrated Qigong and TCM Master Professor Zhixiang Gao
- "Inequality & Corruption Issues During China’s Economic Transition" by Xiaogong Deng, professor of sociology, College of Liberal Arts, on Nov. 16, 2011
- "Confucianism for the West" by philosophy professor Michael LaFargue, ThD, and former Asian Studies Program Director
- "Artists' Stories during China's Cultural Revolution" with visiting lecturer Shelley Drake Hawks
Seminars by UMass Boston Guest Speakers
- Xu Guo Chan, lecturer in modern languages
- Wanli Hu, director of the China Program Center
- Peter Kiang, professor of cultural studies, social studies, multicultural education
- Raymond Liu, associate professor of management and marketing
- Shirley Tang, professor of American studies
- Wenfan Yan, chair, department of leadership in education
- Hengda Yang, visiting scholar
- Weili Ye, professor of history, College of Liberal Arts
- Wu Zhang, assistant professor of sociology
Seminars by Visiting Scholars
- Min Chen, professor of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Peijun Duan, Harvard University professor originally from the Central Party School of China
- Kechuan Ren, director of the Confucius Institute, Iowa
- Shixian Sheng, Women's Study scholar
- Mingquan Wang, professor of Chinese, Tufts University, spoke on Chinese culture
- Hengda Yang, professor in the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University; Director of the Institute of Chinese Culture; Vice-Chair of the Beijing Comparative Literature
Summer Camp
- Summer Camp Immersion Program for 50 high school students, from 2006-2009
