Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Peach Blossom Spring: Genesis, Offspring, and Universality
The Huntington Library presents a talk by Professor Yang Ye to examine the fictional Peach Blossom Spring in its genesis and changing variations.
When:
September 8, 2015 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Where
The Chinese poet Tao Qian (365-427), also known as Tao Yuanming, is famed for his tale “The Record of the Peach Blossom Spring,” about a fisherman who discovers a hidden utopia. Yang Ye, associate professor of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of California, Riverside, discusses the tale’s genesis, changing variations, and universal nature as a literary motif about an ideal world. Free; no reservations required.
Cost:
Free
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Phone Number:
626.405.2100
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