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Past Events: public talk
The Society of Asian Art presents Pam Chun, sharing her 10-year hunt through the legends and records in China and England to write her historical novel, "The Perfect Tea Thief."
Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asia Institute and C.V. Starr East Asian Library present a lecture with Zhongwei Shen, Professor of Chinese, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lecture to be given by Xu Xin, Diane and Guilford Glazer Chair Professor and Director, Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute of Jewish Studies, Nanjing University.
Dr. Yuxin Pei, a current Fulbright visiting scholar at USC's school of social work, gives a talk on gender and sexuality issues in China.
The University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies presents visiting lecturer Scott Colby speaking on the topic of the Pro-Democracy Demonstrations in Hong Kong.
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a talk by USC professor Dan Lynch to discuss the varying possible national trajectories based on how China's own specialists are evaluating their country's current course.
The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies cordially invites you to a discussion on Sheila Smith's latest book: Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China.
Professor of Rhetoric Winnie Wong specializes in the history and present of artistic authorship, with a focus on interactions between China and the West. Her book, Van Gogh on Demand: China and the Readymade (University of Chicago Press, 2014), explores contemporary art in the world's largest production center for oil-on-canvas painting, Dafen village, China.
Professor Ruth Toulson of the University of Wyoming considers what prompts emergent Buddhization of Chinese religion.
The University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global China Studies presents a screening of Wong Kor-wai's "The Grandmaster," followed the next day by a lecture by Professor Yanhong Zhu. Professor Zhu will explore how this film engages with issues of history and nationalism differently than other martial arts films, particularly the popular Ip Man series.