Past Events
Asia Pacific Business Outlook is the premier conference for business professionals seeking trade or investment opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. APBO particularly offers small and medium size businesses that are new to market tremendous opportunities to develop networks, devise strategies, and update understanding of current economic climate and socio-political trends in the region. Since 1988, the USC Marshall School of Business has produced the APBO Conference with the full support of the U.S. Commercial Service.
Memory, Moment, and Mobility in East Asia: East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Student Conference is the first East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference hosted by the G-SEA (Graduates Studying East Asia) organization at the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California April 11th and 12th, 2015.
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents Stephen F. Teiser. This seminar involves a close reading of several Buddhist liturgies for healing (患文) from Dunhuang.
Qi Baishi: China’s Modern Master features over 40 of the artist's paintings, seal carvings and woodworks, all of which have never before been seen outside of China. These works exemplify the celebrated way in which Qi Baishi employed traditional Chinese style and technique in tandem with modern individualism and expression.
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents Stephen F. Teiser. This lecture explores how the genesis of the Dunhuang manuscripts provides invaluable information about Buddhist religious practice and the institutions of literacy in medieval China.
The Cornell University Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies presents Professor Benjamin Elman of Princeton University in their inaugural Hu Shih Lecture. Professor Elman will use Japan’s victory in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95 to indicate that in the 21st century we are entering new historical terrain vis-à-vis “modern” China and Japan.
The University of Oregon Confucius Institute for Global China Studies presents Professor Patricia Seiber. This talk will examine how P.P. Thoms' (1790-1855) production of the Cantonese ballad "Huajian 花箋" engaged both with Cantonese localism on the one hand and British romanticism on the other.
In the city where East meets West, the 2015 Woo Conference will draw upon today’s leading thinkers and influential business minds to provide a platform for intellectual exchange, idea generation and networking. The conference will examine the economic ties, growth strategies and investment opportunities across key sectors and explore the future of the U.S. – China relationship.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) brings together a panel of key thought leaders, business executives, and policy makers from the United States and Asia for a discussion on how key economic trends relate to the geostrategic priorities of the dynamic Asia Pacific region. The focus will be on trade, investment, innovation, development and other important business trends across Asia.
This exhibition of contemporary Chinese art from Liu Xiaodong, Su Xinping, Ma Shulin, Chi Peng, Li Xiangqun, Xiang Jing, Geng Xue, and others, challenges our preconceptions of Chinese art. Touching on the human figure, these artists present an exhilarating snapshot of the creativity and artistic expression emanating from the Chinese art scene today.