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.
Art
Seeing the Unseen
Florida State University's John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art features an exhibit on innovative media photography and video by current Chinese artists.
Wu School and the Three Perfections
The Sackler Gallery presents works from the Wu School, a renowned group of Ming dynasty artists with a discussion from curator Stephen Allee.
Warriors, Tombs & Temples: China's Enduring Legacy
Bowers Museum presents an a talk by Suzanne Cahill.
Seeing Buddha, the Photographic Experience
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents photojournalist David Butow. In this collection, Butow decided to explore the parallels of his craft with some of the Buddhist concepts he'd been studying such as empathy, compassion and awareness of the present moment.
Reading Paintings – The Intricacies and Essence of Chinese Painting
In this China Institute special lecture, Ms. Hu Yanyan, President of China Guardian Auctions and a senior specialist in Chinese calligraphy and painting, will examine the Chinese masterworks from ancient, modern, and contemporary, to lead the appreciation of Chinese paintings from the form, brush work, significance and its collection value.
Joan Lebold Cohen, "How Chinese Is Contemporary Chinese Art?"
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents Joan Lebold Cohen as a part of the New England China Seminar.
An Evening with Cai Guo-Qiang
The University of Southern California presents the work of internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard and the Saint Louis Art Museum
From intricate paintings and sparkling bronzes to specialized ritual objects, the visual culture of Buddhism expresses deep religious ideas across a spectrum of philosophical, ethical, and cosmological concerns. This exhibition elucidates the visual language of such art works, establishing them as conveyors of religious meaning as well as objects of exquisite craftsmanship
Chen Shaoxiong: Ink. History. Media
The Seattle Art Museum presents Chen's two recent video works—Ink History and Ink Media—as well as their companion ink drawings.
Imperial Exposure: Early Photography and Royal Portraits across Asia
The Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. presents an event to showcase early Asia photography.
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October 20, 2024
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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Events
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.