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
From the Imperial Theater: Chinese Opera Costumes of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Drawn entirely from The Met collection, this exhibition examines these luxury textiles from artistic and technical points of view.
ICS Lecture: Meow Hui Goh, “The Instrumentality of Jian 諫 for Imperial Remembrance: Admonishing Wei Emperor Ming against Extravagance"
The Ohio State University presents a talk by Professor Meow Hui Goh.
Public Diplomacy & Development Communications: Intersections, Overlaps and Challenges
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy (CPD) will host a one-day symposium to bring interested scholars from different research disciplines together in order to explore the common ground between activities that blur the categories of PD, soft power, nation brands, international development and development communication.
How the Media Handles Tibet
Brown Bag Series, "Reporting China"
New Chinese Galleries
Explore the Philadelphia Museuem of Art's recently redone Chinese galleries, full of newly restored art, textiles and photographs.
Asian Weddings: Traditions and Permutations
The East-West Center will host a panel discussion that features three brides that have experienced intercultural weddings in Asia.
Trauma and Displacement in Wartime China, 1937-1945: The Experiences of Wartime Mobility
The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Ohio State University presents lectures associated with Chinese culture.
Technologies of Anticipation: How Chinese Typists Invented "Predictive Text" during the Height of Maoism
Thomas Mullaney of Stanford University will present "Technologies of Anticipation: How Chinese Typists Invented "Predictive Text" during the Height of Maoism," in Stanford's Seminar on Science, Technology, and Society (STS).
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?
Lu Yongfeng, "Forward and Backward: The Development and Change of the Baojuan Performance in Shanghai, 1840s to the Present"
This event is part of the "Critical Issues Confronting China" seminar hosted by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
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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?