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.
World War II
Reeves, The Lone Flag -- Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II, 2014
Augustine Meaher reviewed this book for the History of War discussion list in February 2016.
Van de Ven, Lary, and MacKinnon, eds., Negotiating China's Destiny in World War II (December 3, 2014)
Hans van de Ven, Diana Lary, and Stephen MacKinnon's book was reviewed by Katherine Reist for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Young, Alien Nation - Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through World War II (November 3, 2014)
Elliott Young. Alien Nation: Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through World War II. The David J.
Rethinking Justice? Decolonization, Cold War, and Asian War Crimes Trials after 1945 (Conference: October 26-29, 2014)
A conference at Heidelberg University was reviewed by Lisette Schouten for H-Soz-u-Kult and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Prosperity's Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China (September 26, 2013)
Bin Yang reviews the book for H-World.
Crook et al, Prosperity’s Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China, 2013
The book by Isabel Crook, Christina K. Gilmartin, Xiji Yu, Gail Hershatter, and Emily Honig was reviewed by Bin Yang for H-World (September 2013) and is reproduced here via a Creative Commons license.
Macri, Clash of Empires in South China: The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935-1941, 2012
Eric Setzekorn review the book for H-Asia, July 2013.
Eber, Wartime Shanghai and the Jewish Refugees from Central Europe: Survival, Co-existence, and Identity in a Multiethnic City, 2012
Gao Bei of the College of Charleston reviewed Irene Eber's book for H-Urban. The review is published here under Creative Commons license.
Matray, ed., Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S Truman - Japan, China, and the Two Koreas, 2012
James I. Matray, ed.'s book was reviewed by Luke Griffith for H-War and is published here under Creative Commons license.
Burt, The Cairo Conference of 1943: Roosevelt, Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang, 2011
Sally Burt reviews the book for H-Asia, July 2012.
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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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Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
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.