Past Events
The Society for Asian Art presents a lecture with James Cahill on the importance of non-literati classes and women in Chinese art.
The tenth and final East Asian Colloquium of the spring semester, "Mind Upon Mind: Hypnotism and Wonders of Enlightenment in Early Twentieth-Century China," is Friday, the 12th of April.
The Johns Hopkins East Asian Speaker Series presents a talk with Margaret M. Pearson on China's move towards economic innovation.
This conference provides a platform for discussing maritime frontier zones in pre-modern China and Southeast Asia.
The Crow Collection of Asian Art presents an exhibition that features pieces that showcase the development of Bronze casting technologies across Asia.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University presents a screening of the film, "The Revolutionary" at Quad Cinema in New York
Kam Wing Chan, geography professor at the University of Washington will discuss the potential of the China market in the 10th annual Wan-Lin Kiang Lecture, hosted by the Center for Asian Studies.
China's soaring economy, fueled by an unyielding appetite for coal, is threatened by the country's steadily diminishing freshwater reserves. The United States faces similar water-energy confrontations—over millions of gallons of water are taken from ranchers to develop the deep oil and gas shale reserves of the west and there are battles between Georgia and Florida over diminishing drinking water reserves. Global Choke Point, though, is not necessarily a narrative of doom and gloom. The presentations will examine both the challenges and opportunities presented by these looming choke points.
A discussion with Zuoxiao Zuzhou, a leading musician, composer, and activist of contemporary China.
Dr. Reza Hasmath speaks on the relationship between the state and NGOs in China.