Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Jews in China: Legends, History, and Perspectives
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 4:15 – 5:30 pm
Pomona College, Hahn 101
420 Harvard Ave.
Claremont, CA
Reception to follow
Dr. Guang Pan
Director, Shanghai Institute of European and Asian Studies, the Center for International Studies; Director, Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies Center; Affiliated Professor, Fudan University. Specialist on Jews in China, Northeast Asia Energy Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Dr. Pan is Walter & Seena Fair Professor of Jewish Studies, Dean of Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai (CJSS) and Director of the Institute of European and Asian Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Pan will elaborate on the origins of the Jews of China, the assimilation of Jews in China, Jews in modern China, sanctuary for Jews in Shanghai, Chinese views on anti-Semitism as well as the subject “Jews from China” vs. Jewish communities in today’s China.
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