The fifth documentary in Zhang Mengqi's Self-portrait series, "Self-portrait: Dying at 47 KM," is a search for the meaning of death in the aftermath of the filmmaker's grandfather's death. Zhang Mengqi's Self-portraits are all shot in 47 KM, her ancestral … Read more
The Franklin Gallery@History presents "Internationalisms and Solidarities," a composite portrait of intellectual-biographical and political art of the twentieth century, curated by Prof. Sucheta Mazumdar. The exhibit captures the circulation of ideas and snap-shots of individuals and activists who reached out … Read more
Chinese Documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang launched the Memory Project in 2010 to collect oral histories from survivors of the Great Famine (1958-1961) in rural China. Since then, several young filmmakers have joined the project. They have been to 246 villages … Read more
TOMODACHI is hosting a student leadership conference in Washington DC. The theme of the conference is "Exploring U.S.-Japan Relations in the Nation’s Capital: Leadership, Legacy, Politics and Policy." They are looking for enthusiastic undergraduate/graduate American and … Read more
Film Screening: "A True Believer" (Liu Xiaolei, 2015, 80 min, China, in Chinese w/English subtitles, Color, Digital) / "A True Believer" is Liu Xiaolei's inquiry into old but ever more important ethical dilemmas of good and evil, and the individual's … Read more
Exhibit includes Chairman Mao badges, posters, Little Red books and other memorabilia of the socio-political movement that dominated the life of the Chinese people for ten years. Materials are from a recent donation by Dr. Robert White, a retired professor … Read more
Featuring presentations by Nicholas Hudson (UNC-Wilmington), Kathryn Smith (NYU), and Roberta Wue (UC-Irvine), this is the 2016 Art, Art History & Visual Studies Graduate Student-Organized symposium. Reception to follow. A graduate student reading group will meet on Wednesday, October 12, … Read more
Tenure-Track and Non Tenure-Track Faculty: Do you have something to share with the public on the topic of refugees, migration, and contact between cultures in the world today? Do you like to share your ideas with the general public? Would you … Read more
Come learn about the Critical Language Scholarship. With the goal of broadening the base of Americans studying and mastering critical languages and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries, this Scholarship provides fully-funded intensive language study … Read more
This talk explores the genre of specialized monographs on material culture and nature studies called pulu (“Treatises and Lists”) from the perspective of knowledge classification and management. These texts exemplify the engagement of Chinese scholars from the 10th to 19th … Read more
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