Join us for the Mitchell Reed Community of Learners lecture presented by visiting professor, Dr. Dedong Wei, from the Renmin University in China.

Prof. Wei will discuss the Religionization of Chairman Mao. Mao has taken on the status of a deity for many in China. Mao temples have begun to spring up and, there has been significant controversy on the matter. Join us to find out more on this interesting topic. 

Prof. Dedong Wei is the Chinese Director of Confucius Institute of Columbia University，Director of International center of Buddhist Study at Renmin University of China, P.I. of China Religion Survey (2011-2020), expert of State Administration of Religious Affairs of P.R.C.. He published a good number of articles in varied national and international journals, including one in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Dedong reviewed Religion in three volumes published in 2015. Since 2004, he has promoted the Sino-US-Euro Summer School and Annual Conference of Social Science of Religion in China, training near a thousand Chinese scholars.