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.
Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a short reading and discussion with Jeff Wasserstrom on his new book on Hong Kong.
When:
January 23, 2020 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Where
Watch the recorded presentation.
Jeff Wasserstrom's presentation will include a short reading from and discussion of his new Columbia Global Reports book -- Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink. It will be available on Feb. 11. In this illustrated presentation, Prof. Wasserstrom puts events since the 1997 Handover and particularly since the 2014 Umbrella Movement into comparative and historical perspective, drawing on his long term interest in anti-authoritarian protests and the global cities in Asia and his many recent visits to Hong Kong. In addition to introducing material from Vigil, the speaker will bring in things that have happened since he completed work on the book in October, including the massive December 8 march that he observed first hand.
About the Speaker
Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine. He edited the Journal of Asian Studies for a decade. His previous books include Student Protests in Twentieth Century China (Stanford, 1991) and, as co-author, the third edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know ( Oxford 2018). In addition to his academic writing, he regularly contributes to popular discussion with articles and op-eds in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. Wasserstrom has spoken at USC several times, including on "China's Goals for the 2008 Olympics."
The events in Hong Kong have moved beyond where they were in September 2019, but you may still find the presentations made at our symposium then to be of interest. Presenters included Hong Kong academics, a Hong Kong-based business analyst, and a Los Angeles-based journalist who is from Hong Kong and covered early protests there. USCI website | USCI YouTube Channel
Driving Directions to Campus
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Suggested Parking
McCarthy Way Parking Structure - $14/day
Enter at the Figueroa Street Entrance at McCarthy Way
McCarthy Way Parking Structure - $14/day
Enter at the Figueroa Street Entrance at McCarthy Way
Cost:
Free, please RSVP.
Phone Number:
213-821-4382
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