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.
Global Exchange Program 2016: The Lost Tribe
A short documentary produced in collaboration between one student from USC and one from the Communication University of China.
April 6, 2017
Directed by Ariel Sobel & Tao Mengdi
A thousand years ago, a group of Jewish merchants travelled down the silk road and settled in Kaifeng, the former capital of China. Today, the tale of their tribe is all but a distant memory.
But not to their descendant, Zhao, a Chinese countrywoman, who was robbed of her religion during the Cultural Revolution, when being Jewish became illegal in China. As she fights persecution by her local government, she seeks out the help of the Chabad of Beijing, whose Rabbi is convinced she is a hoax. Nominated for a Chinese Academy Award for Documentary Film, recognized by IndieFest for best Jewish and Female Filmmaker film, and an official selection of the San Diego Jewish film festival, THE LOST TRIBE challenges what it means to be a Jew in one’s heart and blood.
Ariel Sobel, a Jewish American senior from the University of Southern California’s prestigious film school teamed up with Tao Mengdi, a Chinese graduate student at the Communication of University China to create this film. Together, they shot in rural China under politically dangerous conditions and taught each other what it means to be Chinese, Jewish, and both at once.
This video is also available on the USCI YouTube Channel.
Other films from the program:
Directed by Kelley “Kali” Chatman & Coco Wu
Directed by Cloud Liu and Even Wu
Directed by Mischa Cantu and Ivy Lee
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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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Events
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.