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Harvard scholar Elizabeth Perry to present Featherman Lecture on future of the Chinese revolution April 18th

Harvard professor Elizabeth Perry will present the 2006 Featherman lecture, "Is the Chinese Revolution Dead?," at noon on April 18, 2006 at the Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms at the University of New England's campus in Biddeford.
 
Biography 
Born in China and raised in Japan, Elizabeth Perry received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan and taught at the Universities of Arizona, Washington (Seattle), and California (Berkeley) before moving to Harvard University where she is currently the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government. 

Professor Perry is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, and the former director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.  She is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on Chinese politics. Her book Shanghai on Strike received the John King Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book on East Asian history.  Professor Perry received her B.A., "summa cum laude," from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y.  She now holds an honorary doctorate from the Colleges, which have named their Asia Library after her.  In addition to her position at Harvard. Professor Perry holds concurrent professorships at three Chinese universities.

The Featherman Lectures
The Featherman Humanities Lecture was established by University of New England President Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., and her husband, Bernard Featherman.

Committed to promoting humanistic values and to enriching the learning experience at UNE, the Feathermans have created a permanent forum for exciting dialogues on diverse and provocative topics by thoughtful and renowned speakers.

For more information, contact Professor Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, coordinator of the Featherman Fund Distinquished Lectures on the Humanities.

(Press release issued Nov. 10, 2005)