Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History, spent the 2010-2011 academic year at Nankai University, one of the top 10 institutions of higher education in China. She was joined by her husband, Dan Lloyd, Brownell Professor of Philosophy, and their daughters Rianna and Morgan. Greenberg's year in China was supported by a Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer grant. Nankai University emphasizes both the sciences and liberal arts and has an enrollment of roughly 12,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students. During their year in China, both Greenberg and Lloyd blogged about their experiences.

The photos here are a sample—you can see more at chinachronicles.wordpress.com (Greenberg) and tianjindiaries.wordpress.com (Lloyd).

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Greenberg and Lloyd lived in the "Foreign Guesthouse," also known as The International Experts of Cultures and Education Residence. Because the apartments are small, they were given two, one for them and one for their daughters.

The center of the Chinese empire, at least for the last 600 years, is the Forbidden City at the heart of Beijing. The city is a sequence of immense squares surrounded by imposing buildings.

The city of Harbin is noted for its annual ice festival held at "Ice World," several hundred acres of free-standing castles, pagodas, coliseums, and cathedrals. At sunset, the ice metropolis lights up from within from colored fluorescents and LEDs embedded in every block. While Greenberg and Lloyd were there, the temperature hovered around minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Chinese New Year is celebrated with rituals, food activities, symbols, and customs. Fireworks are used to scare off demons and ghosts.

Greenberg's undergraduate lectures were videotaped. It is typical in China for students to walk teachers back to their homes after class as a sign of appreciation.