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Past Events: California
The UCLA International Institute presents the animated film, "What Happened in Past Dragon Year," as part of their 2014 China Onscreen Biennial: Spectrum.
Abstract: Also like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien
Dr. Suzanne Cahill, Guest Curator, Professor of Chinese History, UCSD, raises provocative questions prompted by the recent finds from the historical sites at Sanxingdui and Jinsha, such as the meaning of the objects buried there, the source of the elephant tusks, and the cause of the rather sudden disappearance of people at both sites. Mask-making workshop follows in the John M. Lee Court from 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
An exhibition featuring bronze, jade and gold objects of Sanxingdui and Jinsha starting October 19, 2014.
Bowers Museum is proud to present the latest in its series of exhibits highlighting important treasures from around the world. China's Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui will include objects from the discovery termed "the ninth wonder of the world" and acknowledged by many scholars as one of the greatest archaeological finds ever to be unearthed.
The UCLA Confucious Institue presents the Opening Night of China Onscreen Biennial with a screening of Red Amnesia.
The USC Annenberg Space for Photography Iris Nights Lecture Series presents Ryan Pyle. Pyle will discuss his work in Chinese Turkestan, showing a world caught between cultures and generations.
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents Julia Huang of National Tsing Hua University. She will talk about how Tzu Chi, one of the largest Buddhist charities in the Chinese world today, developed under the regime of civic morality in Taiwan.
The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies presents Professor Jacob Dalton. This talk looks at the roots of this Buddhist political concept in the writings of the late-tenth-century Tibetan king, Yeshe Ö.
Also like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien