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.
Children
The Dreams of Jinsha
Asia Society presents a screening of The Dreams of Jinsha as part of the New York International Children's Film Festival
Income and Sex Selection: A Cautionary Tale of Land Reform and Sex Ratios in China
This paper examines the effect of income growth induced by 1978-84 land reform on the sex ratio imbalance in China
Reconsidering the New Confucian Idea of Responsibility
Gu Hongliang, a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute, will speak on the Confucian idea of responsibility at the University of Illinois.
Gender Imbalance and Social Network Pressures in Rural China: Sex Ratio, Localized Network Interactions and Parental Risk-taking
Hosted by Shorenstein APARC, Xi Chen presents his paper on the pressures caused by imbalanced sex ratios and the resulting impact on parents and community.
China Anthropology Colloquium Series: Dilemmas of Transnational Migration among Chinese Only-Children
Professor Vanessa Fong will lead a discussion on her research of Chinese children who study abroad in many parts of the world.
Mere Straws in the Wind or Genuine Change? Society, Culture and Public Opinion under China's New Leadership
With an increasingly vocal society, and a possible loosening of censorship in media and culture, what are we to make of these changes and, more importantly, how have these changes been received within China, for example on the increasingly important Chinese microblogs?
Screening: DNA Dreams
Highly renowned international documentary filmmaker, Bregtje van der Haak, of VPRO (Dutch Television), is offering a special screening and first look at her most recent documentary, “DNA Dreams."
Compassionate Activity: Tibetan Schools in China
Hungkar Dorje will describe his operation of three schools in Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Family Dynamics: Power and Identity
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago hosts a public talk on immigrant families.
Free Family Festival at Pacific Asia Musuem
The Pacific Asia Museum hosts a free festival to celebrate Mother's Day
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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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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.