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.
An Evening with Liao Yiwu
The United University Church at the University of Southern California presents a talk by writer Liao Yiwu.
When:
October 6, 2011 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Where
Mr. Liao Yiwu is a best selling author in Germany, but his books are banned in China. Early this
year, he was invited by Salman Rushdie to attend the PEN World Voices Festival in New York but was repeatedly denied exit by China's authorities. When authorities told him that he will be imprisoned if he does not cancel the planned overseas publication of his new book, "God is Red ", Mr. Liao had to find a way to escape. He escaped from China through Vietnam and Poland and arrived in Berlin this summer.
Mr. Liao had been previously imprisoned for four years for his 1989 epic poem "Massacre" about the Tiananmen Massacre. He suffered torture and solitary confinement.
Many of his books have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Polish, Korean, Japanese and English.
Program
Mr. Liao will be speaking through an interpreter about his two books that have been translated into
English.
In "Corpse Walker; Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up", Mr. Liao documents the riveting, tme stories of ordinary citizens surviving against all odds.
In "God is Red: the Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China", Mr. Liao gives voi ce to the persecuted Christians in China. He records for posterity the unwavering commitment to freedom of expression of Christians in China.
The two books will be available for purchase.
Cost:
Free
Phone Number:
213-748-0209
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