Past Events
Join our speakers from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and local, state and federal government agencies and experienced international trade and maritime attorneys as they discuss the current legal and business developments in global trade that are impacting Southern California businesses today. Morning and afternoon keynote speakers and a special Ports’ presentation will be featured and the conference will be followed by a complimentary networking hour.
Tibet House US presents a screening of Lhaksam's documentary, "Flames of Bodhichitta". "Flames of Bodhichitta" is a Tibetan documentary trying to express the pain of 6 million tibetans in a holistic way. It is based on spirituality with special focus on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's vision. A Q&A will follow the screening.
The UC Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) presents a talk of two parts. The first part will focus on the general relationship between culture and economy during the Cultural Revolution, while the second part will explore the logic and operation of the Maoist cultural economy through literature.
This event is dedicated to the remarkable career of Professor Emeritus John "Jack" E. Wills, Jr. and the contributions he has made to the academic field in History and to the University of Southern California. Friends, colleagues, and students of Professor Wills will present articles and papers related to his research, leading to a publication in his honor.
Chinese has been continuously in contact with a substantial number of languages belonging to other families in past periods as well as modern times. This symposium brings linguists from France, China and the U.S.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies presents their annual legislative session. Veteran China watcher Dali Yang will help us analyze the major developments of the NPC and the upcoming policy agenda for the top leadership. CSIS Freeman Chair Christopher K. Johnson will analyze what the NPC session shows about the evolution of leadership politics and the trajectory of China’s foreign policy. The discussion will be moderated by Freeman Chair deputy director Scott Kennedy.
Asia Society presents Common Practice 21C, a three-day festival hosted by Rice University. It explores the cross-fertilization of cultures by navigating international selections of classical and new music by composers from the United States and China, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Korea.
The Newark Museum is currently hosting the exhibition, "Rajas, Wrestlers, and Renunciants: Portraits from Asia".
Heber R. Bishop's collection of carved jades was formed in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum in 1902.