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Past Events: USC
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a book talk by Guobin Yang. The first part of the book offers a new explanation of factional violence in the Red Guard movement and the second part of the book chronicles the de-sacralization of that revolutionary culture throughout the 1970s and the rise of a new wave of protest that inaugurated the democratic movements of the reform era.
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a talk by Aynne Kokas from the University of Virginia. Kokas' new book, "Hollywood Made in China," offers an in-depth look at China’s growing role in the global media industries and how it is shaping Hollywood in the twenty-first century.
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a book talk by Stein Ringen. In "The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century," Stein examines how China’s distinctive governmental system works and where it may be moving.
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a screening of Behind Bayonets and Barbed Wire (铁血残阳), the story of American prisoners of war, held by the Japanese in a camp in Shenyang, China, during WWII. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Richard Anderson.
USC East Asian Studies Center is proud to announce a new symposium series on the “Interdisciplinary Study of East Asian Business.” The first symposium will focus on the question of “Digital East Asia” with a broad understanding of the role of business as related to the digital world.
The USC Shinso Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures presents a conference on Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia.
The USC East Asian Studies Center presents Dr. Du Huanzheng, who will be speaking on the latest initiatives in Guiyu (infamous for e-waste pollution) and new solutions for China’s municipal solid waste and food waste.
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for the screening of Nirvana (走出尘埃). The screening (Chinese with English subtitles) will be followed by a discussion with director Xie Xiao-dong. [Please note the CHANGE OF VENUE. The screening is now in SCA 112.]
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk by Terry Lautz to examine the life of John Birch, an American missionary and military intelligence officer in China during WWII. He was killed in a dispute with Chinese Communist soldiers and later became the namesake of the controversial right-wing John Birch Society.
The School of International Relations, with support from the Center for International Studies and the USC U.S.-China Institute, present a roundtable discussion on the outlook for Trump's foreign policy and the implications for countries including China and Taiwan.