Delin Lai, assistant professor of art history at the University of Louisville, will present a lecture on “Meditation vs. Promenade: Visual Experience in Chinese and Japanese Gardens” at Denison University at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, in Higley Hall Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). The event, sponsored by the Department of Art History, is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.

Lai received a doctorate in architectural history from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1992 and a further doctorate in art history from the University of Chicago in 2007. His research includes “Renewing, Remapping, and Redefining Guangzhou, 1910s-1930s” and “Chinese Modern: Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum as a Crucible for Defining Modern Chinese Architecture, 1925-32.”

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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Delin Lai, assistant professor of art history at the University of Louisville, will present a lecture on “Meditation vs. Promenade: Visual Experience in Chinese and Japanese Gardens” at 6 p.m. on Wed., March 25, in Higley Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). The event is free and open to the public.

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