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“Five" Petals of Jade Conch Spring 碧螺春," an informal conversation with Dr. Chang Liu

Tuesday, February, 25, 2:00-3:15 pm

Join us in the Autumn Room of Reynolda Hall for an informal conversation (over tea and snacks) with Dr. Chang Liu, associate professor at Tsinghua University, China, and renowned architect, historian, and conservator of traditional Chinese architecture. Also participating in the conversation is Professor Robert Hellyer, professor of History and author of the book Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups (Columbia University Press, 2021).  Part of the series “Tea with Historians” organized by the World Tea Association (WTA at Wake Forest), this event is co-sponsored by the World Tea Association, Department of History, and the  East Asian Studies Minor.  All WFU students are welcome.

Advance Sign-Up for the Event: To guarantee a seat at this event, please scan the QR Code on the above flyer to sign up for the event. First Come, First Serve! (NOTE: This QR Code leads to a multi-event registration spreadsheet managed by WTA. Please scroll down to the event for Tuesday Feb. 25 and enter your name and email address there)

 

Talk by Dr. Caroline Sequin, "Desiring Whiteness: Sexual Labor, Interracial Intimacy, and Migration Between France an Colonial Senegal, 1910-1950"

Thursday, February 27, 5-6:00 pm

Join us in Scales 102 at 5 pm for a talk with Dr. Caroline Sequin, Assistant Professor of European History at Lafayette College. She is the author of Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848–1950, published by Cornell University Press.