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.
Chinese Exclusion Act Film Screening
Free public screening and panel discussion of a new documentary on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
When:
April 24, 2017 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Where
Produced by award-winning documentary filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu of Steeplechase Films and the Center for Asian American Media as part of PBS series American Experience, this documentary examines America’s complicated relationship with immigration and what it means to be American. The two-hour film will be shown in Madison prior to the PBS premier, with back-to-back screenings scheduled for Monday, April 24, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. in Union South’s Marquee Theater. There will also be a panel discussion about the Chinese Exclusion Act and its relevance to today on Wednesday, April 25, from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery’s DeLuca Forum.
Cost:
Free
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(608) 262-3643
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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.