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Translocal Melancholy: Ba Jin’s Anarcho-Humanism in Republican Shanghai

Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240 2204 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27708 United States, NC, United States

Ba Jin (1904-2005) is one of the most celebrated authors of twentieth-century China. Most widely known for his novel Family (first serialized in 1931), Ba Jin was an anarchist inspired by Kropotkin and Bakunin who corresponded with such prominent international … Read more

Event Series Tai Chi in the Galleries

Tai Chi in the Galleries

Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice known to reduce pain and improve your mental and physical balance and well-being. This class uses gentle Sun-style tai chi routines that are safe, easy to learn, and suitable for all ages … Read more

Event Series Tai Chi in the Galleries

Tai Chi in the Galleries

Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Tai chi is an ancient Chinese movement practice known to reduce pain and improve your mental and physical balance and well-being. This class uses gentle Sun-style tai chi routines that are safe, easy to learn, and suitable for all ages … Read more

Women and Animals: Culinary Dilemmas and Karmic Entanglement

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1009 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Late sixteenth-century China witnessed a surge in the popularity of the Buddhist practice of buying animals and then setting them free. Releasing life, as it was called, could be practiced informally or as part of highly elaborate releasing-life ceremonies organized … Read more

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