Past Events
The UCLA Asian Languages & Cultures presents Khenpo SoDargye, who was ordained at the Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy is nearly 30 years ago. He will speak of the founding and development of Larung Gar and describe the rich and diversified academic programs the Academy provides.
The China Institute in America presents Jeffrey Bingham Mead, author of the history blog, My Dad the U.S. China Marine. He will be speaking about his research and journey into his father's story serving in postwar Beijing and Tianjin with the 1st Marine Division.
The Duke University Asian Pacific Studies Institute welcomes you to come and enjoy traditional Chinese music performed by the RTP Chinese Music Ensemble and some of its very own Duke students. The event will feature the sounds of instruments such as the erhu, guzheng, pipa, dizi, guqin, and hulusi.
New York University professor John Kuo Wei Tchen will discuss his new book, Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear, during a book talk and signing on Saturday, November 8, 3 p.m., at the Chinese American Museum
The San Francisco State University Chinese Program is pleased to present Tales from a Beautiful Island — 美麗島的故事, a literary event with renowned author Huang Chunming (黃春明) and distinguished scholar and translator Howard Goldblatt (葛浩文).
The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art presents a screening of Xu Tong's documentary "Cut Out the Eyes" which presents a vibrant portrait of folk and popular culture in lnner Mongolia. Er Housheng is an itinerant performer presenting boisterous, musically infused epic poems recounting his life's travails. A survivor of many hardships (the title provides a hint), he is a folk hero to rural audiences, who respond heartily to his roguish charisma and sung summations of universal human foibles.
The Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business at Indiana University is proud to present: Thomas G. Rawski- Professor of Economics and History at the University of Pittsburgh-for his talk “A Long-Term Perspective on China's Past and Future Development".
H. Olver Gao, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University speaks about transportation, environment, and energy systems.
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents Professor Daqing Yang of George Washington University.
The University of Washington East Asia Center presents Jeff Chen speaking on teh topic of mathematics in late imperial China.