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.
Literary Luncheon
Lisa See discusses her most recent novel, Shanghai Girls.
When:
October 22, 2009 11:30am to 2:00pm
After a gourmet luncheon, best-selling and award-winning author Lisa See discusses her most recent novel, Shanghai Girls.
See’s book tells the compelling story of two sisters forced from their privileged lives in China and sold into the unfamiliar world of mid-20th century Los Angeles.
With vivid descriptions of Asia and sagas based upon close, familial bonds, See’s novels are evocative of works by Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston. Similarly, critics frequently enthuse that See’s Red Princess mystery series evokes the writings of Dashiell Hammett, Upton Sinclair and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
See’s other books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), Flower Net (1997), The Interior (1999), Dragon Bones (2003), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2005) and Peony in Love (2008).
In addition to writing novels, See was the Publishers Weekly West Coast correspondent for more than a decade. Her freelance articles have appeared in Vogue, Self and More.
Friends members, $60. General public, $75. Price includes parking, lunch and lecture. Admission to the lecture, which begins at 1 p.m., is free. To become a Friends member, visit http://friendsofthelibraries.usc.edu/.
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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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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.