Past Events
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies will host Li Zhang, Professor of Anthropology and Interim Dean of Social Sciences at the University of California, Davis.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute will host a panel discussion on gender inequality in China.
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies will jointly host a conference exploring the social and environmental realities of Chinese engagement in Africa.
The University of Michigan International Institute will host a symposium discussing cross-regional and comparative perspectives on innovation and creativity within the specific contexts of government - industry partnerships, political agendas, and cultural settings of Shenzhen in China and Skolkovo in Russia.
The National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) provides a high–profile platform for sharing new ideas and best practices in the fields of Chinese language teaching and learning, Chinese arts and culture, and U.S.–China educational exchange. The tenth annual NCLC is organized by Asia Society and the College Board and will be held in Houston, TX, April 6-8, 2017.
The UCLA Confucius Institute presents a series of monthly webinars targeted to help Mandarin language teachers improve their teaching strategies and learn about new advancements in the field.
Join David Barboza for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities of reporting from China
How did the two characters 中国 (Zhong Guo) change from the hometown of the king of Shang to the formal name of China, covering a territory of 9.6 million square kilometers? This lecture serves to give a clear and vivid answer with the help of historical maps.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk with John Pomfret, author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present and Chinese Lessons, and a former Washington Post correspondent.
Join the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and Scholars at Risk for a discussion of “To Build a Free China” by imprisoned rights lawyer and law professor Xu Zhiyong, and the ways in which legal advocacy is developing as a form of political resistance.