Seminars
East Asian Design: Architecture & Urbanism (June 18- July 16, 2024)
Sessions meet on Tuesdays for the following dates: 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16.
This complimentary online seminar will overview the multifaceted architectural and urbanist dimensions of East Asia - from its urban planning concepts and monuments, to construction techniques and aesthetic concepts.
Webinar For K-12 Educators: Robert Wells Discusses "Voices From The Bottom Of The South China Sea" (Wednesday, March 27, 2024)
Voices From The Bottom Of The South China Sea tells us a story that reveals the early links between U.S. and China. President Abraham Lincoln authorized the building of massive steamships to link the U.S. and Asia. Chinese laborers came to the U.S. to earn money and in 1874 hundreds were on their way back home when their ship sank off the China coast.
Japanese War Brides: Teaching History Through Multimedia Resources by Kathryn Tolbert and Waka Takahashi Brown (January 24, 2024)
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford Global Studies (SGS), and the USC U.S.-China Institute are excited to offer a professional development workshop for K-16 educators. Explore a lesser-known chapter of U.S. immigration history. Join us as we delve into the remarkable stories of over 45,000 young Japanese women who married American GIs after World War II, venturing into the United States to build new lives amidst strangers.
Webinar For K-12 Educators: Prof. Guobin Yang On Wuhan Lockdown (January 31st, 2024)
Participation is limited to K-12 educators. Embark on an journey into the heart of Wuhan's early pandemic days with Prof. Guobin Yang, the Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and Sociology. In this intimate workshop for K-12 educators, Prof. Yang uses over 6,000 diaries to delicately illuminate how the city coped during the crisis, revealing the poignant interplay of citizen engagement, governmental responses, and societal dynamics. Each diary entry becomes a heartfelt note in the collective symphony of a community facing unprecedented challenges.
Webinar for K-12 Educators: Ian Johnson on his new book Sparks (Nov. 29th, 2023)
Throughout its history, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to dictate what is written and taught about its past. And some have always found ways to offer a fuller picture of what they and others have experienced. Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ian Johnson for this webinar on his newest book.
Summer Online Book Club Explores Chinese Culture (August 10th, 2023)
The book, Eighteen Vats of Water, welcomes readers to the world of Chinese calligraphy while emphasizing the importance of determination and creativity. Despite calligraphy's potential waning popularity in the age of modern technology, the art form still possesses unique and inspiring charms.
China's Cultural Revolution with guest speaker Professor Andrew G. Walder (April 14th, 2023)
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), Stanford Global Studies (SGS), and the USC U.S.-China Institute are excited to offer a professional development workshop for community college and high school educators who wish to internationalize their curriculum.
Two Koreas (Tuesdays, March 7 - April 4, 2023)
This five-week intensive online course will help participants better understand North Korea and South Korea as two countries with a common past, divided only since 1945, and still stuck in the Cold War years after the fall of the Soviet bloc.
China and the World (Tuesdays, Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2023)
China’s rise has already reshaped our world and its influence continues to grow. Many welcome this. Some worry about it. K-12 educators are encouraged to learn more about China and its global reach in this five week online course. It is aimed at equipping teachers to bring more about these vital developments into their own classrooms.
East Asia: Origins To 1800 (Mondays, February 6 - May 1, 2023)
This seminar for California K-12 educators covers the history and cultures of East Asia from the neolithic past to 1800. The course includes an overview of the region’s geography and demography, early ideologies as well as links between China, Korea and Japan.