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Past Events: California
The Stanford University Ho center for Buddhist Studies will host the Saturday Seminar, "The Remarkable Diamond Sutra of Mount Tai and its Carved Colophons."
This talk presents work-in-progress associated with the research project “Reconfiguring the World: China. Art. Agency 1900s to Now” which examines twentieth century Chinese art from an international perspective.
The lecture will explore, how stone inscriptions were used in meditation, how with these inscriptions holy sites were transferred from India and recreated on the Chinese mountains, and how colophons guided the thoughts of the faithful and established a politico-religious context.
Analyzing visual representation of Chinese women in the popular media over a span of 60 years, this talk explores the concealed and erased history of socialist state feminist endeavors in socialist revolution and demonstrates drastic changes in gender norms and practices in the state’s embracing of global capitalism.
Shorenstein APARC presents a talk by Professor TJ Pempel. He will examine complex interrelations of international trade with particular attention to the broad role hitherto played by economic cooperation in reducing security tensions within East Asia and across the Asia-Pacific.
21st Century China Center presents Tom Mullaney and Scott Klemmer on what Chinese telegraphs, typewriters and computers tells us about the relationships between language, coding and the richer ways we communicate and solve problems in the 21st century.
Pomona College presents Emma Teng and Wie Fong Chao giving a talk entitled, "A Chinese Food Evangelist in Wartime America: Chao Yang Buwei's How to Cook and Eat in Chinese."
The Stanford Center for East Asian Studies will host Martin Jacques to discuss China and Trump.
Peng Xu, a Center for Chinese Studies postdoctoral fellow, will perform "The Balled."
The Stanford University Ho Center for Buddhist Studies will host Ester Bianchi for the talk Teaching Tibetan Buddhism in Chinese on behalf of Mañjusri: The case of the Larung gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in Sertar.