EVENTS AROUND USC

10th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference: Social Media, Digital Entertainment, Governance & Social Movements

Monday-Tuesday, May 21-22, 2012

Davidson Conference Center (DCC), USC

This conference will bring together scholars, analysts, industry leaders, journalists and legal practitioners from around the world to examine the impact of the Internet on Chinese societies, its social, cultural, political and economic aspects, as well as how China is changing the Internet.


Reassessing the Shoen System: Society and Economy in Medieval Japan

Friday-Sunday, June 1-3, 2012

9:30am-6:00pm

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 110C, East Asian Seminar Room, USC

This conference will feature scholars from around the world in a variety disciplines as they present their research on shōen and shōen-related topics.


Film Screening: The Revolutionary

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

6:00pm

George Lucas Building (SCA) 108, Ray Stark Family Theatre, USC

Screening of The Revolutionary, a feature-length documentary about the Maoist era and Sidney Rittenberg, an American who assumed an unprecedented role for a foreigner in Chinese politics.


AROUND LA
New Visions of Japan Annual Forum

Friday, June 1, 2012

4:00-6:00pm

Korn Convocation Hall, UCLA

This symposium will feature government officials as they discuss new political and economic relationships between the U.S. and Japan. It is being held in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.

A Day with Kung Fu Masters

Sunday, June 3, 2012

11:00am-6:45pm

Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena

This day-long event will include screenings of kung fu films The Forbidden Kingdom and Ip Man 2, as well as presentations by Kung Fu Masters.


  • East Asian Studies Center
  • University of Southern California
  • 823 W. 34th Street
  • College House (CLH 101)
  • Los Angeles, CA 90089