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
Documentary Screening: Farewell My Concubine
The Chinese Film "Farewell My Concubine" will be screened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with Lan Su every Saturday and Sunday in May with special cultural performances, including Gamelan music, Taiko drumming, Hula dancing and much more!
Faith in History/Faith as History: Biography and Hagiography in Early China
The Institute for Chinese Studies at the Ohio State University presents lectures associated with Chinese culture.
Night Train
Award winning director Diao Yinan uses his hometown Xi'an as the setting for a story of contemporary provincial Chinese life.
A World of Radiant Awakening: Buddhism and the Painting of China
Exhibition exploring Buddhisms influence on China and East Asian art.
Wu Tong: Song of the Sheng
This performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by a pre-performance lecture.
China's Universities in Perspective
This week University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies noon lecture series features a discusssion on the performance of major Chinese universities.
Script Adaptation: Complicating "Simplified" Chinese Characters of the 1930s
A discussion by Andrew Elmore of how technologies of language production, aesthetic experimentation, and sheer practicality encouraged characters to exist simultaneously as a spectrum of adaptive forms, resisting definitive categorization.
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series ~ Migrants’ Family Arrangement and Their Children’s Wellbeing in China
The University of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies will host a talk with Youqin Huang on migrant family's arrangement and children's well being.
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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?