On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Architecture
Grad student thinks small when crafting Chinese ornaments
USC Dornsife scholar studies tiny wooden replicas of buildings that adorn Buddhist temples and monasteries
USC Architecture Students Create Unique Mao Jackets in "Truth in Making, An Architectural Inquiry"
USC Architecture's 5th year students created unique Mao style jackets using unexpected materials as part of their studio assignment
Leading architects envision digital future in China
Neil Leach's project, displayed in Beijing, documents the "digital infiltration" trend in architecture schools.
Seminar studies sustainable funding for China’s infrastructure
Rapid urbanization has created a need for sustainable funding and financial strategy for infrastructure renewal in China, said Richard Little, a senior fellow at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, in a seminar offered on March 7 by USC Price and the Metrans Transportation Center.
Visser, Cities Surround the Countryside: Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China, 2010
Alexander F. Day reviews the book for H-Urban, January 2011, credit H-Asia.
Allusions and Illusions, A Stroll through the Qianlong Emperor's Garden
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents Nancy Merliner in the 29th Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art.
New Directions: Contemporary Art in China
A conversation on new trends in Chinese contemporary art with Thomas J. Berghuis, Curator of Chinese Art at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Melissa Chiu, Director of Asia Society Museum and co-curator of Zhang Huan: Evoking Tradition. Co-presented by Asia Society and Storm King Art Center. In conjunction with the exhibition Zhang Huan: Evoking Tradition currently on view at Storm King Art Center.
Daan Roggeveen: Progress and Prosperity-The Chinese City as Global Urban Model
The USC School of Architecture presents a lecture by Daan Roggeveen, co-founder of MORE Architecture, on the Chinese city as a model for global urban development.
Liu Bolin: Hiding in the City
The Boise Art Museum presents a collection of photographs from Chinese artist Liu Bolin's Hiding in the City series.
Power of Miniature: Virtual Pilgrimage & Virtual Cosmos in Liao Architecture (907-1125)
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents a lecture with Professor Youn-mi Kim from Yale University to talk about Liao pagodas adorned with miniatures.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?