Past Events
The Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents this talk as part of their Special Series on the Future of East Asia.
The Freer | Sackler Gallery is currently hosting the exhibition, "Red: Ming Dynasty/Mark Rothko."
"When modality meets comparison: The distribution and meaning of epistemic yào in Mandarin."
Zhiguo Xie is Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University. His research primarily focuses on Chinese syntax, semantics, and syntax-semantics interface.
n this talk, Walley (University of Oregon) will be exploring a significant case of interpretation of Eight Dogs by Meiji writer Kitamura Tōkoku (1868-94).
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a book talk by Matthew Kahn, an economic expert on climate change policy and USC professor. In "Blue Skies over Beijing," Kahn looks at life in China's cities from the personal perspectives of the rich, middle class, and poor, and how they cope with the stresses of pollution.
A new Chinese acquisition, these four boldly executed Ming dynasty panels represent a tradition of embellishing architectural elements with dragon motifs.
The Miami University presents a collection of photographs from Caroline Philippone's travels to Jeju-do in Korea.
The primary tools of the traditional Chinese painter are black water-based ink and bamboo brushes with animal-hair tips. By controlling the density of ink and the movement, pressure, and speed of the brush, artists could interpret the world around them through a rich variety of textural effects.
With Collected Letters, Liu Jianhua, one of China’s foremost installation artists, has created a thought-provoking work of art that blends the classic and contemporary.