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.
The Many Forms of Environmental Activism in China: Linking Local and Global?
Featured Speaker: Mujun Zhou, Center for Chinese Studies postdoctoral fellow 2015-2016
Panelist/Discussant: Peter Lorentzen, Political Science, UC Berkeley
Sponsors: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Institute of East Asian Studies
When:
November 12, 2015 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Where
Featured Speaker: Mujun Zhou, Center for Chinese Studies postdoctoral fellow 2015-2016
Panelist/Discussant: Peter Lorentzen, Political Science, UC Berkeley
Sponsors: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS), Institute of East Asian Studies
The reconstruction of China’s civil society in the 1990s started from environmental activism. Liberal intellectuals and activists saw the environmental movement as an ideal starter for China’s democratization, as environmental protection was a relatively desensitized topic compared to many other political issues in the country. Today, despite authoritarian repression, environmental activism of various kinds are flourishing, and becoming increasingly professional and specialized. This talk introduces three forms of activism: “rights-defending campaigns” organized by victims of environmental hazards; education campaigns with urban middle-class residents as their major participants; and NGO-organized campaigns targeted on China’s enterprises investing oversea. Using data collected from ethnographic study in China, the speaker will focus on the question of “scale:” To what extent and in what way could activists grown out of local struggles be mobilized to engage issues at a more general level? What are the constraints for activism at local, or even national level in China to become an organic part of the global civil society?
Part of the Environmental China series.
Cost:
Free
Phone Number:
(510) 643-6321
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October 20, 2024
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.