Past Events
[CAS Speaker Series] Keynote addresses this year will be given by both Professor Ding Xiang Warner of Cornell University and Professor Michael Emmerich of the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Warner will give her presentation on the topic “When Stone Speaks: Challenges and Opportunities for 21st-century Sinology” from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on Friday, February 27th and Professor Emmerich will present his topic "World Literature as The Tale of Genji" from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 28th.
USC East Asian Languages & Cultures presents a talk by Emma Jinhua Teng.
Lunch and a screening of THE IRON MINISTRY (2015), followed by Q&A with director J.P. Sniadecki and UCLA Chinese Cinema Professor Robert Chi.
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University presents Cong Ellen Zhang speaking about the growing complexities in filial expectations and performance as well as the intricate realities of elite social networking.
John T. Carpenter, Curator of Japanese Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moderated by Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University
On Wednesday, February 25, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites you to an evening of poetry with internationally renowned artist Xu Bing, five eminent Chinese poets (Bei Dao, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Zhai Yongming, Zhou Zan), and five eminent American poets (Charles Bernstein, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Pierre Joris, Marilyn Nelson, Afaa Weaver).
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University will host a group of poets at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
The World Affairs Council of Orange County will be celebrating the Year of the Goat by having a special cultural performance by the Irvine Chinese School followed by a Panel Discussion on Trade in the Asia Pacific.