Past Events
Journey through Mountains and Rivers is a rare opportunity to view some of the Nelson-Atkins most celebrated Song Dynasty (960-1279) paintings, which, because of their fragility, will not be displayed again for ten years. This is the first showing in the United States of one of China's new generation of landscape painters, Xu Longsen.
Rubin Museum of Art will host an exhibition of Lisa Ross' photographic exploration of Xinjiang and Uyghur culture in the context of rapid globalization
Artist talk and opening reception for new exhibit of Colette Fu's series of pop-up books, drawing on her tribal Chinese heritage and chronicling the 25 ethnic minorities of Yunnan Province, China
Richard Bush, a senior fellow at Brookings, will discuss his new book, Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations
Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese activist lawyer discusses the importance of freedom of expression with Jerome A. Cohen.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents "China's Road to Constitutional Government," a brown bag lecture with Cao Siyuan, president of Siyuan Consultancy.
Stanford University's Center for East Asian Studies presents a book discussion on Jeff Wasserstrom and Angilee Shah's Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land.
The Rubin Museum of Art presents important works of art from the Himalayas spanning a period of over one thousand years.
The discussion examines the role of elections in 20th Century China as a ritual rather than a right.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom turns a cultural historian's eye on recent developments in an informal presentation meant to stimulate debate and discussion.