{"title": "Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Jean Christopher Mittelstädt", "start": "2026-11-16T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich Zentrum, Aula KOL-G-201", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/antiquity/china", "society/politics"], "description": "A public inaugural lecture at the University of Zurich that is free of charge to attend. The talk by Prof. Dr. Jean Christopher Mittelstädt of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is about the distributed party-state and the production of power in China. It is hosted by the University of Zurich and aims to show how current research contributes to society. 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