{"id":408,"date":"2023-05-25T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/transpacific-studies\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:20:47","slug":"upcoming-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/upcoming-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent and Upcoming Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n                          \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2\/13\/25 &#8211; Levan Working Group\u2014Environmental Humanities <\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1217\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/image001-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/image001-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/image001.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We will discuss work by\u00a0Issay Matsumoto\u00a0(History): \u201cReal Estate and Japanese American Belonging in Territorial Hawai\u02bbi.\u201d Comment will be provided by\u00a0Suiyi Tang\u00a0(American Studies and Ethnicity).<\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, February 13 | 3:00 PM<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2\/18\/25 &#8211; Materialism &#038; Infrastructure of the Transpacific &#8211; A Roundtable Conversation<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1212 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1.png 1545w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/01\/Transpacific-Symposium-Poster-1-1187x1536.png 1187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More info <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/2025-transpacific-symposium-materialism-and-infrastructure\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">10\/16\/24 &#8211; At the Edge of Empire: A Family\u2019s Reckoning with China \u2014 Book Talk by Edward Wong<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1207 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/4b83fb6be117d0d60cd0d537bde0b7e5fc709ae3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/4b83fb6be117d0d60cd0d537bde0b7e5fc709ae3.jpg 497w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/4b83fb6be117d0d60cd0d537bde0b7e5fc709ae3-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, October 16, 2024 | 12:00PM-1:00PM | ASC 207 |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScITKWZLaoaYrXMyOXql2TzT2TAf281mcO8bYdx_-j6OARCPQ\/viewform\"><strong>RSVP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Book Talk by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/edward-wong\"><strong>Edward Wong<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<em>The New York Times<\/em>), with introductions by Prof.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/viet-nguyen\/\"><strong>Viet Thanh Nguyen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(English and American Studies &amp; Ethnicity, USC) and moderated by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/annenberg.usc.edu\/faculty\/clayton-dube\"><strong>Clayton Dube<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(USC US-China Institute).<\/p>\n<p>The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, DC, Edward Wong grew up among family secrets. His father toiled in Chinese restaurants and rarely spoke of his native land or his years in the People\u2019s Liberation Army under Mao. Yook Kearn Wong came of age during the Japanese occupation in World War II and the Communist revolution, when he fell under the spell of Mao\u2019s promise of a powerful China. His astonishing journey as a soldier took him from Manchuria during the Korean War to Xinjiang on the Central Asian frontier. In 1962, disillusioned with the Communist Party, he made plans for a desperate escape to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>When Edward Wong became the Beijing bureau chief for\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>, he investigated his father\u2019s mysterious past while assessing for himself the dream of a resurgent China. He met the citizens driving the nation\u2019s astounding economic boom and global expansion\u2014and grappling with the vortex of nationalistic rule under Xi Jinping, the most powerful leader since Mao. Following in his father\u2019s footsteps, he witnessed ethnic struggles in Xinjiang and Tibet and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. And he had an insider\u2019s view of the world\u2019s two superpowers meeting at a perilous crossroads.<\/p>\n<p>Wong tells a moving chronicle of a family and a nation that spans decades of momentous change and gives profound insight into a new authoritarian age transforming the world. A groundbreaking book,\u00a0<em>At the Edge of Empire<\/em>\u00a0is the essential work for understanding China today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">9\/13\/24 &#8211; Transpacific Studies Fall Research Symposium<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"2112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/10\/September-13-Transpacific-Studies-Fall-Research-Symposium-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">4\/25\/24 &#8211; &#8220;Housed Treasures: Grace Nicholson, California, and the USC Pacific Asia Museum&#8221; Exhibition<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/April-25-Treasure-House-Exhibition-DML-April-2533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/April-25-Treasure-House-Exhibition-DML-April-2533.jpg 612w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/April-25-Treasure-House-Exhibition-DML-April-2533-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students in Professor Nancy Lutkehaus\u2019 Thematic Options Core 101 class are excited to announce the opening on <strong>Thursday, April 25th<\/strong> of their student-curated exhibition \u201cHoused Treasures: Grace Nicholson, California, and the USC Pacific Asia Museum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exhibition, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the \u201cTreasure House\u201d\u2014now known as the USC Pacific Asia Museum\u2014examines the life and legacy of Grace Nicholson, the collector and gallerist who built the Treasure House in 1924.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program will feature the student curators of the exhibition and guest speakers, including Bethany Montagano, Director of USC Museums; William Deverell, Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, Sonya Lee, Professor of Art History and Director of East Asian Languages and Culture, Karin Huebner, Director of Programs for the Harman Academy For Polymathic Study, and Rebecca Hall, Curator of the Pacific Asia Museum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>An opening program will be held in DML 240 at 5:00 pm, followed by a reception at 6:00 pm Thursday April 25th.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Event Address<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doheny Memorial Library<br \/>\n3550 Trousdale Parkway, University Park Campus<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Contact us<\/u><\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:lmusacch@usc.edu\">lmusacch@usc.edu<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:ruthdsan@usc.edu\">ruthdsan@usc.edu<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ebroth@usc.edu\">ebroth@usc.edu<\/a> \u00a0if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Suggested On-Campus\u00a0Parking<\/u><\/strong>: USC McCarthy Way Parking Structure,\u00a0620 USC McCarthy Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfvN9rm3EOPPUYOx3zlyz9sMsWjf4beQF4aVAl56Q8ibcR96Q\/viewform?pli=1__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!uqVbwEyhvspvDu7I2-Jad59LGu6Kbf5bqiB4Kk1ib28gyeW8ZVH4lK4C1XtJ-5Xgj-wLCwlG7cPZHZVcNt9d_31-1V0EDwUJjN8U-Q$\">RSVP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">4\/19\/24 &#8211; Eco-Criticism and Capitalism &#8211; USC Transpacific Research Cluster 2024 Symposium Roundtable Discussion<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1167\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/Symposium-2024-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/Symposium-2024-poster.jpg 842w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/Symposium-2024-poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/Symposium-2024-poster-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/04\/Symposium-2024-poster-768x1085.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More info <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/2024-transpacific-symposium-eco-criticism-and-capitalism\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-7-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-7-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">3\/29\/24 &#8211; Vulgar Beauty, book talk with Dr. Mila Zuo<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-7-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-7-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/MilaZuoTalk-March-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"841\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/MilaZuoTalk-March-29.jpg 841w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/MilaZuoTalk-March-29-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/MilaZuoTalk-March-29-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/MilaZuoTalk-March-29-768x1087.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mila Zuo is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at UBC, as well as the Graduate Advisor for the Cinema &amp; Media Studies graduate programs. She is the author of Vulgar Beauty. Accompanying research can be found in Women &amp; Performance: a journal of feminist theory, Celebrity Studies Journal, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Feminist Media Histories journal, and in various anthologies on contemporary cinema and media studies. In addition to her scholarly work, Zuo writes, directs, and produces narrative films, visual essays, documentaries, and music videos. Her short films have screened in international film festivals and universities, including Carnal Orient (2016) which premiered at Slamdance Film Festival, and her short narrative film Kin (2021), which was the recipient of the 2019 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, and screened at HollyShorts Film Festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Mila Zuo offers a new theorization of cinematic feminine beauty by showing how mediated encounters with Chinese film and popular culture stars produce feelings of Chineseness. To illustrate this, Zuo uses the vulgar as an analytic to trace how racial, gendered, and cultural identity is imagined and produced through affect. She frames the vulgar as a characteristic that is experienced through the Chinese concept of weidao, or flavor, in which bitter, salty, pungent, sweet, and sour performances of beauty produce non-Western forms of sexualized and racialized femininity. Analyzing contemporary film and media ranging from actress Gong Li\u2019s post-Mao movies of the late 1980s and 1990s to Joan Chen\u2019s performance in Twin Peaks to Ali Wong\u2019s stand-up comedy specials, Zuo shows how vulgar beauty disrupts Western and colonial notions of beauty. Vulgar beauty, then, becomes the taste of difference. By demonstrating how Chinese feminine beauty becomes a cinematic invention invested in forms of affective racialization, Zuo makes a critical reconsideration of aesthetic theory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Co-organized by the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity &amp; The Center for Transpacific Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Friday March 29, 1pm PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>RSVP: bitly.ly\/milazuo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-8-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-8-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">3\/25\/24 &#8211; Virtual Book Study with Dr. Joy James<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-8-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-8-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/Virtual-Book-Study-w-Joy-James.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"864\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/Virtual-Book-Study-w-Joy-James.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/Virtual-Book-Study-w-Joy-James-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/03\/Virtual-Book-Study-w-Joy-James-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Joy James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. She is the author of Resisting State Violence; Shadowboxing:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Representations of Black Feminist Politics, Transcending the Talented Tenth and Seeking the Beloved Community. James has published numerous articles on: political theory, police, prison and slavery abolition; radicalizing feminisms; diasporic anti-black racism; and US politics; and writes on the Captive Maternal through the lens of &#8220;The Womb of Western Theory.&#8221; James&#8217;s most recent books include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Contextualizing Angela Davis, In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love and New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the Afterlife of Erica Garner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Co-organized by USC Transpacific Studies<br \/>\nCluster &amp; Africana Research Cluster<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">March 25th, 6-7:30PM PST<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">RSVP: bit.ly\/new-bones-abolition<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-9-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-9-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">3\/1\/24 &#8211; Surface Relations, book talk with Dr. Vivian Huang<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-9-M0F_7IAWnW\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-9-M0F_7IAWnW\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Transpacific Studies Research Cluster is excited to announce book talk on <i>Surface Relations<\/i>, with Dr. Vivian Huang, <b>two Fridays from now, on March 1st at 1pm PST<\/b>. RSVP link: <a title=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/bit.ly\/surface-relations__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!v8Sb_xu1iVn31odJkpYM1Mn83aLjWwRV9Xi8b8Y8ygGWGwdy3G_p_9jxARVraVY2yVhy2QURcNYDJgGUog$\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/bit.ly\/surface-relations__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!v8Sb_xu1iVn31odJkpYM1Mn83aLjWwRV9Xi8b8Y8ygGWGwdy3G_p_9jxARVraVY2yVhy2QURcNYDJgGUog$\" data-outlook-id=\"29012978-46c8-4c04-9497-bcab9b506583\">bit.ly\/surface-relations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM.png 1258w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM-725x1024.png 725w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM-768x1084.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-16-at-12.02.04\u202fPM-1088x1536.png 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-10-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-controls=\"section-1-10-M0F_7IAWnW\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">1\/17\/24 &#8211; 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