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.
Culture
Coolie Diaspora: From Indentureship to Transnational Communities
Two groundbreaking works on the history of indentured labor and the Asian diaspora in the Caribbean come into conversation with one another.
Le Deluge Après Mao: China’s Surging Contemporary Arts Scene
Dr. Patricia Karetzky will speak on China's art scene at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
Last House Standing
The Fall 2008 CCS will feature a screening of the film Last House Standing.
Digital Perspectives on Imperial Chinese Political History
Stanford University hosts a talk with Hilde De Weerdt
Ceremonies and Celebrations: Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Celebrating the grand reopening of USC Pacific Asia Museum after a year of the seismic retrofit project, the museum will present Ceremonies and Celebrations: Textile Treasures from the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection, drawn from the museum’s extraordinary collection of over 2,700 costumes and textiles from China, Korea, Japan, India, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. (Exhibition dates: September 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018)
Screening: Detective D (CAFF 2011)
The 2011 Chinese American Film Festival presents a screening of Detective D.
Buddhist Art and Architecture: A Trip to the Hsi Lai Temple
USC Visions and Voices hosts a trip to the largest Buddhist temple in North America.
Exceptional and Chinese: Beyond China and the West
University of Singapore professor Wang Gungwu examines perceptions of the "exceptional" Chinese who left China and implications for today's China.
Robert Rauschenberg: The Lotus Series
A 12-print series of China in the 1980s on display at the Greenfield Sacks Gallery.
Poetry Reading and Art & Democracy IV Exhibition
The Visual Artists Guild presents six poets and readers representing Brazil, Korea, Poland, China, New Jersey, Iowa and W.91st Street as part of the Art & Democracy IV art exhibition in New York City.
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 4:00pm PST
Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?