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.
Theater
Performance: The Peony Pavilion
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents one of five performances of the sixteenth-century Kunqu opera masterpiece, "The Peony Pavilion," in a seventy-minute version developed and directed by celebrated composer Tan Dun.
CounterPULSE Artists in Residence, Lenora Lee Dance: Reflections
CounterPULSE presents Chinese dance in the American context.
South Coast Repertory: Chinglish, a Visions and Voices Event
A USC Visions and Voices event to see David Henry Hwang's Broadway hit Chinglish
Sand Mandala by the Gaden Jangtse Monks
The Pacific Asia Museum presents Sand Mandala.
Theatrical Engagement: Stan Lai in Conversation
A discussion with influential Taiwanese playwright Stan Lai
Power into Play: Guest Ritual and Tribute-Paying Dramas of the Qianlong Reign
The Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley presents a discussion with Liana Chen on the important role theatre played in the formation of court culture in Qing China.
Performing Images: Opera in Chinese Visual Culture
One of the first major exhibitions of its kind in the West, SMART Museum of Art presents Performing Images, which focuses on the vibrant imagery, rather than ethnographic artifacts, of Chinese opera.
Beijing Dance Theater: Wild Grass
Renowned for her alluring fusion of Chinese tradition with a fiercely modern sensibility, choreographer Wang Yuanyuan takes her latest inspiration from Chinese literary giant Lu Xun.
Puppets, politics and identity in Taiwan
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents Robin Ruizendaal, speaking about the development of puppet theatre in Taiwan from the stage performance to the television screen and its role as a symbol of a distinct Taiwanese identity.
A Sea of Puppets- Traditional Taiwanese Glove Puppet Show
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies presents the Taiyuan Puppet Theatre Company performing "A Sea of Puppets".
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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.