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.
Documenting the Global City 2014: Leftover Park 相亲公园
February 20, 2015
Film by Li Hongpei 李红霈 and Craig David Smith
Hoping to find a partner for their sons or daughters, parents gather each week in a Beijing park. Some put out placards to introduce their children and others roam about with pictures to share. In a few cases, men and women go themselves to the park. In this film we meet several of those looking to foster or to make a match.
It was produced as part of a unique collaboration between USC’s School for Cinematic Arts and the Communication University of China’s School of Theater, Film and Television. The program began in 2006 and alternates between Los Angeles and Beijing. Students pair up with a partner from the other school and have just a few weeks to produce their short documentaries. Click here for more information and to see the complete list of films produced in summer 2014.
This video is also available on the USCI YouTube Channel.
Other films from the program:
Once Upon a Time in the East 鼓楼牛仔
Zhang Chenzi 张晨子 and Andrew Vasquez
Dama Dance 广场舞
Yang Yinglong 扬盈龙 and Anna Romano
To the Quarry and Back 芸芸狗生
Lu Xi 卢西 and Eddie Mattola
Tiny Wings 微小应翅膀
Chen Xuanying 陈渲颖 and Rachel Victoria Byrd
The Boundary 边界
Zhang Ye 张烨 and Ge Yufan 葛雨凡
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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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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
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.