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Tuesday - March 26, 2013 - 5:45 PM
USF Main Campus, McLaren Center Room 250
Enter from Golden Gate, Fulton or Parker
China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
At talk by Michael Knight, Ph.D., Senior Curator of Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
The Center is pleased to host Michael Knight, Senior Curator of Chinese Art at the Asian Art Museum, for an illustrated talk on the museum's current exhibit, "China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy (Feb. 22 - May 27, 2013). Along with more than 100 rare artifacts unearthed from the tomb of China's First Emperor, the Asian Art Museum presents some of the finest generals, archers, and infantrymen from the life-sized terracotta army. The exhibition paints the backdrop for the warriors' creation: the First Emperor's rise to power, his quest for immortality, and his complex legacy. Dr. Knight will present us with a survey of the objects in the exhibition and discuss some of the themes that are explored.
Tuesday - March 5, 2013 - 5:45 PM
USF Main Campus, Fromm Hall, Berman Room
Enter from Parker Street between Golden Gate & Fulton
A Hundred Flowers: Reading and Book Signing with Bay Area Author Gail Tsukiyama
In her new novel, A Hundred Flowers (2012), local author Gail Tsukiyama presents her readers with an ordinary family facing extraordinary times during the early years of the Cultural Revolution in China. Join us for a book reading and signing where she will speak about the new book, her writing process and provide details about the how and why the book came to be. Her prior novels include Women of the Silk (1991), The Samurai's Garden (1995), Night of Many Dreams (1998), The Language of Threads (1999), Dreaming Water (2002), and Street of a Thousand Blossoms (2007). She is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.
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.
