Presented by The USF Center for the Pacific Rim
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Wednesday - February 20, 2013 - 5:45 PM
USF Lone Mountain Campus, Room 100
Enter from Turk Street between Chabot and Parker
Bohemian Buddha: A Colossal Buddha in the Bay Area, 1892
A talk by Dr. Gregory Levine, Associate Professor, Art and Architecture of Japan, and Buddhist Visual Cultures, University of California, Berkeley
In 1892, the San Francisco Bohemian Club held its Midsummer Encampment in what is now Muir Woods. The Club's revels included a "Pageant of the Myriad Leaves" held before a colossal Buddha statue. Gregory Levine will reflect on the statue in relation to white American perceptions of Asia and Buddhism and anti-Chinese xenophobia in late nineteenth-century California.
Tuesday - February 12, 2013 - 5:45 PM
USF Main Campus, Fromm Hall
Enter from Parker Street between Golden Gate & Fulton
Celebrating Chinese New Year: A Musical Performance by "Melody of China"
Join us as we celebrate the year of the snake with a musical performance by "Melody of China." Melody of China is a San Francisco based Chinese music ensemble that performs both traditional and contemporary music as well as new commissioned works. Cosponsored by the USF Asian Studies Program, the USF Chinese Studies Program, and the Chinese Historical Society of America.
Thursday - January 31, 2013 - 5:45 PM
USF Main Campus, Fromm Hall
Enter from Parker Street between Golden Gate & Fulton
In the Shadow of the World Class City
A talk by Dr. Tony Samara, Associate Professor of Sociology, George Mason University
The rapid growth of Shanghai and New Delhi over the past twenty years highlights the promise and peril of urbanization for Asia. Both cities face rising inequality and deepening social conflict, fueled by market-driven development and narrow visions of modernization. Dr. Samara presents a comparative examination of these two mega-cities, revealing important challenges to building sustainable and just cities in Asia and beyond.
