Past Events
The Asia Society: New York presents a screening of Ashes of Time Redux as a part of the Citi Series on Asian Arts and Culture.
The Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley presents a talk with Christopher Nugent to examine leishu 類書 (“categorically arranged writings”) as one way of managing literary information in the Tang period.
Leading scholars in the field of Chinese literature will discuss a new book manuscript by Brian Bernards, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at USC. Graduate students and faculty from USC and the community are welcome to attend. Interested attendees must read the manuscript.
The Stanford University Center for East Asian Studies presents a screening of Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents "China/Europe: Politics of Economic Change" with speakers Jean Laurent Rosenthal, Axline Professor of Business Economics, Cal Tech and R. Bin Wong, Professor of History; Director, Asia Institute, UCLA and discussants Carl Wennerlind, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College and Madeleine Zelin, Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies, Columbia University.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) presents "China's Search for Security," a brown bag lecture with Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University and Andrew Scobell, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation.
Pomona College presents PBI Student Video Presentations.
Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell discuss their new book, China's Search for Security, in which they analyze China's security concerns and illuminate the issues driving Chinese policy.
Six New York-based artists– James Walton Fox, Valley Fox, Shigeru Oyatani, Elizabeth Peters, Wesley Simon and Jayoung Yoon–render contemporary takes on Buddhist traditions and teachings through painting, drawing, sculpture, video and performance art.
Lynette Ong discusses her book which examines the bias in RCC lending patterns, focusing on why the mobilization of rural savings has contributed to successful industrial development in some locales but not in others.