Culture

Former University of Texas professor Edward Rhoads gives a lecture on his new book Stepping Forth into the World about the fascinating history of the first 120 Chinese students to study in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century at the Henry Luce Foundation in New York City.

Indiana University Bloomington presents Dr. Shuhan C. Wang as she highlights progress made in the Chinese language field in the United States over the past decade, analyzes issues associated with its expansion, and explores promising opportunities to build a robust Chinese learning and teaching environment.

The short-lived Tokyo magazine Provoke is now recognized as a major achievement in world photography of the last 50 years. Although it existed only for three issues and a mere nine months—November 1968 through August 1969—Provoke crystallized the best of progressive art photography and cultural criticism in Japan during the 1960s and early 1970s. This exhibition is the first anywhere in the world to provide a thorough history of the Provoke movement and to draw out the many connections between photography, political protest, and performance in postwar Japan.

The UCLA Center for Chinese Studies hosts Chaohua Wang for a talk surrounding how intellectual discussions have progressed in China.