On September 29, 2024, the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a workshop at the Huntington’s Chinese garden, offering K-12 educators hands-on insights into using the garden as a teaching tool. With expert presentations, a guided tour, and new resources, the event explored how Chinese gardens' rich history and cultural significance can be integrated into classrooms. Interested in learning more? Click below for details on the workshop and upcoming programs for educators.
Tibet
The Threads that Bind - Exploring Sacred Traditions of Tibet and India
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art allows the viewers to appreciate traditional Tibetan art in a contextual setting. This exhibition is a part of the "Locating the Sacred Festival."
Monumental Lhasa: Fortress, Palace, Temple
The Rubin Museum presents "Monumental Lhasa: Fortress, Palace, Temple", the first exhibition of its kind to explore rare images of central Tibet’s most iconic monuments as they were seen by Tibetans and Westerners prior to the mid-twentieth century.
Film Screening by Tibetan "New Wave" Screenwriter/Director Pema Tseden
The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art screens a feature film by Pema Tseden, the first Tibetan graduate of the Beijing Film Academy.
Analyzing Lineages in Early Tibetan Paintings: Taklung Portraits as a Test Case
UC Berkeley's Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk by David Jackson on new possibilities of dating in Tibetan art though analysis of guru lineages.
Buddhist Medicine in Tibet: Reconciling Religion and Nation in the Tibetan Medical Tradition
Join the Indiana University Central Eurasian Studies center for a lecture on the change in traditional Tibetan medical practices.
Movie Screening - Nine-Story Mountain
Nine-Story Mountain charts the path of three western researchers, from Lhasa to Mount Kailash, Tibet, on a journey to explore pilgrimage practices across the Tibetan plateau.
Summer Pasture
Johns Hopkins University will screen Summer Pasture, an intimate glimpse into the experiences of a young Tibetan family struggling to reconcile their traditional way of life with a rapidly modernizing world.
Screening: Flames of Bodhichitta
Tibet House US presents a screening of Lhaksam's documentary, "Flames of Bodhichitta". "Flames of Bodhichitta" is a Tibetan documentary trying to express the pain of 6 million tibetans in a holistic way. It is based on spirituality with special focus on His Holiness the Dalai Lama's vision. A Q&A will follow the screening.
Gallery Talk and Tea: Opening the Heart: Arousing the Mind of Universal Kindness
A talk offered in connection with the Mystical Arts of Tibet exhibit.
Knowledge of and Vulnerability to Climate Change among Pastoralists in Central Tibet
The UCLA Asia Institute hosts a talk by Emily Yeh to discuss findings about Tibetan pastoralists’ knowledge of climate change, as well as factors leading to vulnerability to climate change, based on an interdisciplinary project conducted in Nagchu, in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, PRC.
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