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
Practicescape at Bao shan
UC Berkeley's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Wendi Adamek on her current work on Bao shan in terms of "practicescape," a multi-directional reinscription of the landscape in Buddhist terms.
The Power of “No” in Buddhist China: Refusal and Achievement in the Lives of the Monk-Artists Kuncan (1612-ca. 1675) and Hongyi (1880-1942)
University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies hosts a talk with Raoul Birnbaum on the importance of two Buddhist monks and the importance of refusal
Why the Chinese are So Interested in the Jews
Xu Xin will give a talk about interest in Judaism in China at Florida International University.
Becoming Bodhisattva Citizens: Buddhist Education, Student-Monks, and Citizenship in Republican China (1911-1949)
The EASC Manuscript Review is a professional development seminar for faculty and graduate students, from USC and wider community.
The Inner and Outer Aspects of Daoist Visual Culture
Talk by Shih-shan Susan Huang, Rice University.
Meher McArthur discusses and signs Confucius: A Throneless King
Author Meher McArthur will discuss and sign his recent published book: Confucius: A Throneless King at the Pacific Asia Museum.
Competing International Buddhisms: Yu Guanbin’s Contribution to Taixu’s Buddha-ization Movement in 1920-30s Shanghai
This talk concerns the work of the prominent Korean lay Buddhist and entrepreneur Oak Kwanbin (1891-1933) in Shang
The Blue-and-Green Style: a Daoist Iconography?
Quincy Ngan, a Ph.D. student in the Art History Department at the University of Chicago will speak on Daoist iconography.
Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy
Stanford University presents a public talk on Buddhist philosophy.
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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.