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.
State of the Word: Asian American Spoken-Word Artists
Join the Department of English and the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity for an exhibition of Spoken Word.
When:
April 2, 2011 6:00pm to 12:00am
Where
Asian American spoken-word artists seek to claim not only auditory space and the literary page, but also dramatic space and the human body. They are loud, provocative, exciting, articulate and literary. They bring the word to the world, and we are bringing them to USC. Bao Phi, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai and D’Lo represent a fresh, diverse generation of artists who give new expression to the Asian American experience. As entertainers, they rouse audiences; but they are all also socially committed artists whose provocative words engage a wide range of issues.
Bao Phi, aka Thien-bao Thuc Phi, is a Vietnamese American spoken-word artist, writer and community activist living in Minnesota. He is the first Vietnamese American man to have appeared on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and the National Poetry Slam individual-finalists stage, where he placed sixth out of over 250 slam poets.
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, based in Brooklyn, has been featured in over 400 performances worldwide at venues including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the House of Blues, the Apollo Theater, Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, and on three seasons of HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.
D’Lo, described as a “jolt of creative and comedic energy,” is a Tamil–Sri Lankan American political theatre artist/writer and music producer based in Los Angeles. D’Lo creates a vibrant tapestry of work that sheds light on many issues facing our modern society, including brutality, justice, AIDS, sexuality, political and social unrest and ethnic and gender divisions.
Organized by Viet Nguyen (English and American Studies and Ethnicity), Jane Iwamura (Religion and American Studies and Ethnicity) and Sumun Pendakur (Asian Pacific American Student Services). Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, the Program in Asian American Studies, Asian Pacific American Student Services and the Creative Writing Program.
For More Information: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873382
Cost:
Free
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(213) 740-0483
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
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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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
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.