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 Politics Past and Present
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents "Chinese Politics Past and Present," a conference about the 18th Party Congress.
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CHINESE POLITICS PAST AND PRESENT: THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS
Friday, November 30
9:30-9:45am Welcome and Introduction
9:45am-12:15pm Governance and the Challenges of Political Reform
Anthony Saich
William Alford
David M. Lampton
Julian Chang
Fu Jun
Discussant: Jean Oi
Chair: Susan Pharr
Lunch Break
1:30-3:00pm Foreign Relations and China's Future in Global Politics
Steven Goldstein
Alastair Iain Johnston
Robert Ross
Chair: Jorge Dominguez
3:00-3:20pm Break
3:20-4:40pm Economics in Command? The Business of Chinese Politics
Huang Yasheng
Nicholas Lardy
Discussant: Dwight Perkins
4:40pm Reception
Saturday, December 1
10:00-11:45am Social Tensions and Leadership Challenges
Elizabeth Perry
Martin Whyte
Timothy Cheek
Discussant: Andrew Walder
Chair: Grzegorz Ekiert
Lunch Break
1:00-2:40pm Do Institutions Matter? The Realms of Formal Politics
Zheng Shiping
Victor Shih
Ross Terrill
Discussant: Timothy Colton
2:40-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:40pm Personalities and Palace Politics in and beyond Zhongnanhai
Pei Minxin
Joseph Fewsmith
Huang Jing
Discussant: Ezra Vogel
4:40pm Reception in the Concourse
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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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Events
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.