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
Awakenings - New Music Inspired by Buddhism
The Momenta Quartet performs contemporary works by Asian American composers, and a composition by John Cage, for a program inspired by Buddhist art and thought. This performance is a part of the "Locating the Sacred Festival."
Sacred Spaces with The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
The Rubin Museum presents an exhibition that reflects on sacred spaces by focusing on devotional activities in awe-inspiring places. In particular the exhibition presents three distinct but related environments shaped by acts of veneration. What spaces are sacred to you?
Re-building Local Sovereignty in Late-Qing China: Li Hongzhang, Christianity, and the Disestablishment of Religion at the Village Level
Roger Thompson, a professor of Western Washington University, will examine Western influence in rural China from 1860 to 1911.
Jin and Yuan Literati Hagiographies of Daoist Quanzhen Masters
The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Ohio State University presents a talk on the Daoist Quanzhen masters as part of the "China at a Crossroads" Lecture Series.
Neural Buddhism and Mindfulness Revolution?: Buddhist Thought, Secular Ground and Global Ethics
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies presents a talk by Dr. Thupten Jinpa about the potentiality of Buddhism in the emergence of a more "global" and inclusive concept of ethics.
Whose Michi is It Anyway?: The Road(s) to Buddhahood in the Heian Court
University of Pennsylvania presents Stephen Miller.
Chinese Philosophical Traditions and Contemporary Taiwanese Political Culture with David Lorenzo
Part of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies Spotlight Taiwan Program, with support from the Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Dr. Samuel Yin
Esotericism in the Late Ming — Early Qing Buddhist Revival
UC Berkeley's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by Robert Gimello on the Cundī literature and iconography of 17th century southern China and the importance of esoteric Buddhism during the 16th–17th century.
Teaching Confucius in Beijing
Please join the USC U.S.-China Institute for a discussion with Professor Sam Crane of the Williams College on the limits of the Confucian revival in China.
Buddhism, Daoism, and Chinese Religion Conference
Princeton University hosts a conference on Chinese religion.
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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.