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
West Los Angeles Obon Festival
Obon is a Buddhist observance that was originally observed in Mahayana Buddhist countries, including China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Obon season is a time to express our gratitude to loved ones who have passed on before us.
The Red Buddha Hall Road Revisited: Tibet, China and their Struggle for the Silk Road through the Pamir
UCLA presents a lecture by John Mock on the religions of the Silk Road.
Conference: Refiguring Chinese Religious Art: Buddhist Devotion and Funerary Practice
The University of Chicago hosts a two-day conference examining the relationship between art and religious practices in Chinese Buddhism
Christian Chroniclers of Chinese Cruelty: Western Misperceptions of Chinese Criminal Justice
University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Professor Thomas Buoye on Christian missionaries' depictions of Chinese criminal justice .
Contemporary Confucianism and the Global Order
The Carolina Asia Center hosts a discussion with Stephen Angle on the values of Confucianism in today's society
Buddhism and Liao Dynasty Tombs at Xuanhua
UCLA's Asia Institute presents a talk on Buddhism and Liao Dynasty tombs by Professor Qingquan Li of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
Shia Saints in a Sunni Land: Shrine Legends in Chinese Central Asia
The Columbia Weatherhead East Asian Institute presents a talk by Professor Rian Thum.
Religion in China Today: Challenge and Hope
UC San Diego presents Zhuo Xinping. Zhuo, an expert on the subject of religion in China, will offer his observations on the cognitive dissonance between atheism and theism, the function of religion in society and politics, the ambiguity of religious leaders vis-a-vis Beijing, and other recent developments.
Lewis Lancaster: Study of Buddhism
Emeritus Professor of University of California Berkeley, Lewis Lancaster, will speak on digital resources for the study of Buddhism.
Decoding Sogdian Funerary Art in China: Politics, Religion, and Transculturation in the Sixth Century
Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosts Fellow Mandy Jui-man Wu as part of the Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation.
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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.