Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Culture
Nixon in China
The San Francisco Opera House presents John Adam's "Nixon in China".
Panel Discussion: China Arts Today
Asia Society presents a panel discussion on China's national identity and global culture.
Portraits of New York Chinatown
An oral history project addresses the Museum of Chinese in America's (MOCA) role within the communities of Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo.
The Perfect Tea Thief with Pam Chun
The Society of Asian Art presents Pam Chun, sharing her 10-year hunt through the legends and records in China and England to write her historical novel, "The Perfect Tea Thief."
Lantern Festival 2011
Chinese American Museum holding its annual Lantern Festival celebration offers Chinese New Year fanfare with free entertainment and interactive cultural activities.
Object Lessons: Arts & Its Histories
Featuring scroll paintings, prints, and albums, this installation presents highlights from modern China.
Connecting Chains Built by Scientific Archaeology: Connections between China & the West in Western Zhou, Bronze & Ceramics in the Han Dynasty and Chang’an & Luoyang Tang Sancai
The Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago presents Visual and Material Perspectives on East Asia.
Steeped in Word Poetry Series
Poetry is one of the five elements necessary for a comprehensive Chinese garden. Usually, the poetry is presented in the form of calligraphic inscriptions. Every Saturday in October at 3 PM, hear poetry come alive during readings and Q&A sessions with five prolific Pacific Northwest poets.
Screening: We the Workers
The USC U.S.-China Institute presents a screening of the film We the Workers 凶年之畔, which follows labor activists over a six-year period as they find common ground with workers, helping them negotiate with local officials and factory owners over wages and working conditions. The screening will be followed a Q&A with Han Dongfang, founder and director of the China Labour Bulletin.
Performance: Shanghai Quartet
The Freer Sackler Museums of Asian Art host a performance by the Shanghai Quartet featuring Wu Man.
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.