November 13, 2009
Distinguished historian and curator of Chinese art to give lecture at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Please click on the flier for additional information.
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October 14, 2009
Oakland University Art Gallery (OUAG) - Writing an Image: Chinese Literati Art - now through November 22, 2009
All special events are held in the OUAG and are without charge, unless otherwise noted. (OUAG is on the Oakland University campus next to the MBT, I-75 exit 79, University Drive.)
Guqin concert:
"Archaic Scent of the Plum Pavilion"
with Guqin Master Wu Ziying
Friday, October 16, 8:00 p.m.
Varner Recital Hall, Oakland University
Ticket information: (248) 370-3013
Lecture:
"The Elegant and Transcendent Chinese Literati Painting"
by Marshall Wu
Senior Curator of Asian Art (emeritus), University of Michigan Museum of Art
Saturday, October 17, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Literati Painting Demonstration:
by Yu Zengshan, from Nantong, China
Saturday, October 17, 4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
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September 29, 2009
Economic Development and Transition Seminar (EDTS) welcomes Albert Park
Economic Development and Transition Seminar (EDTS) welcomes
Albert Park
Department of Economics, Oxford University
"Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms"
Thursday, October 1, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
3240 Weill Hall
Abstract: Family firms comprise a large share of industrial activity in both developing and developed countries, but little is known about how they operate. Using a unique dataset of Chinese private firms, in this paper we investigate how family ties with firm heads affect managerial compensation and job assignment. We find that family managers earn higher salaries and received more bonuses, hold higher positions, and are given more decision rights and more job responsibilities than non-family managers in the same firm. However, family managers face weaker incentives than professional managers as seen in the lower sensitivity of their bonuses to firm performance. Our findings are consistent with the predictions of a principal-agent model that incorporates family trust and endogenous job assignment decisions. We show that alternative explanations such as taste-based favoritism, succession concerns, and risk attitudes are unlikely to drive our key results, and discuss implications for economic performance.
Posted by zzhu at 08:59 AM
September 24, 2009
Lecture, September 30, 2009 - China and the US: A Shared History
Posted by zzhu at 10:28 PM
The Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies presents: Kenneth Pomeranz, October 1, 2009
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September 10, 2009
2009 Ambassador Leonard Woodcock Legacy Business Seminar, Oakland University
2009 Ambassador Leonard Woodcock Legacy Business Seminar
"Creating a New Economic Dialogue with China"
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Online registration is available by clicking here.
For more information visit: www.sba.oakland.edu/woodcock09.
Or, RSVP to Carrie Sliwinski (248) 370-3286 or at cmking@oakland.edu
"Creating a New Economic Dialogue with China" Seminar, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Please join us to participate in an executive forum and networking sessions with Chinese and American business leaders and officials. Talk with experts who understand how doing business in the global economy needs a clear dialogue built on mutual respect relationships that bridge culture, etiquette, and politics.
Speakers include:
Consul General Huang Ping, PRC Consulate, Chicago Illinois
Doug Smith, Deputy County Executive, Oakland County Michigan
Robert Ficano, County Executive, Wayne County Michigan
W.S. (Bill) Chamberlain, Js Chamberlain and Associates, Shanghai
Wei Shen, President, BridgeConnect Foundation and Marketing Manager, GM, Detroit Michigan
Guowen Shen, Economic & Commercial Council, PRC Consulate, Chicago Illinois
C. Peter Theut, Chairman Global Trade Group, Ann Arbor Michigan
The Woodcock Legacy Seminar will be held at the historic Meadow Brook Hall on the campus of Oakland University, and will be followed by a private networking opportunity for attendees of this event from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m at the Hall.
Afterwards, please stay for a very special event:
Writing an Image: Literati Art Reception and Viewing
From 6:00 – 8:00p.m at the Oakland University Art Gallery in Wilson Hall
Chinese art and history lovers won’t want to miss "Writing an Image: Literati Art Reception and Viewing" at a special reception following the Woodcock Legacy business seminar. The collection contains 29 scroll paintings, 11 calligraphies representing a variety of calligraphic styles and 15 rubbing impressions of old Chinese stone monuments which Amitendranath Tagore, a Chinese language and literature professor at OU, collected in the early 1950’s while living and studying in China. Tagore and his wife, Arundhati Tagore, Kresge Library technician, enjoyed 25 years of teaching at Oakland University and serving at the Kresge Library and upon their retirement donated the Tagore Collection to the university.
Online registration is available by clicking here.
For more information visit: www.sba.oakland.edu/woodcock09.
Or, RSVP to Carrie Sliwinski (248) 370-3286 or at cmking@oakland.edu
The 2009 Woodcock Legacy Seminar event is presented by the Center for Integrated Business Research and Education at Oakland University's School of Business Administration.
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February 05, 2009
UMMA T-Shirt Design Competition
Help celebrate the grand re-opening of the University of Michigan Museum of Art with a wearable, creative design.
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January 28, 2009
Greater-Detroit Area North American Shandong Association, Dongbei Association, Henan Association Lantern Festival Gala
Click on image to see announcement in Chinese.
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January 21, 2009
Student-organized culture show, 01/30/09
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October 13, 2008
Yiching Wu
Michigan China Fellows (MCF) presents
Modern China Politics and Society Series:
Cultural Revolution and Contemporary China
Yiching Wu, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and History, U-M
5:00PM-7:30PM, Wednesday, Oct. 15th
School of Education (610 East University Ave), 1322, Tribute Room
(Working Language is Chinese and pizza will be provided.)
• How do we understand the Cultural Revolution TODAY?
• What was the Cultural Revolution? When was it? And whose Cultural Revolution?
The Cultural Revolution, arguably one of the most important events in twentieth century Chinese history, has been the subject of numerous controversies and debates. In this talk Professor Wu will begin with questioning the conventional wisdom about the Cultural Revolution, and proceed to raising new questions regarding the nature, process, and historical significance of this immensely important event. He will argue that such apparently innocent questions have in fact no self-evident answers and conclude the talk with mapping the revival of interests in the Cultural Revolution in contemporary Chinese intellectual and political discussions.
Yiching Wu is an assistant Professor in Anthropology and History at UM. He received his PhD of anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2007. His dissertation received the Daniel F. Nugent Dissertation Prize in Historical Anthropology in 2008. Prof. Wu specializes in contemporary Chinese politics and culture. Among his interests are popular social movements, class formation and consciousness, socialism and post-socialist transitions, and politics of hegemony and counter-hegemony.
MCF (mcfgoblue@umich.edu) is a non-political group established to offer a common platform for its members to share scholarly pursuits, build personal connections, and communicate ideas on current affairs. Placing a significant emphasis on Chinese society, culture and history, MCF cherishes the idea of nurturing friendship, learning, and growth.
The Modern China Politics and Society series is sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies.
Posted by zzhu at 05:15 PM
October 10, 2008
Trial of two digital databases
Adam Matthews Digital (http://www.amdigital.co.uk/), a British company providing research and teaching resources, has offered us a 30-day trial of two major English-language digital collections focusing on China and Japan.
America, Asia, and the Pacific: the Edward Sylvester Morse Collection
http://www.aap.amdigital.co.uk
China: Trade, Politics & Culture, 1793-1980.
http://www.china.amdigital.co.uk
The trial will expire on Nov. 9. During the period both collections can be accessed from any IP addresses on U-M campus.
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September 23, 2008
1st CCS China Interdisciplinary Workshop
Date: Thursday, Sept. 25,
Time: 6-8 pm,
Place: MLB, 2nd floor: Language Resource Center.
Dinner will be served. Please RSVP by emailing either
Ena Schlorff: schlorff@umich.edu
OR David Rolston: drolston@umich.edu
Yang Jidong, the new director of the Asian Library, will introduce some of the electronic resources for Chinese studies and answer questions.
The event is open to all who work in Chinese studies, students and faculty alike.
The Language Resource Center has the most computers for us to use and they will allow us to have dinner in the room.
Please remember to RSVP.
Posted by moyera at 01:57 PM
September 19, 2008
MI China Fellows Welcome Back BBQ!
The 2008 Michigan China Fellows is a non-political and academic group established to offer a common platform for its members to share scholarly pursuits, build personal connections, and communicate ideas on current affairs.
When: Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11:30 am
Where: Island Drive Park
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Island%20Drive%20Park%20ann%20arbor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Sign-up Sheet:
Please sign up on the following link so we can be prepared:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_6xnrGdR9T5ASV61PWzgEg&hl=en
Cost: $0.00 (But: you are very welcome to bring food or drinks!)
If you can provide
OR
need a pick-up: please, also, let us know.
Thank you very much. We hope to see you.
2007-2008 MCF Committee
Yan Long
PhD student
Women's Studies & Sociology
longyan@umich.edu
Posted by moyera at 02:08 PM
September 18, 2008
MBA Essentials and Entrepreneurship Program
The program is based on the premise that a great idea is not enough. The ability to transform an idea into a successful business requires a foundation of business knowledge that supports the acquisition and application of entrepreneurial skills.
I am pleased to announce a new program intended to complement existing resources at the University of Michigan that operate at the intersection of breakthrough ideas and commercialization.
The program, offered by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and its Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, is called MBA Essentials and Entrepreneurship. The program is based on the premise that a great idea is not enough. The ability to transform an idea into a successful business requires a foundation of business knowledge that supports the acquisition and application of entrepreneurial skills.
MBA Essentials and Entrepreneurship will be open to faculty members (either instructional or research), graduate students, Health System residents and interns, and anyone who holds a fellowship or other postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan (but outside the Ross School of Business).
We’ve designed the content for people who can envision themselves developing an idea or starting a company at some point in the future. Some participants may have a general interest in entrepreneurship and in building a foundation of business knowledge. Others may be poised to start a company or to commercialize a specific idea or piece of intellectual property.
There are two components to the Ross MBA Essentials and Entrepreneurship Program. The first component covers concepts, frameworks, and tools from key first-year MBA core courses such as accounting, finance, and marketing. The second component focuses on what it takes to develop and launch a business. The topics in entrepreneurship include idea generation and protection, commercialization, feasibility analysis, competitive landscape, business planning, finding the right people, and how to fund a new venture.
The program will be offered during Winter 2009 on Fridays and Saturdays (8:30am – 4:30pm) for seven weeks starting in January. In addition to classes, several informal “social hour� talks by entrepreneurs will be scheduled on Fridays following class.
We plan to offer this program at a frequency reflecting the demand for it. In the longer term, the program fee will be in the range of $4,000-$5,000. Some financial support is likely to be available. However, given the short time until the inaugural session beginning in January 2009, full financial support will be provided for those accepted into the initial offering only. As there are a limited number of spots in the program (approximately 50), we will be encouraging people to apply as soon as possible. An Information Session will be held on October 8 (details below). Applications to the program will be due by 5:00 p.m. on October 17, and we expect to notify applicants about both their admission and financial support by November 5.
MBA Essentials and Entrepreneurship is an exciting addition to the University’s robust commitment to bring creative ideas into the marketplace in the State of Michigan and beyond. I hope you will bring this program to the attention of those people in your schools to whom you think it might appeal. More information is available at www.bus.umich.edu/MBAEE.
Information Session
Date: Wednesday, October 8th
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: E0530 – Ross School of Business (Executive Residence building)
If you have questions about the program or the information session, please contact Susan Slavin at mbaessentials@umich.edu or 734.763.2376.
Sincerely,
Valerie Suslow
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Valerie Y. Suslow
Associate Dean for Degree Programs
Professor, Business Economics & Public Policy
Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
701 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
Tel: 734-763-4510 Fax: 734-763-0671
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September 16, 2008
"What Should People Know About China" Speakers Wanted, Honorarium Available
Following the success of the CCS photo exhibit, consider spending an hour sharing experiences of China with regional high schools. An honorarium of $100 is available for individual speakers (includes travel).
The proposed panel would be scheduled in Plymouth/Canton for 2:30pm on any date that is convenient for speakers in October (TBD—flexible, based on availability). Teachers are looking for scholars, students or travelers who have lived in China to help students understand something about its history, culture, and present day issues. Contact Carol Stepanchuk, Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Chinese Studies cstep@umich.edu for more information or call 936-3961.
Posted by zzhu at 02:11 PM
September 12, 2008
Applying to Law School: Q and A for Graduate and Non-traditional Students
Considering law school? Plan to attend…
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Applying to Law School:
Q and A for Graduate and Non-traditional Students
Monday, September 22
12:00-1:00 p.m.
The Career Center
3200 Student Activities Building
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Maximize your chances for success by familiarizing yourself with the mechanics and timelines of the law school application process. Gather tips on how to avoid common mistakes made by career changers, and learn about the resources offered by The Career Center to support you through your application efforts.
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