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.
Environment
Making Matsutake Worlds: A Transnational Commodity Chain from Southwest China
UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies hosts a talk with Michael Hathaway
The Green Revolution in China
Drawing on his chapter in the recently published chinadialogue book China and the Environment: The Green Revolution, Liu Jianqiang will relate the role that NGOs, news media and community leaders played in forming an environmental movement opposing a dam on the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Water: Asia's New Battleground
Asia Society's Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative (PCSI) presents a panel discussion on Asia's battle over water.
The Artist as Environmental Activist
Photographer Wang Jiuliang will speak on artists acting as environmentalists at the University of California, Berkeley.
Environmental Protection and the Rule of Law in China
Professor Wang will discuss some of the most difficult environmental challenges China is facing.
China’s Controversial Role in the Development of the Mekong River Basin
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents Suzanne Ogden.
Taiwan and Latin American Relations: Achievements and Opportunities
This roundtable will specifically discuss Taiwan's diplomatic relations with countries in the region as well as its significant contributions to natural disaster preparedness and combating public health threats.
Do Flush Toilets Have Politics?
The Council of East Asian Studies at Yale University presents Goncalos Santos. Drawing on historical and ethnographic research on the spread of the flush toilet in rural South China, he will speak about waste management around the world.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
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
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
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.