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.
China: Fragile Superpower
Hammer Museum and the 21st Century China Program at UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies presents Susan Shirk, Tai Ming Cheung, and Barry Naughton to speak about China's domestic challenges.
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Scholars from the 21st Century China Program at UC San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies join us to examine China’s domestic challenges. Susan Shirk is a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs for the Clinton administration. Her latest book is Changing Media, Changing China. Tai Ming Cheung is an analyst of Chinese defense and national security. His latest book is Fortifying China: The Struggle to Build a Modern Defense Economy. Barry Naughton is an authority on the Chinese economy, with an emphasis on issues relating to industry, trade, finance, and China's transition to a market economy. His most recent book is The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth.
Hammer Forum
This ongoing series of timely, thought-provoking events addresses current social and political issues.
Hammer Forum is moderated by Ian Masters, journalist, author, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and host of the radio programs Background Briefing, Sundays at 11AM, and The Daily Briefing, Monday through Thursday at 5PM, on KPFK 90.7 FM.
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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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Events
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.