Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Introduction to the Asian Area and the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden
UC Berkeley presents a lecture and tour of the Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden.
Where
A half hour lecture in the Conference Center's Mirov Room will be followed by a 90 minute tour of the Garden. This event is free but requires pre-registration. Limited to 30 people.
To register, call 510.643.6321 or email ccs@berkeley.edu
Many elements of the vast Asian flora are represented in the Garden, with an emphasis on rhododendrons and maples, as well as the first collections of the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) on the West Coast. Fall color is particularly lovely in the vicinity of the Japanese Pool; maples, dogwoods and birches provide a vivid display.
The Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden is one of the Botanical Garden’s Ethnobotanical collections and was developed in collaboration with the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Guangzhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou, China. These herbs are organized according to their function in traditional Chinese medicine and many are depicted in classical Asian art.
Note: Wheelchair accessibility in the Garden is limited. The Conference Center and much of the main road are accessible. Participants in wheelchairs will be able to attend the lecture and then directed to the Japanese Pool where they can meet the others for the second half of the tour. The Chinese Medicinal Garden is not easily accessible.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.