Past Events
The panel’s three presenters, Charles Kraus, Julia Lovell, and Sergey Radchenko, will assess Mao’s conversations, offering new insights into Mao’s way of thinking, including his hopes, fears, and delusions about his country’s and his own place in the world.
This China Institute Industry Updates program will focus on Chinese Art Market, presented by Nick Wilson from China Guardian (HK) Auctions. China Guardian is China’s oldest art-auction firm and one of the top leaders in the Chinese art auction market.
The UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies will present the film Manchurian Sleepwalkers.
In this lecture presented by the China Institute, Willow Weilan Hai, Director of China Institute Gallery, will explore archaeological findings among other artworks through the dynasties and decipher the significance of the Seven Sages as cultural symbols in Chinese art.
The Asian Art Museum presents Dragon Fortune, a hulking, psychedelic dragon painted in every color of the rainbow, from its fiery horns down to its checkered purple sneakers by Taiwanese artist Hung Yi. (December 12, 2016 - Ongoing)
The University of Michigan International Institute presents a lecture by Xuefei Ren, Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Urban Studies, Michigan State University.
On March 13, Dr. Brad Parks, executive director of AidData and a faculty member at the College of William and Mary, will discuss the organization’s work with the National Committee on US-China Relations in New York City.
As a part of the Cornell Contemporary China Initiative Lecture Series, Roselyn Hsueh, Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University, will give the talk, “National Sectoral Pathways to Globalization: Chinese-style Capitalism in Comparative Perspective.”
Dr. Nina Duchie's talk will examine the earliest ethnographic accounts of the Tuoba Xianbei, one such Hu tribe, and show how such accounts place the Tuoba Xianbei squarely within an existing discourse on the uncivilized Hu.
The Honolulu Museum of Art presents the exhibit "Chen Chan Chen," by three artists who grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The idea for the project began when the three participating artists discovered unexpected overlaps among their histories. (September 30, 2016 - March 12, 2017)