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.
Religion
Michael Schuman Discusses His Book "Confucius: And the World He Created"
June 9, 2016
Author Michael Schuman examines the unprecedented resurgence of Confucianism as a significant trend in Chinese politics and culture.
Video: Michael Schuman on the resurgence of Confucianism
April 25, 2016
The USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a conversation with author Michael Schuman to examine the unprecedented resurgence of Confucianism as a significant trend in Chinese politics and culture.
Call For Papers: New book series “Christianity in Modern China” from Palgrave Macmillan
January 1, 2016
This series addresses Christianity in Modern China since the end of the Opium War in 1842, after which China was opened to foreign countries, companies, missions and individuals, to the present.
McGuire, Living Karma - the Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu (January 1, 2014)
July 6, 2015
Beverley Foulks McGuire's book was reviewed by Daniela Campo for H-Net Reviews and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Council on Foreign Relations, "CFR Backgrounders: Religion in China," June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015
The Council on Foreign Relations published the backgrounder, "Religion in China", to explain the freedom and regulation of religion in China, Atheism and the Chinese Communist Party, Christian state-sanctioned and house churches, Islam and Uighurs in Xinjiang, Chinese Buddhism and Folk Religions, Tibetan Buddhism, Banned Religious Groups, and China's religious revival. The piece was written by Eleanor Albert.
U.S. Department of State, International Religious Freedom Report 2015 – China
April 30, 2015
The U.S. Congress mandates that the State Department prepare an annual report on religious freedom around the world.
Idema, The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun (August 13, 2013)
January 26, 2015
Jeffrey L. Richey (Berea College) reviewed this book for H-Net in January 2015. It is reprinted here through a Creative Commons license.
Video: Sam Crane on Teaching Confucius in China
January 15, 2015
Sam Crane (Williams College) discusses the limits of the Confucian revival in China.
U.S. Department of State, International Religious Freedom Report 2014 – China
January 1, 2015
The U.S. Congress mandates that the State Department prepare an annual report on religious freedom around the world.
Video: James Miller on China's Green Religion
December 2, 2014
Professor James Miller of Queen's University discusses the contribution of Daoism to modern-day China.
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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.
RSVP link: https://forms.gle/1zer188RE9dCS6Ho6
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.