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.
Book Reviews
Ma, Sounding the Modern Woman: The Songstress in Chinese Cinema (May 13, 2015)
This review of Jean Ma's book was written by Andrew Stuckey and published by the H-Asia discussion list. It's republished here by Creative Commons license.
Xiao, Family Revolution - Marital Strife in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Visual Culture (February 12, 2014)
This review by Ping Zhu was first published on H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Wheeler, The Role of American NGOs in China's Modernization - Invited Influence (Nov 27, 2012)
Norton Wheeler's book was reviewed by Zachary Fredman for H-Diplo and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Kinkley, Visions of Dystopia in China's New Historical Novels (November 18, 2014)
Jeffrey C. Kinkley's book was reviewed by Nathaniel Isaacson for H-Net Reviews and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Chen, Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on the Myanmar-China Border (2014)
Kai Chen's book was reviewed by Jane Ferguson for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
McGuire, Living Karma - the Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu (January 1, 2014)
Beverley Foulks McGuire's book was reviewed by Daniela Campo for H-Net Reviews and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Gruzinski, The Eagle and the Dragon - Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century (December, 2014)
Serge Gruzinski's book was reviewed by Ryan Holroyd for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Hayton, The South China Sea - The Struggle for Power in Asia (2014)
Bill Hayton's book was reviewed by Jeremi Suri for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Jiang, Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code (November 2, 2013)
Younglin Jiang's book was reviewed by Weiting Guo for H-Law and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Ebrey, Emperor Huizong (January 6, 2014)
Patricia Buckley Ebrey's book was reviewed by Sukhee Lee for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.