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 Our Eyes: Community Media and Visual Ethnography in China
This event showcases two recent documentary films produced through community media and participatory video training projects organized by From Our Eyes, a cultural heritage and media NGO based in Kunming, Yunnan Province. The film screenings, including a collaboratively produced short by art students and a Baiku Yao filmmaker and a feature-length documentary by first-time a Tibetan filmmaker from Sichuan Province, will be followed by discussion with two co-directors of From Our Eyes and an anthropologist researching rural media in ethnic minority China.
The Human Dot on Yellow Mountain: Re-thinking 45 Years of China Study
Wesleyan University's Schwarcz Freeman Lecture: "The Human Dot on Yellow Mountain: Re-thinking 45 Years of China Study" and Freeman Lecture Colloquium: Vera Schwarcz's Students Reflect.
Frederich Hirth, Qing dynasty painting, and the American Art World
The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies will host USC Professor Charlotte Furth to discuss Frederich Hirth, Qing dynasty painting, and the America art world.
EASC Taiwanese Documentary Series
The USC East Asian Studies Center presents the Taiwanese Documentary Series.
The World of Dumplings II
Join the Skirball Cultural Center in learning about the history and practice of dumpling making in Chinese, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Latin American cuisines through cooking demonstrations and tastings.
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.
The Wall Street of The Middle Kingdom and Making Movies in China Today
Stanford University will hold a panel discussion on Empire of Silver.
Call for Papers: 2022 Hawai'i International Conference on Chinese Studies (Deadline: 9/15/2021)
The conference will bring together educators and professionals from a wide range of fields in Chinese Studies to present papers on various aspects of Chinese culture and society in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and among overseas Chinese.
Dueling Sounds, Contending Tones: The Pronunciation Wars of the 1920s in China
The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University presents a talk with Janet Chen on language in the 1920s in China as a part of the China Colloquium Series.
"CEREMONY" Film Screening with expert commentary featuring: Sas Carey, RN & Filmmaker
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Smithsonian Institution presents a screening of Sas Carey's documentary, "Ceremony."
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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?