Past Events
Prof. Nattier will examine some of the indigenous religious terminology used during the first two centuries of Buddhist translation activity in China and show that the actual pattern of usage is much more complicated--and much more interesting--than the simplistic picture of the early appropriation, and subsequent abandonment, of "Daoist" terminology would suggest.
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 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 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 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.
In partnership with Da Camera of Houston, the Texas Center presents the renowned Shanghai Quartet and Musical America's 2013 Instrumentalist of the Year Wu Man.