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.
Unburying a Past: The High Lung Chinese Laundry in Santa Barbara
Kelly Fong, UCLA Interdepartmental Graduate Archaeology Program, will discuss the lives, experiences and memories of Chinese laundry-men in the Golden State during the late 1800s.
When:
April 21, 2007 12:00am
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10 am - 11:30 am
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
4600 Virginia Road , Long Beach , 90807
Kelly Fong, UCLA Interdepartmental Graduate Archaeology Program, will discuss the lives, experiences and memories of Chinese laundry-men in the Golden State during the late 1800s. Ms. Fong’s aim is to “facilitate collaboration between archaeology and Asian American studies.” Fong finds that “archaeology has a unique potential for letting us learn about populations marginalized in the documentary record.”
In the second half of the 19th century, the Chinese laundry business exploded. Laundrymen even traveled to Rancho Los Cerritos on a weekly basis to handle the family’s wash. Discover why this avenue of employment was open to the Chinese population as Ms. Fong explores the historical context and shares archaeology findings from Santa Barbara.
Reservations for the lecture are requested, (562) 570-1755.
Admission: $5.00 non-members; $3.00 members.
www.rancholoscerritos.org
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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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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.