Past Events
In this talk, Prof. Charles Sanft argues that soldiers in the northwest border region during the Han dynasty constituted a literate community of commoners linked to the broader textual culture of the empire.
Stanford University's Shoreinstein Asia-Pacific Research Center presents their annual Oksenberg Lecture. The Oksenberg Lecture recognizes distinguished individuals who have helped to advance understanding between the United States and the nations of the Asia-Pacific.
The Tibet House US presents an exhibition from March 10 to May 11 displaying tangka artwork from Nepal.
This forum, to be held on May 9 at 6:30pm, will bring together some of the players shaping downtown LA and their architects. The goal is to generate a dialogue about the future of Los Angeles and place it within the larger context of urbanism around the world.
‘Sold People’ brings into focus the complicit dynamic of human trafficking, including the social and legal networks that sustained it. Johanna Ransmeier reveals the extent to which the structure of the Chinese family not only influenced but encouraged the buying and selling of men, women, and children.
Robert Antony, Distinguished Professor at Guangzhou University, will discuss his experiences doing historical fieldwork along the coast of China.
The University of Michigan International Institute presents a symposium merging cutting-edge Michigan scholarship on China's modern history, politics, and culture with the lived experiences and memories of the Shanghai American School (SAS)'s surviving post-WWII alumni.
Asia Society Southern California will host their annual gala dinner to celebrate and honor Angella and David Nazarian, Donald Tang, Adrian Zecha, and the Cast of “Fresh Off the Boat”.
China Institute and the China Beauty Charity Fund have partnered to present “China Fashion Gala 2017”. The event will be held on May 7th at Tribeca Three Sixty in New York City and feature cocktails, a full length haute couture fashion show by Chinese fashion designer Lan Yu, and a twilight dinner.
The UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies will host a celebration in honor of Patricia Berger.