Past Events
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a talk by Michael Meyer, whose last book in his China trilogy tells a story both deeply personal and universal as he captures what it feels like to learn a language, culture and history from the ground up.
Things China Working Group is an informal group to explore research interest in the material networks, systems, economies, media and practices of communication pursued within China or between China and its national and international partnerships. Open only to USC graduate students and faculty.
Los Angeles is the quintessential horizontal city, the capital of sprawl where car-centric urban development has given the city the reputation as the most polluted urban environment in the United States.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University is holding a book discussion with Professor Diana Fu, a Professor of Asian Politics at the University of Toronto.
Hong Kong artist Tsang Kin-Wah critically addresses some of the complexities surrounding migration, cultural identity and racism in these site-specific works. (Exhibition dates: May 4 - October 15, 2017)
The Vancouver Art Gallery presents this site-specific text work critically addressing generalizations and issues surrounding the cultural climate of immigration in Vancouver from Hong Kong. (Exhibition dates: May 4 - October 15, 2017)
Lily Cai blends ancient Chinese forms with modern dance to create captivating and inventive forms to produce an innovative performance.
Winners of a 2017 Grammy Award, the Silk Road Ensemble has been called “vibrant and virtuosic” by the Wall Street Journal, “one of the 21st century’s great ensembles” by the Vancouver Sun, and “a roving musical laboratory without walls” by the Boston Globe. For the Free
Rober Wells will discuss his book "Voices from the Bottom of the South China Sea" in three different presentations.
Dr. Awi Mona, an Associtate Professor at the National Taiwan University Law School, will deliver a talk on the legal web involving the state and indigenous peoples. In addition, the talk will focus on exploring to what extent other indigienous laws have been implemented.