Events

Fall 2023

 

2023 CHINA Town Hall

Web Simulcast Interview followed by Live Speaker

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM in 242 Gerlinger Hall

CHINA Town Hall connects leading China experts with Americans around the country for a national conversation on the implications of China’s rise on U.S.-China relations and its impact on our towns, states, and nation.  The National Committee is proud to partner with a range of institutions and community groups, colleges and universities, trade and business associations, and world affairs councils to bring this important national conversation to local communities around America for the 17th consecutive year. This year, the national simulcast features a talk with current U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns. At the University of Oregon, a live talk follows by Margaret K. Lewis, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University.

 

Above and Below the Ground

Simulcast Film Screening & Discussion

Monday, October 16, 2023 at 3:00 PM in 105 Esslinger Hall

Please join us for a viewing of Emily Hong’s current project, Above and Below the Ground, which features indigenous women and punk rock pastors leading an environmental movement on water rights in Myanmar. For more film details, click here.

 

UX Innovation in South Korea’s ICT Industry:
Theories and Applications

Invited Lecture by Kwan Min Lee
Professor in Contemporary Korean Society and New media
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University

Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM in Knight Library Browsing Room

This presentation will show how we can use what we know about media psychology to make ICT (information and communication technologies) innovation work better. Examples provided will be drawn from both academic and industry experience, spanning a spectrum from concepts rooted in evolutionary psychology to recent tangible products and services developed by companies like Samsung, Hyundai Motors, and other ICT companies in South Korea.

 

An Empire of Plants: Chineseplants, Asian-Austrailian-European trade, and a developing global gardeing culture, 1780s-1900s

Invited Lecture by James Beattie
Associate Professor of Science and Society
Victoria University

Monday, October 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM in Coquille Room, Erb Memorial Union

Both the British and the Chinese empires were as much empires of plants as they were empires of conquest. For gentleman naturalist Sir Joseph Banks, obtaining plants and expanding empire and trade were closely interlinked objectives. This talk examines the implications for both plant distribution and garden development of growing imperial connections between China, India, Britain, and Australasia using case studies of Banks and other lesser known plant collectors. As well as examining the impact of Asian plants in the UK, the talk considers the histories by which plants from Asia—and particularly China—reached the South Pacific, from the early 1830s. The talk will move from the East India Company opium trade in Asia to take in the grandiose plants of private garden-makers in Britain, the tireless activities of Cantonese market gardeners in colonial New Zealand and the impact of technology on plant distribution.

Sunrise: Radiant Stories Book Tour and Reading

Invited Reading by Author Erika Kobayashi and Translator Brian Bergstrom
Yanai Initiative and the Japan Foundation

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM in 115 Lawrence Hall

Japanese author Erika Kobayashi and her English translator Brian Bergstorm will be giving a reading from two of her works, Trinity Trinity Trinity and Sunrise: Radiant Stories. Copies of her books will be available for purchase.

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